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<!-- <?xml version="1.0" ?>
<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN"
 "dtd/kdex.dtd"
> -->


<chapter id="install">
<title
>Installation instructions</title>

<para
>These are the generic installation instructions for the K Desktop Environment. Please complement your reading with the <filename
>README</filename
>s and <filename
>INSTALL</filename
>s that come along with the package. Please read them carefully and try to help yourself out if anything goes wrong. If you need further assistance, consider joining the &kde; mailing lists (see our web site instructions for joining the &kde; <ulink url="http://www.kde.org/mailinglists/"
>mailing lists</ulink
>) or newsgroups.</para>


<qandaset>


<qandaentry>
<question>
<para
>To the would-be converts</para>
</question>
<answer>

<para
>So you have heard the rumours. Or you have seen the screenshots. And you are dying to get hold of &kde;. But you know next to nothing about this whole <quote
>alternative OS</quote
> business. Don't worry! You only need to do some (well, maybe not some) reading, that's all!</para>

<para
>&kde; does not run on any version of &Microsoft; &Windows; or OS/2 (yet). To run &kde;, you need to have a &UNIX; system. Please refer to <xref linkend="platform"/> for more details.</para>

<para
>Decide on a platform and set it up for your system. This <acronym
>FAQ</acronym
> can not help you with this, since &kde;<ulink url="http://www.kde.org"
> runs on many &UNIX;</ulink
> platforms. </para>

<!-- Taken out because we can not help with all platforms and KDEisnotLINUX -->

<para
>Finally, you are ready to commence the &kde; installation. Please start reading from the next section. To get &kde;, please refer to <xref linkend="where-to-get-kde"/>. Last but not least, if you encounter any problems while installing &kde;, please do not hesitate to make use of the &kde; <link linkend="mailing-lists"
>mailing lists</link
> and <link linkend="newsgroups"
>newsgroups</link
>. But do bear this in mind: no question is too silly to ask, but some are too silly to answer, especially when they are already answered in this <acronym
>FAQ</acronym
>.</para>
<para
>Good luck and have fun!</para>

</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para
>Available package formats</para>
</question>
<answer>


<para
>You can find several kinds of binary and source packages for different distributions and operating systems on the &kde-ftp;. The binary packages are not made by the &kde; Team, but by the distributors themselves, or some dedicated individuals. Please refer to <ulink url="http://dot.kde.org/986933826/"
>&kde; Package Policy Explained</ulink
> for information about the &kde; Package Policy. The only <quote
>official</quote
> release is the source tar.bz2 packages. Please refer to the <filename
>README</filename
>s and <filename
>INSTALL</filename
>s in the several binaries folders. For a list of the available packages for a release, refer to the relevant info page. For the latest release this is the <ulink url="http://www.kde.org/info/3.2.php"
>&kde; 3.2 Info Page</ulink
>.</para>

</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question id="prerequisites">
<para
>Prerequisites</para>
</question>
<answer>

<!-- rewrite to make it more general, pointing to the according webpages? -->

<para
>For &kde; 3.2, you need the &Qt; library version 3.2 or greater. Please make sure you download the correct &Qt;. You will also need the header files, if you want to compile &kde; yourself. They are all available, at no cost, from <ulink url="http://www.trolltech.com/products/download"
>http://www.trolltech.com/download</ulink
>. In addition, there are optional libraries that might improve &kde; if installed on your system. An example is OpenSSL which will enable &konqueror; to browse web pages securely and is needed in a version 
>=0.9.6. These should be provided by your distributor; if not, ask for an update.</para>

