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@@ -0,0 +1,312 @@ +In this file: + +* About kdebase +* Thank you +* Common Mistakes +* Configuring +* Debugging +* Upgrading +* Removal/Uninstallation +* More Info + + +About kdebase +------------- +kdebase is the second mandatory package (besides kdelibs) for the K Desktop +Environment. Here we have various applications and infrastructure files and +libraries. Here is an overview of the directories: + +* applnk + Files to create the icons for the K menu button + +* debian + Needed to create a Debian package. + +* doc + XML formatted documentation files for the apps + +* drkonqi + If ever an app crashes (heaven forbid!) then Dr.Konqi will be so kind + and make a stack trace. This is a great help for the developers to fix + the bug. + +* kappfinder + Searches for non-KDE applications, e.g. Acrobat Reader (tm) and installs + those apps under the K start button. + +* kate + A fast and advanced text editor, extensible with nice plugins. + +* kcheckpass + Small program to enter and check passwords, to be used by other + programs. + +* kcontrol + The KDE Control Center allows you to tweak the KDE settings. + +* kdcop + GUI app to browse for DCOP interfaces, can also execute them. + +* kdebugdialog + Allows you to specify which debug messages you want to see. + +* kdeprint + The KDE printing system. + +* kdesktop + You guessed it: the desktop above the panel. + +* kdesu + A graphical front end to "su". + +* kdialog + Allows to display menu boxes from shell scripts. + +* kdm + Replacement for XDM, for those people that like graphical logins. + +* kfind + File find utility (standalone and in Konqueror's file manager). + +* khelpcenter + Used to to read all great documentation about KDE, unix man pages, + info pages etc. + +* khotkeys + Intercepts keys and can call applications. + +* kicker + The panel at the botton with the K start button and the taskbar etc. + +* kioslave + Infrastructure that helps make every application internet enabled + e.g. to directly save a file to ftp://place.org/dir/file.txt + +* klipper + Taskbar applet that enhances and extenses the X clipboard. + +* kmenuedit + Edit for the menu below the K start button. + +* konqueror + The file manager and web browser you get easily used to. + +* konsole + A shell program similar to xterm. + +* kpager + Applet to show the contents of the virtual desktops. + +* kpersonalizer + The customization wizard you get when you first start KDE. + +* kreadconfig + A tool for shell scripts to get info from KDE's config files. + +* krichtexteditor + A embeddable rich text editor and a wrapper application for it. + +* kscreensaver + The KDE screensaver environment and some basic screensavers. More + of them are in the kdeartwork package. + +* ksmserver + The KDE session manager (saves program status on login, restarts + those program at the next login). + +* kdepasswd + A KDE frontend for passwd. Also contains the "Password & User Information" KCM. + +* ksplashml + The screen displayed while KDE starts. + +* kstart + Launches applications with special window properties such as iconified, + etc. + +* ksysguard + Task manager and system monitor, can work with remote systems. + +* ksystraycmd + Allows to run any application in the system tray. + +* ktip + Gives you tips how to use KDE. + +* kwin + The KDE window manager (moves, resizes and decorates windows). + +* kxkb + A keyboard map tool. + +* l10n + l-10letters-n: localization. Mostly country flags. + +* libkonq + Some libraries needed by Konqueror. + +* nsplugins + Together with OSF/Motif or Lesstif allows you to use Netscape (tm) + plugins in Konqueror. + +* pics + Various icons and wallpapers. + + +Thanks! +------- +Thank you Steven M. Scotten and Kuno Raffi (weave) for creating artwork +specifically for the K Desktop Environment. Your efforts are much +appreciated. + +Mr. Scotten has created: blue_angle_swirl, bluecheck, bluegreencrisscross, +bluegreensilver, candystripe_chainlink, charcoal_sunset, fadedpaint, +garden_lattice, ghost_lightning, glassywarpcheck, gold_crinkle, greenish, +heavens_hex, latte, lime_vibration, liquid_canvas, northbeach, +orange_stacks, purple_swirl, string_theory, sunday_brunch, +toothofthehoundthatbitcha, vegetative_fog, wavetron, woodcheck + + +Common Mistakes +--------------- +IMPORTANT: most applications need KDEDIR as the directory where KDE is +installed. Please set this in your login file. + +If XPM support wasn't configured, it may be that configure has no idea where +your XPM libraries are. If so, set XPM_INCLUDE