The K Desktop Environment

2.3. Compilation and installation

In order to compile and install KPilot on your system, type the following in the base directory of the KPilot distribution:
 $ ./configure
 $ make
 $ make install

Since KPilot uses autoconf and automake you should have not trouble compiling it. In some cases you may need to do
 $ aclocal
 $ autoconf
 $ automake
 $ ./configure
 $ make
 $ make install
Should you run into problems please report them to the KPilot mailing list.

It is far easier to use the rpms provided on the KPilot web page. You can download them from the Official KPilot Home Page or the KPilot Bugs Page. Both have rpms for recent KPilot releases, although the bugs page tends to have the newest releases. Once you have downloaded an rpm for KPilot, for example kpilot-4.0.0-5.i386.rpm which is the binary rpm for Intel machines you can upgrade your version of KPilot by logging in as root and running:
 # rpm --upgrade kpilot-4.0.0-5.i386.rpm
In some cases rpm will complain about version differences. In such cases it is best to ask the mailing list.