</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para
>Description of the base packages</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para
>The base distribution currently consists of eleven packages. Some are required, while others are optional. Each package is available in each of the aforementioned package formats.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term
>tdelibs</term>
<listitem>
<para
>Required</para>
<para
>This package contains shared libraries that are needed by all &kde; applications.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term
>tdebase</term>
<listitem>
<para
>Required</para>
<para
>This package contains the base applications that form the core of the K Desktop Environment like the window manager, the terminal emulator, the control centre, the file manager, and the panel.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term
>&arts;</term>
<listitem>
<para
>Required</para>
<para
>The &arts; sound server. A powerful, network transparent sound server.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term
>tdeaddons</term>
<listitem>
<para
>Optional</para>
<para
>Various plugins for &kate;, &kicker;, &knewsticker;, &konqueror; and &noatun; </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term
>tdeartwork</term>
<listitem>
<para
>Optional</para>
<para
>Additional wallpapers, themes, styles, sounds ...</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term
>tdebindings</term>
<listitem>
<para
>Optional</para>
<para
>Various bindings for other languages, including &Java;, Perl, Python, ...</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term
>tdegames</term>
<listitem>
<para
>Optional</para>
<para
>Various games like &kmahjongg;, &ksnake;, &kasteroids;, and &kpatience;.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term
>tdegraphics</term>
<listitem>
<para
>Optional</para>
<para
>Various graphics-related programs like &PostScript; previewer, &DVI; previewer, and a drawing program.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term
>tdeutils</term>
<listitem>
<para
>Optional</para>
<para
>Various desktop tools like a calculator, an editor and other nifty stuff.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term
>tdemultimedia</term>
<listitem>
<para
>Optional</para>
<para
>Multimedia applications like a &CD; player and a mixer.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term
>tdenetwork</term>
<listitem>
<para
>Optional</para>
<para
>Network applications. Currently contains the mail program &kmail;, the news reader &knode;, and several other network-related programs.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term
>tdeadmin</term>
<listitem>
<para
>Optional</para>
<para
>System administration programs.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term
>tdeedu</term>
<listitem>
<para
>Educational and entertaining applications for &kde;'s younger users. </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term
>tdetoys</term>
<listitem>
<para
>Optional</para>
<para
>Toys!</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term
>tdevelop</term>
<listitem>
<para
>Optional</para>
<para
>A complete Integrated Development Environment for &kde; and Qt</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
	
<para
>&arts; and then tdelibs should be installed before everything else, and tdeaddons last. The other packages can be installed in any arbitrary order.</para>

<para
>Most package management tools will let you put all these packages in one folder and install them all at once, figuring out the dependencies as they go.</para>