and XPM_LDFLAGS to the paths +where configure should look for XPM. But if you haven't installed XPM or it +didn't come with your system, that's no problem. You will only miss a few +screensavers. The same thing applies with OPENGL support. Here you have to +set GL_INCLUDE and GL_LDFLAGS. + +If configure claims Qt cannot be found, have a look at +ftp://ftp.trolltech.com and download the latest Qt 3.3.x release. + +Be advised, if you're using FreeBSD, then please do not use the Qt port that +comes along with it. + +Configuring +----------- +kdebase's configure script supports all the standard GNU autoconf options +(you can have the various options listed for you by specifying the --help +switch), plus the following options are also supported. Note: the *non* +default variation is listed, so if you see --enable-debug, the default is +--disable debug. + +`--x-includes=DIR' + use X include files in DIR + +`--x-libraries=DIR' + use X library files in DIR + +`--enable-debug' + creates debugging code [default=no] + +`--enable-strict' + Add strict[er] compiler options (may not work!) to the CFLAGS and + CXXFLAGS. This is GNU CC specific for the time being. + +`--with-gnu-ld' + assume the C compiler uses GNU ld [default=no] + +`--disable-libtool-lock' + force libtool not to do file locking + +`--disable-nls' + do not use Native Language Support (i18n) + +`--with-qt-dir' + where the root of qt is installed + +`--with-qt-includes=DIR' + look for the Qt header files in DIR + +`--with-qt-libraries=DIR' + look for the Qt library in DIR + +`--with-extra-includes=DIR' + look for include files in DIR in addition to any other + `standard' paths + +`--with-extra-libs=DIR' + look for [extra] libraries in DIR too + +`--disable-path-check' + don't try to make sure that kdebase is installed into the same + base KDE directory as the rest of KDE + +`--with-install-root=DIR' + the root to install to [default=/] (i.e. make / == DIR, so /usr + becomes DIR/usr) + +`--disable-rpath' + do not use the rpath feature of ld + +`--with-xdmdir=DIR' + use xdm (and config files) from DIR if the xdm config dir can't be + found automaticly + +`--with-pam[=ARG]' + enable support for PAM: ARG=[yes|no|service name] + +`--with-shadow' + if you want to check for and use shadow password support if it's present + +`--without-gl' + disable any software which depends on OpenGL + +`--without-xpm' + disable color pixmap XPM tests + +`--with-xinerama' + enable Xinerama support + +Please check ./configure --help for a more current list of options and what +they do. + + +Debugging +--------- +You can use --enable-debug with the configure script, if you want to have +debug code in your KDE apps and libs. If you experience problems and want to +report problems to the KDE Bugs database, it is recommended to recompile +with this switch enabled to make the backtraces more verbose (and thus +giving the developer more information about the cause of the bug). + + +Removal/Uninstallation +---------------------- +You can use 'make uninstall' if you want to remove the kde from the dirs. +This feature has not been tested completely, and is depreciated. On a system +where KDEDIR is specific to KDE (i.e. not /usr), rm -rf $KDEDIR does it as +well. + + +More Info +--------- +If your system does not have XPM installed, and you cannot locate a package +of it, you may obtain it from ftp://avahi.inria.fr/pub/xpm, or you may find +it in ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/distfiles + +If you are running a FreeBSD system, you will need to make sure that LIBS is +set to "-Wl,-export-dynamic". The easiest way to do this is to prefix +configure with it, i.e.: LIBS="-Wl,-export-dynamic" ./configure. Thanks to +Will Andrews <will@FreeBSD.org> and Arun Sharma <adsharma@sharmas.dhs.org> +for identifying what needed to be done, and how to do it, and such. + +If your system supports PAM (Plugable Authentication Modules), please see +the README.pam file in this directory for more information about using KDE +with PAM. + +Have a look at the individual subdirectories, if you would like to find out +more about a specific application included in kdebase. + +More FAQs on http://www.kde.org/info/faq.html + +If you have problems compiling and installing this package, please check the +kde-devel@kde.org mailing list archive (see http://lists.kde.org) to see if +somebody had a similiar problem already. If not, try posting a message to +the list with detailed information about the compile problem. + +General KDE discussions should go to the KDE mailing list (kde@kde.org). + |