I have mandrake 9.0 and compiled kde3.1.1a
every package and dependency package compiled correctly, all required libs are installed.
But then there are some things wich are not clearly explained and as a beginner have difficulties to understand.
But on the info page of Konstruct they say this:
After installation you have to set some variables allowing your system to find
KDE binaries and libraries and KDE to allow to find its own files, for Bash:
export QTDIR=~/kde3.1.1
export KDEDIRS=~/kde3.1.1
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/kde3.1.1/lib
export PATH=~/kde3.1.1/bin:$PATH
Setting KDEHOME too, e.g. "export KDEHOME=~/.kdetest", will tell KDE to save
your settings to this directory and leave default ~/.kde directory unaffected.
On shadow password systems you have to set $(prefix)/bin/kcheckpass SUID root
or SGID shadow - otherwise you will not be able to unlock a locked desktop.
The complete KDE desktop is started with "startkde", most distributions start
it if you set it to the WINDOWMANAGER variable in your shell initializations.
these exports do they have to be typed in the shell or put in a file? and if in a file wich one and where?
Also, where can i set this WINDOWMANAGER ?
I mean, i know it's hard for people to make rpm's since such installations are system dependent, buti spent 2 days (30 hours non-stop) to compile and figure out how things are to be done, to find out that when I restart the x server and log back in, he loads kde 3.0 instead of 3.1.1a and also some of the functions and apps have become unavailable (like he cant find them anymore) for example, Konqueror with some of the buttons missing and Konsole crashing
Any assistance is more then welcome