</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para
>Installation instructions for the different package formats</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para
><important>
<para
>Please do not forget to read the <filename
>README</filename
> and <filename
>INSTALL</filename
> files if they are available.</para>
</important
></para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term
>Installation of the Debian packages</term>
<listitem>
<para
>The Debian packages install in accordance with the upcoming <acronym
>FHS</acronym
> (File Hierarchy Standard).</para>
<procedure>
<step performance="required"
><para
>become superuser</para
></step>
<step performance="required"
><para
>run <command
>dpkg <option
>-i <replaceable
>packagename.deb</replaceable
></option
></command
> for every package you want to install.</para
></step>
</procedure>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term
>Installation of the <acronym
>RPM</acronym
> packages</term>
<listitem>
<procedure>
<title
>To install binary <acronym
>RPM</acronym
>s</title>
<step performance="required"
><para
>become superuser</para
></step>
<step performance="required"
><para
>execute <command
>rpm <option
>-ivh <replaceable
>packagename.rpm</replaceable
></option
></command
></para
></step>
</procedure>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term
>Installation of the source <filename
>.tar.bz2</filename
> files</term>
<listitem>
<para
>Since there are always changes and updates to the way &kde; is compiled, please refer to <ulink url="http://developer.kde.org/build/index.html"
>Download and Install from Source</ulink
> for the most up to date installation instructions for the source packages. </para>
<para
>The general approach should work in most cases though. </para>
<para
>The source <filename
>.tar.bz2</filename
> package installs into <filename class="directory"
>/usr/local/kde</filename
> by default. You can override this setting by using the <option
>--prefix</option
> option of the <filename
>configure</filename
> script.</para>
<procedure>
<step performance="required"
><para
>unpack the packages with <command
>tar <option
>jxvf <replaceable
>packagename.tar.bz2</replaceable
></option
></command
></para
></step>
<step performance="required"
><para
>change folder to the package folder: <command
>cd <replaceable
>packagename</replaceable
></command
></para
></step>
<step performance="required"
><para
>configure the package: <command
>./configure</command
> <note
><para
>Some packages (notably tdebase) have special configuration options that might be applicable to your installation. Type <command
>./configure <option
>--help</option
></command
> to see the available options.</para
></note
></para
></step>
<step performance="required"
><para
>build the package: <command
>make</command
></para
></step>
<step performance="required"
><para
>install the package: <command
>su <option
>-c "make install"</option
></command
> (if you aren't already root). If you already are, just type <command
>make <option
>install</option
></command
>.</para
></step>
</procedure>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para
>Post-installation procedures</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para
>First of all, please make sure that you have added &kde;'s binary installation folder (&eg; <filename class="directory"
>/usr/local/kde/bin</filename
>) to your <envar
>PATH</envar
> and &kde;'s library installation folder to your <envar
>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</envar
> (only necessary on systems that do not support rpath; on &Linux; &ELF;, it should work without). This environment variable may be called differently on some systems, &eg; it is called <envar
>SHLIB_PATH</envar
> on &IRIX;. Then set the environment variable <envar
>TDEDIR</envar
> to the base of your &kde; tree, &eg; <filename class="directory"
>/usr/local/kde</filename
>. <caution
> <para
>Please bear in mind that it is unwise to set <envar
>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</envar
> blindly. In the vast majority of cases it is unnecessary and can do more harm than good. There is a web page written by <ulink url="mailto:barr@cis.ohio-state.edu"
>Dave Barr</ulink
> explaining the evils of <envar
>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</envar
> and it can be found at <ulink url="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~barr/ldpath.html"
>http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~barr/ldpath.html</ulink
>.</para>
</caution>
</para>
<para
>Even though you can use most of the &kde; applications simply by calling them, you can only benefit fully from &kde;'s advanced features if you use the &kde; window manager and its helper programs.</para>
<para
>In order to make it easy for you, we have provided a simple script called <filename
>starttde</filename
> which gets installed in <filename class="directory"
>$<envar
>TDEDIR</envar
>/bin</filename
> and is therefore in your path.</para>
<para
>Edit the file <filename
>.xinitrc</filename
> in your home folder (make a backup copy first!), remove everything that looks like calling a window manager, and insert <command
>starttde</command
> instead. Restart the &X-Server;. If you use &kdm;/<application
>xdm</application
>, you will have to edit the file <filename
>.xsession</filename
> instead of <filename
>.xinitrc</filename
>. And if there is no <filename
>.xinitrc</filename
> or <filename
>.xsession</filename
> in your home folder, simply create a new one with just one line containing <command
>starttde</command
>. <note
> <para
>Some systems (notably &RedHat; &Linux;) use <filename
>.Xclients</filename
> instead.</para>
</note
></para>
<para
>This should present you with a new shining &kde; desktop. You can now start to explore the wonderful world of &kde;. In case you want to read some documentation first, there is a highly recommended <ulink url="http://www.kde.org/documentation/quickstart/index.html"
>Quick Start guide</ulink
> available. Furthermore, every application has an online help that is available via the <guimenu
>help</guimenu
> menu.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>


