Re: Installing KDE2 from cvs

[Stephan Hachinger <stephan.hachinger@gmx.de>]

tim wrote:

> Hello
>
> Konquereor crashes on me with most javascripts, since the last update 
> in sid. Dissable is not really an option so I like to try installing 
> > from cvs.
>
> I have never compiled Kde or any other "big" thing except kernels0.  
> My question is whether I have to uninstall my running KDE or just "make 
> it with prefix ".  Will this possibly mess my system ?
>
> In generally any tips are welcome!
>
> tim


There are usually debian packaging scripts included in the sources, so 
that you can download the sources, change into the source directories 
and just call dpkg-buildpackage (from dpkg-dev) to build debian packages 
from the sources. Sometimes, the file /debian/rules cannot be executed 
in this process because of wrong permissions and dpkg complains, then 
you just have to chmod. When you install those generated .deb packages, 
older versions are automatically uninstalled by dpkg. If you've already 
installed something by make install, I'd recommend to do a make 
uninstall first. I think the deb installation is much cleaner than other 
ways.

Cheers,

Stephan