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	Installing KDE2 We will be installing KDE 2.01 Follow these install directions in the order shown. libjpeg ./configure --enable-shared make make install libtiff ./configure -Select yes to accept default parameters make make install Remove the tiff.sw.tools directory from root (/ not /root) Mesalib ./configure (ignore messages about missing makefiles) make make install OpenSSL ./config make make install ldconfig QT Copy qt to /usr and unpack there Remove the tar file Make a symlink linking qt-2.2.0 to qt Edit the /etc/profile file and add the following lines there: QTDIR=/usr/qt PATH=$QTDIR/bin:$PATH MANPATH=$QTDIR/man:$MANPATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$QTDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH KDEDIR=/usr/kde PATH=$KDEDIR/bin:$PATH export KDEDIR PATH MANPATH QTDIR LD_LIBRARY_PATH Logout and then log back in so the new paths take effect Go into the /usr/qt directory and type the following: ./configure -gif -system-jpeg Accept the lisence by typing yes make make a symlink that links /lib/libshadow.so.0.0.0 to /lib/libshadow.so KDE2 Install the following in the order listed by doing a standard ./configure, make, make install: kdesupport kdelibs kdebase These are the bare minimum packages to run kde2. They will take several hours to compile. I recommend opening up several consoles and letting them compile overnight. I suggest you download and install them all. If you have a modem, you will need to get kdenetwork. Don't worry about the i18n folder unless you need different languages. All the rest of the packages will get the standard configure, make, and make install with the exception of kdegraphics. Here's what needs to be done for kdegraphics: First, install ed. Next, goto /usr/share and unpack texklib there. Remove the tarfile after it's unpacked. Next, install texk with the standard configure, make and make install. Now you will be able to successfully install kdegraphics. The final step is to create a file with vi called /root/.xinitrc and add the word startkde to it and save. Type startx to start up kde2 You might want to surf over to netscapes website and download communicator v475, however, I must say that konqueror is really a pretty good browser. If you decide to install netscape, you'll need to create the following symlink: ln -s /usr/lib/libstdc++-3-libc6.1-2-2.10.0.so libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 You'll definitely want to make a backup now.