<qandaentry>
<question>
<para
>Should I remove old version xyz before installing a new one?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para
>In principle, this is not necessary. <acronym
>RPM</acronym
> and Debian packages should take care of all dependencies.</para>
<para
>If you compile the source code yourself, you should take more care. Instructions for running two different versions of &kde; on the same system are given at <ulink url="http://developer.kde.org/build/kde2-and-kde3.html"
>http://developer.kde.org/build/kde2-and-kde3.html</ulink
>. However, please note that running two different versions of &kde; from source can lead to problems if you are not careful. </para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question id="starttde">
<para
>How do I start &kde;?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para
>The most comfortable method to start &kde; is to use the <filename
>starttde</filename
> script. Simply put the line <command
>starttde</command
> at the end of your <filename
>.xsession</filename
> file (or your <filename
>.xinitrc</filename
> or <filename
>.Xclients</filename
> file if you are not using &kdm; or <application
>xdm</application
>). Please also remove the lines that start your previous window manager. If there is no <filename
>.xsession</filename
>, <filename
>.xinitrc</filename
>, or <filename
>.Xclients</filename
> in your home folder, simply create a new one that contains just one line: <command
>starttde</command
>.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<!-- Still needed?
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para
>Whenever I start &kde;, it complains about "shadow passwords".
Why?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para
>When your system uses shadow passwords, the screensaver can only
run properly if the suid bit is set.  This bit gives the screensavers
root privileges, which are needed to access the shadow passwords.
<caution
><para
>The screensavers might be configured to secure the
machine until the password is entered.</para
></caution
></para>
<procedure>
<title
>Setting the suid bit on the screensavers</title>
<step performance="required"
><para
>become root</para
></step>
<step performance="required"
><para
><command
>chown root
$<envar
>TDEDIR</envar
>/bin/*.kss</command
></para
></step>
<step performance="required"
><para
><command
>chmod u+s
$<envar
>TDEDIR</envar
>/bin/*.kss</command
></para
></step>
</procedure>
<para
>Alternatively, if you compile &kde; from source, you can use
<command
>./configure <option
>with-shadow</option
></command
> to
configure tdebase.  Then the suid bit is set automatically during
<command
>make install</command
>.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
-->
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para
>Is it possible to install &kde; in a user folder?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para
>Yes, you can install &kde; in any folder you want. What you have to do depends on the kind of packages you want to install:</para>
<procedure
><title
>Source packages</title>
<step performance="required"
><para
>Configure and install the package using <command
>configure <option
>--prefix=<replaceable
>/users/myhome/kde</replaceable
></option
>; make; make install</command
> to install into <filename class="directory"
>/users/myhome/kde</filename
>.</para
></step>
<step performance="required"
><para
>Add the following to your init files. Please note that if it is not necessary for you to set <envar
>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</envar
>, it is better to leave it out.</para>

<para
>For csh or tcsh:</para>
<programlisting
>setenv TDEDIR /users/myhome/kde

if ( $?LD_LIBRARY_PATH ) then
   setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH $TDEDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
else
   setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH $TDEDIR/lib
endif

