Re: Debian KDE 3 packages using a different kde_htmldir

[Dominique Devriese <dominique.devriese@student.kuleuven.ac.be>]

David Pye writes:

  David> Hi, While perhaps related to debian, and packaging, I'd like
  David> to add that third party KDE-based apps also seem unable to
  David> locate other files, such as .ui files, which locate
  David> themselves in /usr/local/kde/share/apps/<appname>.

  David>  Even though compiled locally, the apps themselves can't then
  David> find these files. I had to move these to my own
  David> ~/.kde/share/apps/<appname> as the other one doesn't appear
  David> to be searched properly.

you should do 
export KDEDIRS="/usr/:/usr/local/:/usr/local/kde/"
before you start KDE..
cheers
domi

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