<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>The KMovisto Handbook: Installation</TITLE> <LINK HREF="index-3.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="index-1.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="index.html#toc2" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="index-3.html">Next</A> <A HREF="index-1.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="index.html#toc2">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s2">2. Installation</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="ss2.1">2.1 How to obtain KMovisto </A> </H2> <P> The actual version of KMovisto is located at <A HREF="http://members.tripod.de/PageOfMH/index.html">my homepage</A>. <P> <H2><A NAME="ss2.2">2.2 Requirements</A> </H2> <P> KMovisto requires the Qt library version 2.x or 3.x from Troll Tech (version 1.x will not work!). The Troll Tech web server is located at <A HREF="http://www.troll.no">http://www.troll.no</A>. <P> Since version 0.4.0 KMovisto also requires the Mesa OpenGL graphics library (libGL.so.1 and libGLU.so.1). <P> (both libraries should be provided by common linux distributions) <P> <H2><A NAME="ss2.3">2.3 Compilation and Installation</A> </H2> <P> <P>Before you begin, be sure that you set the following environment variables:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><CODE> <PRE> HOME: Your home directory (e. g.: /home/<i>user</i>). QTDIR: The path to the Qt library (e. g.: /usr/lib/qt-2.3.1 or /usr/lib/qt-3.0.3). </PRE> </CODE></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>In order to compile and install KMovisto on your system, type the following in the base directory of the KMovisto distribution: <P> <BLOCKQUOTE><CODE> <PRE> % ./configure % make % make install </PRE> </CODE></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>By default, the KMovisto executable file will be found in /usr/bin and the docs are installed in /usr/share/doc/kmovisto-0.4.0. Since KMovisto uses <P> <BLOCKQUOTE><CODE> <PRE> autoconf </PRE> </CODE></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>you should have not trouble compiling it. Should you run into problems please report them to the author <A HREF="mailto:mario.hoverath@uni-koeln.de">M. Hoverath</A>.<P> KMovisto icon files will not be installed by the <I>make install</I> command. You will find them in the icons subdirectory in your distribution folder. If you want to use them with KDE, copy kmovisto.xpm to $HOME/.kde/share/icons and kmovisto_mini.xpm to $HOME/.kde/share/icons/mini. <P> <H2><A NAME="ss2.4">2.4 Deinstallation</A> </H2> <P> To remove KMovisto completely you should delete the following files/directories: <P> <BLOCKQUOTE><CODE> <PRE> executable file: /usr/bin/kmovisto documentation directory: /usr/share/doc/kmovisto-0.4.0 user settings: $HOME/.kmovisto </PRE> </CODE></BLOCKQUOTE> <P> (on condition that default install directories are used) <P> <HR> <A HREF="index-3.html">Next</A> <A HREF="index-1.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="index.html#toc2">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>