newbie trying to install an application

[Peter Christensen <pchris@snip.net>]

I know this must be the simplest thing to do, but it's just not working for 
me!  I recently installed Woody, got the sound working, and now tried to 
install a basic CD player.  Since I'm using KDE I figured that for 
simplicity's sake I should install KCD.  How hard could this be for a newbie?

So I did an apt-get install kcd (from my Debian CD set).  Along with kcd it 
pulled in libcdaudio.  It seemed to work OK because when I did a "find -name" 
I got:

./usr/share/doc/kcd
./usr/share/lintian/overrides/kcd
./usr/share/apps/kcd
./usr/doc/kcd

(But "find -name libcdaudio" displays nothing.  Perhaps this is where things 
went wrong?)

There's a README in doc/kcd that says

Installation:
- kcd requires libcdaudio. Get it from http://cdcd.undergrid.net/libcdaudio 
(or any other source) and install it
- build kcd as described in the INSTALL file

I can't find the INSTALL file.  I tried adding the applet "CD player" (it's 
an option when I click on "configure panel") to the KDE panel, but nothing 
happens.

I've been looking through how-tos, faqs, and manuals, but not getting very 
far.  Shouldn't I be able to find an executable somewhere so that I can try 
running the app from the command line?  Would the executable end up in the 
/var directory?  (This is my understanding from the Debian User's Guide.) 

By the way, I'd be interested if anyone has a favorite CD player.  I picked 
kcd because I thought it would be integrated with KDE, but would be 
interested in any other recommendations.

Thanks,
Peter Christensen