Re: [expert] KDE Install Location

[Olivier DUGEON - FT.CNET/BD/DAC/ARP]

Hi,

Simply use the kde.org package or Do this:

As RedHat 6.0, you can install KDE in over place than /usr. To do so,
you must don't install KDE during install Mandrake process. If so, rpm
-e all kde package.

Then, install kde package with rpm -Uvh --relocate /usr=/opt/kde <kde
package>.

Now you have kde in /opt/kde. But, only /usr files are relocate. Some
files in /etc/skel (like .kde adn Desktop directory) need go to
/opt/kde/etc/skel.

To start  properly kdm, you need to edit /etc/inittab and replace the
line:

x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
by
x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/env KDEDIR=/opt/kde /opt/kde/bin/kdm -nodaemon

And finally, you need to edit /etc/profile.d/kde.xxx (where xxx are csh
and sh) to change the KDEDIR variable to reflect the new location i.e.
/opt/kde.

BUT.... some kde package (not base but apps.) are not relocatable i.e.
klyx, ktop and so on. You need to grab this package from KDE.org.

For Gnome, nor RH nor M have a relocatable Gnome package. I proposed to
put gnome in /usr/gnome or /opt/gnome to RH but it reply with the
"standard unix directory structure" which is adopt.... 

Hope you this help.

Olivier



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