Getting Started/Build/KDE4

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    This article shows how to download, build, install and start KDE 4 from subversion. It consolidates howtos from various sites, e.g. the old KDE developer pages. This topic shows one way that works. It does not intend to explain the obvious background behind it.

    You may be interested in: http://kdesvn-build.kde.org/

    To reduce complexity, we use the bash-shell (standard) throughout the tutorial.

    Become the user kde-devel

    useradd kde-devel
    mkdir /home/kde-devel
    passwd kde-devel
    chown kde-devel:kde-devel /home/kde-devel 2>/dev/null || \
    chown kde-devel:users /home/kde-devel
    

    Switch to the user kde-devel: (the dash also changes to the new home directory)

    su - kde-devel
    

    Set Environment Variables

    You have to add some environment variables - add these lines to ~/.bashrc.

    export YACC='byacc -d'
    export QTDIR=$HOME/qt-unstable
    export KDEDIR=$HOME/kde
    export KDEDIRS=$KDEDIR
    export DBUSDIR=$KDEDIR
    export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$DBUSDIR/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
    export PATH=$QTDIR/bin:$KDEDIR/bin:$PATH
    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$QTDIR/lib:$KDEDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
    ## Uncomment if dbus doesn't work
    #alias dbusstart="eval `PATH=$DBUSDIR/bin \
    #$DBUSDIR/bin/dbus-launch --auto-syntax`"
    function cmakekde { cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/kde \
    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=debugfull $@ && make VERBOSE=1 && make install; }
    

    Check out the software

    svn co svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/trunk/qt-copy
    svn co svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/trunk/KDE/kdelibs
    wget http://www.cmake.org/files/v2.4/cmake-2.4.3.tar.gz
    wget http://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/dbus-0.94.tar.gz
    

    Build D-Bus

    tar xvfz dbus-0.94.tar.gz
    cd dbus-0.94/
    ./configure --disable-qt --disable-qt3 --prefix=$DBUSDIR \
    --localstatedir=/var && make && make install
    

    Build Qt

    cd ~/qt-copy && \
    ./configure -qt-gif -no-exceptions -debug -fast \
    -prefix $QTDIR -qdbus && make && make install
    

    Build and Install CMake

    The default prefix is /usr/local, make sure /usr/local/bin is in your $PATH.

    tar zxf cmake-2.4.3.tar.gz
    mkdir cmake-build
    cd cmake-build
    ../cmake-2.4.3/bootstrap
    make
    sudo make install
    

    Build kdelibs

    cd ~/
    mkdir kdelibs-build
    cd kdelibs-build
    cmakekde ../kdelibs
    

    Troubleshooting

    If you have problems compiling this, first make sure the following commands can be executed: aclocal, autoconf, autoheader, gcc, g++, pkg-config.

    Note
    If you get "Could NOT find GIF", install the devel package of libungif (the actual name may vary on distribution).

    If the problems persist, try the make-option --keep-going

    Build kdepimlibs

    Before kdebase you need to install kdepimlibs

    cd
    svn co svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/trunk/KDE/kdepimlibs
    mkdir kdepimlibs-build
    cd kdepimlibs-build
    cmakekde ../kdepimlibs
    

    Troubleshooting

    To compile against kdelibs (not the snapshot) add

    set(KDE4_IGNORE_DONTPORT TRUE)
    

    to the CMakeLists.txt before find_package(KDE4 REQUIRED)

    Build kdebase

    You may need kdebase for some kioslaves.

    cd
    svn co svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/trunk/KDE/kdebase
    mkdir kdebase-build
    cd kdebase-build
    cmakekde ../kdebase
    

    Troubleshooting

    If you have troubles compiling this:

    • Make sure you have the libxss headers installed. (Usually you got undefined references on xscreensaver objects if you haven't those headers)
    • which meinproc has to deliver /home/kde-devel/kde/bin/meinproc

    Start KDE 4 Programs

    To start the desktop environment itself, do:

    X :1 & export DISPLAY=:1
    startkde
    

    Maybe you are logged in as your normal user (not kde-devel), want to stay in your current environment (KDE 3.5, gnome, whatever) and start a KDE 4 program. To start only kwrite from KDE 4, do:

    ssh -X kde-devel@localhost
    kwrite
    

    Additional notes:

    http://wiki.kde.org/tiki-index.php?page=KDECMakeIntro