if ( ! $?LIBRARY_PATH ) then
   setenv LIBRARY_PATH $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
endif  
</programlisting>
<para
>For <application
>bash</application
>:</para>
<programlisting
>TDEDIR=/users/myhome/kde
PATH=$TDEDIR/bin:$PATH
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$TDEDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export TDEDIR PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH LIBRARY_PATH
</programlisting
></step>
</procedure>
<procedure
><title
><acronym
>RPM</acronym
> packages</title>
<step performance="required"
><para
><command
>rpm</command
> allows you to use the <option
>--prefix</option
> option to select the folder you want to install to. For example, executing <command
>rpm <option
>-i --prefix=<replaceable
>/users/myhome/kde package.rpm</replaceable
></option
></command
> will install the package to <filename class="directory"
>/users/myhome/kde</filename
>.</para
></step>
</procedure>
<para
><note>
<para
>Although &kde; will run from a user folder, there are some problems with programs that require suid root, &eg; the programs in the tdeadmin package. But since they are not meant to be run by users in the first place, this is nothing to worry about.</para>
<para
>However, on systems using shadow passwords, the screensavers have to be suid root to enable password access for unlocking the screen, so this option will not work.</para>
</note
></para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para
><command
>starttde</command
> fails with <errorname
>can not connect to X server</errorname
>. What is wrong?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para
>You probably tried to start the X server with <command
>starttde</command
>. The X server is started with <command
>startx</command
>. <command
>starttde</command
> is the script that should be run from your <filename
>.xinitrc</filename
>, <filename
>.xsession</filename
>, or <filename
>.Xclients</filename
> to activate the window manager and the necessary server daemons for &kde;. See also <xref linkend="starttde"/>.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para
>&kde; on &AIX;?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para
><acronym
>IBM</acronym
> now officially support &kde; on &AIX;. You can find details at <ulink url="http://www.ibm.com/servers/aix/products/aixos/linux/index.html"
>http://www.ibm.com/servers/aix/products/aixos/linux/index.html</ulink
>. There is also some older information at <ulink url="http://space.twc.de/~stefan/kde/aix.html"
>http://space.twc.de/~stefan/kde/aix.html</ulink
>.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para
>&kde; on a laptop?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para
>If you can get &X-Window; to run on your laptop, you should not have any problem getting &kde; to run on it. In addition, you might find the following links helpful:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para
><ulink url="http://www.linux-laptop.net/"
>http://www.linux-laptop.net/</ulink
></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para
><ulink url="http://www.sanpei.org/Laptop-X/note-list.html"
>http://www.sanpei.org/Laptop-X/note-list.html</ulink
></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para
>I have a neomagic chipset in my laptop. Is there anything special I should do to run &kde;?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para
>On some laptops using the 2160 chipset (MagicGraph 128XD) the following options in <filename
>XF86Config</filename
> are needed to avoid a lock-up of the graphic engine:</para>
<screen
>Option "XaaNoScanlineImageWriteRect"
           Option "XaaNoScanlineCPUToScreenColorExpandFill"</screen>

<para
>If you have experienced desktop hangs while using &kde; please try this option.</para
> 
</answer
> 
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para
>I do not like the default &kde; folder after installation. How do I move it without breaking anything?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para
>Assuming the default is <filename class="directory"
>/opt/kde</filename
> and you want to move it to <filename class="directory"
>/usr/local/kde</filename
>, here's what you have to do:</para>
<procedure>
<step performance="required"
><para
>change to superuser if you aren't already</para
></step>
<step performance="required"
><para
><command
>mv /opt/kde /usr/local/kde</command
></para
></step>
<step performance="required"
><para
><command
>ln -s /usr/local/kde /opt/kde</command
></para
></step>
</procedure>
<para
>This will put all your &kde; files in <filename class="directory"
>/usr/local/kde</filename
> but everything is still accessible from <filename class="directory"
>/opt/kde</filename
>.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para
>What files can I delete from my &kde; install folder? Can all the <filename
>*.h</filename
>, <filename
>*.c</filename
> and <filename
>*.o</filename
> files be safely removed?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para
>There should not be any need to keep the <filename
>.c</filename
> and <filename
>.o</filename
> files, but you might want to keep the <filename
>.h</filename
> files, as they are used by includes if you ever want to compile your own &kde; programs. But if you wish to add patches to the source programs as they become available (rather than downloading everything again), then they should stay.</para
> 
</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para
>Will I lose my current settings when I upgrade &kde;?</para>
</question>
<answer>

<para
>No. In most cases &kde; will be able to transport your settings intact. You may need to reenter passwords in some applications (such as &kmail; or &knode;) but most other settings will be safe.</para>

<para
>There were mixed reports of results between some previous versions of &kde;. To be safe, you may like to back up your entire &kde; configuration. </para>

