The K Desktop Environment
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2. Installation

2.1 How to obtain Kpackage

Kpackage can be found at ftp://ftp.uwa.edu.au/pub/k, there is a web page at  http://www.general.uwa.edu.au/u/toivo/kpackageKpackage can also be found on ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/, the main ftp site of the KDE project.

2.2 Requirements

For installing kpackage you need: For listing Debian packages no other software is needed but to install and unistall the packages you need: For BSD packages you need the package management programs:  For Slackware pakages  you need: For dealing with Redhat packages you need: Also, for kpackage to work correctly with RPM packages the RPM database must be initialised. If typing `rpm -qa' gives an error about `unable to open....` then try `rpm --rebuilddb'.

2.3 Compilation and installation

In order to compile and install Kpackage on your system, type the following in the base directory of the kpackage distribution:
% ./configure
% make
% make install
NOTE: if the configure script doesn't find RPM but you have it installed then you should try
            ./configure --with-rpm

It may be necessary to set QTDIR and KDEDIR to indicate where that software is installed. Since Kpackage uses autoconf you should not have too much trouble compiling it. .

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