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.

Even though the env variables are refering to /opt/kde, KDE_PREFIX should still be set to /opt/kde-3.5.4 as that's where KDE is going to be installed to.

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-3.5.4

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

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

export XDG_DATA_DIRS="${XDG_DATA_DIRS}${XDG_DATA_DIRS+:}/opt/kde/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-3.5.4

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

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

export XDG_DATA_DIRS="${XDG_DATA_DIRS}${XDG_DATA_DIRS+:}/opt/kde/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