Mr Zesty's Brain Dump: Install KDE 3 from source

Install KDE 3 from source

[ Download packages from the KDE ftp site that you want to install ]
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/latest/src/
You will also need to download the latest matching version of QT (QT 3.0 for KDE 3.0):
ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/qt/source/ [ qt-x11-free-3.0.x.tar.gz ]

cd /usr/local
tar xzf /usr/src/qt-x11-free-3.0.?.tar.gz
ln -s qt-x11-free-3.0.? qt-3
ln -s qt-3 qt

I use a quick shell-script to compile QT...

#!/bin/bash

cd /usr/local/qt-3

export QTDIR=$PWD
export YACC='byacc -d'
export PATH=$PATH:$QTDIR/bin

./configure -release -shared -system-zlib \
-qt-gif -system-libpng -system-libjpeg -system-libmng \
-qt-imgfmt-mng -qt-imgfmt-jpeg -qt-imgfmt-png -thread \
-stl -sm -xrender -xinerama -no-g++-exceptions

make symlinks sub-src sub-tools

I use another quick shell script to compile and install all the parts of KDE 3 ...

#!/bin/bash

VERSION=0.3
BUILDDIR=/usr/src/kde3/build
SOURCEDIR=/usr/src/kde3
export QTDIR=/usr/local/qt-3

for each in arts-1.${VERSION} kdelibs-3.${VERSION}a kdebase-3.${VERSION} \
kdeaddons-3.${VERSION} kdeartwork-3.${VERSION} kdegraphics-3.${VERSION} \
kdemultimedia-3.${VERSION} kdenetwork-3.${VERSION} kdepim-3.${VERSION} \
kdeutils-3.${VERSION}
do
cd $BUILDDIR; tar xyf $SOURCEDIR/${each}.tar.bz2;
cd ${each} && \
./configure --disable-debug --with-xinerama --with-ssl-dir=/usr/local/ssl > ../${each}-configure.log && \
make && make install && cd .. && rm -rf ${each}
done

The script is set up so that if a directory is left behind in $BUILDDIR it means it did not finish compiling and installing correctly. You will need to go into each leftover directory in $BUILDDIR and try and determine why it didn't compile.

Add /usr/local/kde/bin to your default login profile (usually in /etc/profile, something like export PATH=$PATH:....:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/kde/bin).

Edit your /etc/inittab file. If you're not running Slackware (which is already set up), edit/replace the line that starts with x:5:respawn:...

x:5:respawn:/usr/local/kde/bin/kdm -nodaemon

Restart the init process (which is always PID 1)

kill -HUP 1

Finally, from the kdebase source directory run:

./kdm/kfrontend/genkdmconf --no-old

(this will generate a generic kdmrc file without using any existing XFree86 files as defaults)

Finally - to clean things up you will want to edit:

/usr/local/kde/share/config/kdm/kdmrc

And uncomment and edit this line:

MinShowUID=100

If you can start KDM and log into KDE sucessfully (run /sbin/init 5), then make it your default by editing /etc/inittab again. (Use runlevel 4 for Slackware).

id:5:initdefault: