KDE Pre-Installation Configuration

Installing KDE into /usr

If you're using the Bash Startup Files then run the commands below. Otherwise make sure that the values you want are properly set.

Non-Multilib or Multilib

Create an addition to the Bash Startup Files:

cat > /etc/profile.d/30-kde.sh << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/profile.d/30-kde.sh

export KDE_PREFIX=/usr

export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS}${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS+:}/etc/kde/xdg"

# End /etc/profile.d/30-kde.sh
EOF
source /etc/profile

Installing KDE into /opt/kde-3.5.4

Create a link from kde-3.5.4 to kde to make upgrades and changes in the future easier:

ln -sf kde-3.5.4 /opt/kde

If you're using the Bash Startup Files then run the commands below. Otherwise make sure that the values you want are properly set.

Non-Multilib

Create an addition to the Bash Startup Files:

cat > /etc/profile.d/30-kde.sh << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/profile.d/30-kde.sh

export KDE_PREFIX=/opt/kde

export PATH="${PATH}:${KDE_PREFIX}/bin"

export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}${PKG_CONFIG_PATH:+:}${KDE_PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig"

export XDG_DATA_DIRS="${XDG_DATA_DIRS}${XDG_DATA_DIRS+:}${KDE_PREFIX}/share"
export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS}${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS+:}/etc/kde/xdg"

# End /etc/profile.d/30-kde.sh
EOF
source /etc/profile

Add a new entry to /etc/ld.so.conf for the libraries that KDE is going to install:

cat >> /etc/ld.so.conf << "EOF"
# Begin KDE addition to /etc/ld.so.conf

/opt/kde}/lib

# End KDE addition
EOF

Multilib

Create an addition to the Bash Startup Files:

cat > /etc/profile.d/30-kde.sh << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/profile.d/30-kde.sh

export KDE_PREFIX=/opt/kde

export PATH="${PATH}:${KDE_PREFIX}/bin"

export PKG_CONFIG_PATH32="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH32}${PKG_CONFIG_PATH32:+:}${KDE_PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig"
export PKG_CONFIG_PATHN32="${PKG_CONFIG_PATHN32}${PKG_CONFIG_PATHN32:+:}${KDE_PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig"
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH64="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH64}${PKG_CONFIG_PATH64:+:}${KDE_PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig" 

export XDG_DATA_DIRS="${XDG_DATA_DIRS}${XDG_DATA_DIRS+:}${KDE_PREFIX}/share"
export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS}${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS+:}/etc/kde/xdg"

# End /etc/profile.d/30-kde.sh
EOF
source /etc/profile

Add a new entry to /etc/ld.so.conf for the libraries that KDE is going to install:

cat >> /etc/ld.so.conf << "EOF"
# Begin KDE addition to /etc/ld.so.conf

/opt/kde/lib
/opt/kde/lib32
/opt/kde/lib64

# End KDE addition
EOF