Getting Started/Build/Distributions/Debian

1 Getting_Started/Build/KDE4/Kubuntu and Debian
2 Build prerequisites
3 kdelibs dependencies
- 3.1 Recommended packages
- 3.2 Optional packages
4 kdepimlibs dependencies
- 4.1 kdepimlibs recommended
5 kdebase dependencies
- 5.1 kdebase-apps optional
- 5.2 kdebase-workspace optional
6 kdeedu
7 koffice
8 kdepim
9 kdenetwork
10 kdevplatform
11 kdevelop

Getting_Started/Build/KDE4/Kubuntu and Debian

This page details installation of kde4 requirements on any recent Kubuntu or Debian. For a basic functioning desktop, the recommended packages are installed with the command:

sudo aptitude install build-essential xorg-dev cdbs debhelper cmake \ kdesdk-scripts subversion ssh xserver-xephyr doxygen dbus-x11 \ libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev shared-mime-info libical-dev libgif-dev libssl-dev \ libboost-dev libboost-program-options-dev libgpgme11-dev libxine-dev \ libqimageblitz-dev libbz2-dev libdbus-1-dev libpam0g-dev libpcre3-dev \ libkrb5-dev libsm-dev libclucene0ldbl libclucene-dev libjpeg62-dev \ libxtst-dev xsltproc libxrender-dev libfontconfig1-dev automoc4

- - - I moved libstreamanalyzer-dev libstrigiqtdbusclient-dev to the section below since that pulls in qt4.

This installs build prerequisites such as build essential, almost all compilation requirements for kde4 (with the exception of qt4) and some recommended packages such as libssl-dev for https support. Further recommended and optional packages are listed below.

To install all the optional packages:

sudo aptitude install build-essential xorg-dev cdbs debhelper cmake kdesdk-scripts subversion ssh xserver-xephyr doxygen graphviz libqt4-dev dbus-x11 libdbus-1-dev libstreamanalyzer-dev libstrigiqtdbusclient-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev shared-mime-info libgif-dev libpcre3-dev libclucene0ldbl libclucene-dev libjpeg62-dev libkrb5-dev libsm-dev libssl-dev libbz2-dev libical-dev libxml2-utils libopenexr-dev libjasper-dev libenchant-dev libavahi-common-dev libaspell-dev libasound2-dev libboost-dev libboost-program-options-dev libgpgme11-dev libldap2-dev libsasl2-dev libxine-dev libqimageblitz-dev libsmbclient-dev libxkbfile-dev libxcb1-dev libxklavier12-dev libxdamage-dev libxcomposite-dev libbluetooth-dev libusb-dev libcaptury-dev network-manager-dev libsmbclient-dev libsensors-dev libpam0g-dev libnm-util-dev libusb-dev libcfitsio3-dev libnova-dev libeigen2-dev libopenbabel-dev libfacile-ocaml-dev libboost-python-dev libsvn-dev libsvncpp-dev libqt4-dev libqca2-dev libstreamanalyzer-dev libstrigiqtdbusclient-dev libcommoncpp2-dev libidn11 libidn11-dev libxtst-dev librdf-dev xsltproc libxrender-dev libfontconfig1-dev libpci-dev libxss-dev libxft-dev

Build prerequisites

In Kubuntu and Debian (Testing/Unstable) the build prerequisites are installed with:

sudo aptitude install build-essential cdbs debhelper cmake \ kdesdk-scripts subversion ssh xserver-xephyr

Optional packages for API documentation generation: sudo aptitude install doxygen graphviz

kdelibs dependencies

Kdelibs dependencies can be installed with: sudo aptitude install libqt4-dev dbus-x11 \ libstreamanalyzer-dev libstrigiqtdbusclient-dev \ libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev shared-mime-info libgif-dev libpcre3-dev \ libjpeg62-dev

You may also need the automoc and libphonon-dev packages when compiling on *buntu: sudo aptitude install automoc libphonon-dev

Recommended packages

libssl-dev - Needed for https support etc.
libbz2-dev - Needed for bzip support in kio_archive and GHNS packages.
libpcre3-dev - regular expression library. Recommended for Javascript support.

sudo aptitude install libssl-dev libbz2-dev libpcre3-dev

Optional packages

libasound2-dev - The Alsa sound system
libaspell-dev - spell checking support (in kwrite etc)
libavahi-common-dev - avahi/zeroconf service discovery
libenchant-dev - spell checking wrapper library
libjasper-dev - image processing library
libopenexr-dev - image processing library
libxml2-utils - used to validate generate doc files

sudo aptitude install libasound2-dev libaspell-dev \ libavahi-common-dev libenchant-dev libjasper-dev libopenexr-dev \ libxml2-utils

kdepimlibs dependencies

kdepimlibs dependencies can be installed with: sudo aptitude install libboost-dev libboost-program-options-dev libgpgme11-dev

If compiling on *buntu you may need libical-dev: sudo aptitude install libical-dev

kdepimlibs recommended

libldap2-dev - For ldap support in kde4.
libsasl2-dev - Required for imap and sieve kioslaves

sudo aptitude install libldap2-dev libsasl2-dev

kdebase dependencies

kdebase-runtime dependencies can be installed with: sudo aptitude install libxine-dev

Note
Note that libxine1-dev depends on gnome packages due to a kubuntu gutsy packaging bug (fixed in hardy). Also kubuntu packages xinelib version 1.1.8, which has trouble playing short sounds (fixed in xinelib 1.1.9).

kdebase-apps dependencies can be installed with: sudo aptitude install libqimageblitz-dev

kdebase-apps optional

libxcb1-dev - X C binding - Used for video widget support in xine
libxkbfile-dev - keyboard configuration package
libsmbclient-dev - for samba support in kde4

sudo aptitude install libsmbclient-dev libxkbfile-dev libxcb1-dev

kdebase-workspace optional

libsmbclient-dev - for samba support in kde4
network-manager-dev - Can be used by solid for network management
libcaptury-dev - video capturing tool for screencasts
libusb-dev - for usb support in solid
libbluetooth-dev - for bluetooth support in solid
libxcomposite-dev - for compositing support in kwin
libxdamage-dev - for compositing support in kwin
libxklavier12-dev - virtual keyboard
libsensors-dev - Support for hardware sensors (eg, temperature, fans)
libpam0g-dev - Authentication module
libnm-util-dev - needed to build solid with network manager

sudo aptitude install libxklavier12-dev libxdamage-dev libxcomposite-dev \ libbluetooth-dev libusb-dev libcaptury-dev network-manager-dev \ libsmbclient-dev libsensors-dev libpam0g-dev libnm-util-dev

kdeedu

The following packages are recommended if you intend to use kstars:

libfacile-ocaml-dev - used by kalzuim.
libboost-python-dev - optional for kig.
libreadline-dev - Gives kalgebra a console interface.
libopenbabel-dev - used by kalzium.
libeigen-dev - used by kalzium.
libusb-dev - Provides KStars INDI support.
libcfitsio3-dev - Gives KStars support for FITS images.
libnova-dev - A general purpose, double precision, Celestial Mechanics, Astrometry and Astrodynamics library for KStars.

sudo aptitude install libusb-dev libcfitsio3-dev libnova-dev libeigen-dev \ libopenbabel-dev libfacile-ocaml-dev libboost-python-dev

koffice

libqca2-dev - qt cryptographic support.

kdepim

libqca2-dev - qt cryptographic support.

kdenetwork

libqca2-dev - qt cryptographic support. Used for jabber protocol.

kdevplatform

libsvn-dev
libboost-serialization-dev

kdevelop

kdevplatform-dev
kdebase-workspace-dev

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