Build instructions for KDar version 1.3.1 You'll need the following libraries: libdar: version 2.x (from dar-2.1.0 or greater) NOTE that's LIBDAR API version 2.0, not dar-2.0.x! dar-2.0.x is based on libdar API version 1. qt: version 3.3.x (other versions may or may not work) kde: version 3.3.x (other versions may or may not work) bzip2: version 1.0.2 (other versions may or may not work) libz: version 1.1.4 (other versions may or may not work) You'll also need gcc 3.x or greater. I haven't been able to get kdar to compile on 2.93, but I haven't tried very hard either. gcc 2.95.x may or may not work. A recent version of automake is required. I use 1.7.3. NOTE for Redhat 9 users: Apparently you need these rpms to compile KDar: > bzip2-libs-1.0.2-8.i386.rpm > compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.118.i386.rpm > libstdc++-3.2.2-5.i386.rpm > libstdc++5.0-3.2.2-28968cl.i386.rpm > libstdc++5.0-devel-3.2.2-28968cl.i386.rpm > libstdc++-devel-3.2.2-5.i386.rpm > libstdc++-devel-3.3.2-1.i386.rpm and also dar-2.1.x RPM, or compile dar from source. NOTE for Fedora Core 1 with KDE 3.2: > bzip2-devel Step 1: Unpack the kdar source archive: tar zxvf kdar-1.3.1.tar.gz and cd into that directory. Step 2: Configure the build process Default prefix is $KDEDIR. Make sure your KDEDIR is set. Use --prefix=$HOME/.kde to install in your local kde directory. Decide which libdar to use. You may have only one installed, e.g. libdar64.so, and in that case specify --enable-mode=64 in configure. Here are the various configurations: o libdar.so (default) : ./configure o libdar32.so : ./configure --enable-mode=32 o libdar64.so : ./configure --enable-mode=64 I installed libdar64 on my system because it fulfills my needs, and is much faster and uses less memory than libdar. You might want to pass --enable-largefile if you have largefile support compiled into libdar. You can check the compile-time options of libdar with "dar -V". Step 4: Build the binary: make NOTE: If you get a "spacer" undeclared compilation error, just run make -f admin/Makefile.common make clean make from the top-level source directory. You may find that you need to add "cvs" to the end of the above command: make -f admin/Makefile.common cvs If uic complains that the *.ui files are based on a newer version of designer, then edit the top line of each .ui file and change the "version="3.2" to "version=3.1", or whatever version your designer is. Better yet, upgrade to the latest QT and KDE! Step 5: Install the binary, and config files and icons, etc. : make install Then you're set to go. Run kdar from the command line as "kdar", or from the KMenu on your desktop (under Utilities). NOTE: If the build process fails, try preparing the configure script for your system: make -f admin/Makefile.common cvs JKB041204