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kde.php
Log Message:
Clarified the xfree86 part of KDE installation, for fink newbies, and made
more explicit references to relevant documentation.
I ain't too proud to beg.
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--- kde.php 5 Jul 2002 02:28:22 -0000 1.28
+++ kde.php 7 Jul 2002 19:49:49 -0000 1.29
@@ -80,12 +80,37 @@
because there are new dependencies (CUPS, among other things).
</p>
+<h1>Before You Start -- Getting XFree86</h1>
+<p>
+ <strong>Be sure you know which XFree86 server you will be using!</strong>
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+ <li>
+ <p> If you already have XDarwin installed from another source (XonX, hand-built, or
+ any number of other places), install the "<b>system-xfree86</b>" package, so that
+ fink knows you already have a set of XFree86 libraries and an X server. </p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <p> If you are planning on using OroborOSX, you will still need the XFree86
+libraries,
+ and so we suggest you install "<b>xfree86-base</b>" along side your OroborOSX X
+ server. </p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <p> If you have no XFree86 server installed at all, install
+ "<b>xfree86-rootless</b>". </p>
+ </li>
+</ul>
+
<h1>Installing KDE On Fink</h1>
<p>
First, make sure you are comfortable with the instructions on
building and/or installing packages in the <a
href="http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/users-guide/index.php";>Fink User's Guide</a>.
+ <font color="#ff0000">This is TFM! If you get on the discussion list or IRC and ask
+ a question that is already in the documentation, you are likely going to get pointed
+ here. Please read the documentation before asking questions.</font>
</p>
<p>
@@ -115,7 +140,10 @@
running it, it may ask you some questions. If you don't know what to answer,
the defaults are perfectly safe. </p> </li>
<li> <p><strong> Install KDE. </strong></p>
- <p> If you want to install the base KDE system, run "<b><tt>fink install
+ <p> First, install the XFree86 server you decided to use in the <b>Before
+ You Start</b> section above, using "<b><tt>fink install
+ <your_choice></tt></b>". </p>
+ <p> Then, if you want to install the base KDE system, run "<b><tt>fink install
kdebase3</tt></b>" (or, if you have crypto support, "<b><tt>fink install
kdebase3-ssl</tt></b>"). If you want to build all of the official KDE
distribution that has been ported, there is a convenience package that
@@ -155,13 +183,15 @@
will update the local list of all available binary packages.</p>
</li>
<li>
- If all went well, you should now be able to install any of the KDE packages. To
+ If all went well, you should now be able to install any of the KDE packages. First,
+ install the XFree86 server you decided to use in the <b>Before You Start</b>
+section
+ above, using "<b><tt>sudo apt-get install <your_choice></tt></b>". Then, to
install everything up to the the base set of packages required to run KDE
- apps, run <b><tt>sudo apt-get install kdebase3</tt></b> (or
- <b><tt>sudo apt-get install kdebase3-ssl</tt></b> if you enabled crypto support in
step 1).
+ apps, run "<b><tt>sudo apt-get install kdebase3</tt></b>" (or
+ "<b><tt>sudo apt-get install kdebase3-ssl</tt></b>" if you enabled crypto support
+in step 1).
If you want to install all of the official KDE packages that have been
- ported so far, run <b><tt>sudo apt-get install bundle-kde</tt></b> (or
- <b><tt>sudo apt-get install bundle-kde-ssl</tt></b>). Alternatively
+ ported so far, run "<b><tt>sudo apt-get install bundle-kde</tt></b>" (or
+ "<b><tt>sudo apt-get install bundle-kde-ssl</tt></b>"). Alternatively
you can also select and install individual packages via the <b><tt>dselect</tt></b>
command in an interactive fashion.
</li>
@@ -183,10 +213,10 @@
.xinitrc file is a bourne-shell script.)
</p>
<p>
- Then just start XFree86 (Applications -> XDarwin) and KDE should come up. Dynamic
- loading in KDE is still pretty slow at the moment, so there are usually noticeable
- pauses in the amount of time KDE apps can take to start up if a library they use
- has not been loaded before.
+ Then just start XFree86 (by running the <b>XDarwin</b> application in your
+ "Applications" folder) and KDE should come up. Dynamic loading in KDE is still
+ pretty slow at the moment, so there are usually noticeable pauses in the amount
+ of time KDE apps can take to start up if a library they use has not been loaded
+before.
</p>
<p>
If you have problems starting, try changing your startkde line to:
@@ -203,7 +233,11 @@
</p>
<h1>If You Have Problems...</h1>
<p>
- ...please check the
+ Before you do anything else, make sure you've read the documentation at
+ <a href="http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/";>http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/</a>,
+ notably the parts on how to install and use packages with fink, dselect, and apt-get,
+ and the documentation on installing and using XFree86. If your questions are not
+ answered there, please check the
<a href="http://fink.sourceforge.net/lists/index.php";>list archives</a> and
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=117203&group_id=17203";>bug
tracker</a>
before posting questions. You can also try the
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