Using specific KDE apps

[mrc]

I have get Blackbox up and running - barely. (I'm a beginner here).  Have used
KDE for over a year mostly for Kppp and Kmail.
I downloaded and compiled KBB but the instructions really have not got me any
nearer to enjoying the simplicity of Blackbox without losing  the
functionality of these  two KDE applications. 
Any assistance here would be much appreciated.

Michael Coady