Installation of prerequisite programs

Installation of prerequisite programs

Now download the prerequisites and compile the libraries

First you have to compile the QT 2.2.2 or QT 2.2.3 sources. I assume the user has his QT sources in /usr/lib/qt2, his KDE2 sources in /usr/src/kde2/kdelibs and his KDE2 directory is /usr/local/kde2, if you don't like it use your own settings for this.

export QTDIR=/usr/lib/qt-2.2.2
cd $QTDIR
./configure -sm -system-libpng -system-jpeg
make

If you have enough RAM and a fast computer you can speedup the compile process by adding "-j2" to the make options. For example "make -j2". If you have a slow computer with little RAM exit X windows and run make from a terminal to speed up the process. After the compiling process is finished you have to compile your KDE2 stuff. Please do something like this:

export QTDIR=/usr/lib/qt-2.2.2
export KDEDIR=/usr/local/kde2
cd /usr/src/kde2/kdelibs
./configure
make
make install

The compilation of QT and KDE should finish without problems or errors. It's possible to add "-j2" again to speed up the compiling process if you have enough RAM and a fast PC.

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