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| ==Objectives==
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| You probably want to keep your current KDE-3.5.x installation till you feel that KDE-4.x.y meets your needs for actual day to day use of your computer. Yet, you want to be able to change over with a minimum of work when the time comes to make the switch.
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| ==Method==
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| The best way to accomplish this is to install the needed libraries on your system in the usual manner. Convention is that these should be installed in the /usr/local/ directory. By default, Troll Tech installs Qt in: /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4/. The current KDE-4.0 release branch should be built against Qt-4.3.x (the latest in this branch is 4.3.3 which should be used unless there are reasons not to use it). It is best to install KDE-4.x.y in its own directory so that the directory can be deleted if some large problem occurs. I will be using /usr/local/KDE-4.0/ but you can call it whatever you want.
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| We will keep configurations straight by using a separate user for accessing KDE-4.x.y. This user account will contain your configurations and will have a script to set the environment variables (.bash_profile if using Linux).
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| ==Installation==
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| ===Create the User Account===
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| Use whatever method you wish to create a new user account. Mine is called: "KDE4". Then edit or create the user specific login script (.bash_profile for Linux). There is a lot that goes into this:
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