<para
>Settings are kept in the <filename class="directory"
>$<envar
>HOME</envar
>/.kde</filename
> or <filename class="directory"
>$<envar
>HOME</envar
>/.kde2</filename
> subfolder in your home folder. Copy your old <filename class="directory"
>.kde</filename
>/<filename class="directory"
>.kde2</filename
> folder to a backup location, install &kde; 3.2, and then copy back any necessary mail and news settings. That said, most people can make a direct upgrade, without removing the old <filename class="directory"
>.kde</filename
> folder, without a hitch.</para>
<para
>You can override the use of <filename class="directory"
>$<envar
>HOME</envar
>/.kde</filename
> by setting the $<envar
>TDEHOME</envar
> variable.</para
> 
</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry id="greyscreen">
<question>
<para
>I upgraded &kde; and it seemed to go fine, but when I start it, I get a blank grey screen, and nothing happens. There are errors in the console about DCOPserver. What's going on?</para>
</question>

<answer>
<para
>&kde; uses several temporary files during its operation. These are usually to be found in the following locations:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem
><para
><filename
>~/.DCOPserver-*</filename
> (there are usually two of these; one is a symlink to the other)</para
></listitem>
<listitem
><para
><filename
>~/.kde/socket-<replaceable
>hostname</replaceable
></filename
></para
></listitem>
<listitem
><para
><filename
>~/.kde/tmp-<replaceable
>hostname</replaceable
></filename
> which is normally a symlink to the next file:</para
></listitem>
<listitem
><para
><filename
>/tmp/tmp-kde-<replaceable
>USER</replaceable
></filename
></para
></listitem>
<listitem
><para
><filename
>~/.kde/socket-<replaceable
>hostname</replaceable
></filename
> which is also normally a symlink to:</para
></listitem>
<listitem
><para
><filename
>/tmp/ksocket-<replaceable
>USER</replaceable
></filename
></para
></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para
>If the symlinks get broken, usually because a <command
>cron</command
> or shutdown script is emptying out the <filename class="directory"
>/tmp</filename
> folder, then strange things will happen. These files, and the symlinks, will all be created automatically at the start of &kde; so you can safely remove them <emphasis
>while &kde; is not running</emphasis
>.</para>

<para
>If you are only getting a grey screen when you start &kde;, or if you get an error message telling you to <errorname
>Check your installation</errorname
>, then shut down X and delete all the files listed above, then try to restart X.</para>

<para
>Normally (&ie; when not upgrading between &kde; versions) it's quite safe to leave these files intact, and you may shave a few seconds off your &kde; startup time by doing so.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para
>Compiling tdebase gives me a <errorname
>bin/sh: msgfmt: command not found</errorname
> error!</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para
>You need the &GNU; <application
>msgfmt</application
> which is part of the &GNU; i18n package <application
>gettext</application
>. You should be able to download it from any &GNU; mirror.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para
>How do I uninstall &kde; applications compiled from source?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para
>You can uninstall your programs by typing <command
>make uninstall</command
> in the folder where you did <command
>make install</command
>. If you have already deleted that folder, then there is only one way, and it is not good: go to <filename class="directory"
>$<envar
>TDEDIR</envar
>/bin</filename
> and start deleting files one by one.</para>
<para
>If you expect to find yourself in this situation, you might want to consider a program such as &GNU; <application
>stow</application
>, found at <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/stow.html"
>http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/stow.html</ulink
>.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question id="gif">
<para
>What is up with &GIF; support?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para
>This has to do with issues with Unisys' &LZW; patent. &GIF; support is turned off from &Qt; 1.44 onwards by default. When you want to use &GIF;s and have the relevant license, recompile &Qt; with &GIF; support. <command
>./configure <option
>-gif</option
></command
>.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para
>How do I install &kde; themes?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para
>Theme support in &kde; has been discontinued with this version. However, there are many opportunities to personalise and add eye candy to &kde; Look at, for example, <guilabel
>Appearance &amp; Themes</guilabel
> in &kcontrol;. </para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandaset>
</chapter>