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
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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