Revision as of 17:59, 16 January 2007

Finding about KDE's installation : kde-config

Introduction

kde-config is a small utility for determining how KDE is installed. It can be used for debugging purposes, or in Makefiles for simple projects that don't want to use the full autoconf/automake framework.

Usage

kde-config --help gives:

Options:
 --expandvars    expand ${prefix} and ${exec_prefix} in output
 --prefix        Compiled in prefix for KDE libraries
 --exec-prefix   Compiled in exec_prefix for KDE libraries
 --libsuffix     Compiled in library path suffix
 --localprefix   Prefix in $HOME used to write files
 --version       Compiled in version string for KDE libraries
 --types         Available KDE resource types
 --path type     Search path for resource type
 --userpath type User path: desktop|autostart|trash|document
 --install type  Prefix to install resource files to

kde-config --types gives:

apps - Applications menu (.desktop files)
config - Configuration files
data - Where applications store data
emoticons - unknown type
exe - Executables in $prefix/bin
html - HTML documentation
icon - Icons
kcfg - Configuration description files
lib - Libraries
locale - Translation files for KLocale
mime - Mime types
module - Loadable modules
pixmap - unknown type
qtplugins - Qt plugins
services - Services
servicetypes - Service types
sound - Application sounds
templates - Templates
wallpaper - Wallpapers
xdgconf-menu - XDG Menu layout (.menu files)
xdgdata-apps - XDG Application menu (.desktop files)
xdgdata-dirs - XDG Menu descriptions (.directory files)
xdgdata-icon - unknown type

These are valid inputs of --path and --install. --install gives the paths kdelibs was compiled for, while --path gives the whole set of paths as they are searched in the current environment.

So while --path config can return

/home/joe/.kde/share/config:/etc/kde3:/opt/kde3/share/config

--install config will return

${prefix}/share/config

you can ask for --prefix too, and --expandvars expands this right for you and gives:

/home/joe/KDE/share/config

@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
 kde-config --help gives:
+ Options:
-    Options:
+  '''--expandvars'''    expand ${prefix} and ${exec_prefix} in output
-      '''--expandvars'''              expand ${prefix} and ${exec_prefix} in output
+  '''--prefix'''        Compiled in prefix for KDE libraries
-      '''--prefix'''                  Compiled in prefix for KDE libraries
+  '''--exec-prefix'''   Compiled in exec_prefix for KDE libraries
-      '''--exec-prefix'''             Compiled in exec_prefix for KDE libraries
+  '''--libsuffix'''     Compiled in library path suffix
-      '''--localprefix'''             Prefix in $HOME used to write files
+  '''--localprefix'''   Prefix in $HOME used to write files
-      '''--version'''                 Compiled in version string for KDE libraries
+  '''--version'''       Compiled in version string for KDE libraries
-      '''--types'''                   Available KDE resource types
+  '''--types'''         Available KDE resource types
-      '''--path type'''               Search path for resource type
+  '''--path type'''     Search path for resource type
-      '''--install type'''            Prefix to install resource files to
+  '''--userpath type''' User path: desktop|autostart|trash|document
+  '''--install type'''  Prefix to install resource files to
 kde-config --types gives:
+ '''apps''' - Applications menu (.desktop files)
+ '''config''' - Configuration files
+ '''data''' - Where applications store data
+ '''emoticons''' - unknown type
+ '''exe''' - Executables in $prefix/bin
+ '''html''' - HTML documentation
+ '''icon''' - Icons
+ '''kcfg''' - Configuration description files
+ '''lib''' - Libraries
+ '''locale''' - Translation files for KLocale
+ '''mime''' - Mime types
+ '''module''' - Loadable modules
+ '''pixmap''' - unknown type
+ '''qtplugins''' - Qt plugins
+ '''services''' - Services
+ '''servicetypes''' - Service types
+ '''sound''' - Application sounds
+ '''templates''' - Templates
+ '''wallpaper''' - Wallpapers
+ '''xdgconf-menu''' - XDG Menu layout (.menu files)
+ '''xdgdata-apps''' - XDG Application menu (.desktop files)
+ '''xdgdata-dirs''' - XDG Menu descriptions (.directory files)
+ '''xdgdata-icon''' - unknown type
-    '''apps''' - Applications menu (.desktop files)
+These are valid inputs of <tt>--path</tt> and <tt>--install</tt>.
-    '''config''' - Configuration files
+<tt>--install</tt> gives the paths kdelibs was compiled for, while <tt>--path</tt> gives the whole set of paths as they are searched in the current environment.
-    '''data''' - Where applications store data
-    '''exe''' - Executables in $prefix/bin
-    '''html''' - HTML documentation
-    '''icon''' - Icons
-    '''lib''' - Libraries
-    '''locale''' - Translation files for KLocale
-    '''mime''' - Mime types
-    '''pixmap''' - unknown type
-    '''services''' - Services
-    '''servicetypes''' - Service types
-    '''sound''' - Application sounds
-    '''templates''' - Templates
-    '''wallpaper''' - Wallpapers
-These are valid inputs of --path and --install.
---install gives the paths kdelibs was compiled for, while --path gives the whole set of paths as they are searched in the current environment.
-So while '''--path config''' can return <code>/home/coolo/.kde/share/config:/etc/kde2:/opt/kde2/share/config</code>
+So while '''--path config''' can return
-'''--install config''' will return <code>${prefix}/share/config</code>
+ /home/joe/.kde/share/config:/etc/kde3:/opt/kde3/share/config
-you can ask for '''--prefix''' too, and '''--expandvars''' expands this right for you and gives: <code>/home/coolo/KDE/share/config</code>
+'''--install config''' will return
+ ${prefix}/share/config
+you can ask for '''--prefix''' too, and '''--expandvars''' expands this right for you and gives:
+ /home/joe/KDE/share/config