Installing KDE2.2 on RH7.1 from source

[Vagrant]

hey all, I have the "SGI Version" of RedHat 7.1, pretty much the same except for XFS i think. I tried to install KDE 2.2, and first off, i want to know if this:

kde-i18n-2.2.tar.bz2 44megs

I want to know if that is the entire kde2.2 package, because i saw a lot of packages like "kdebase" "kdelibs" "kdeaddons", and they were all small, and that one is 44megs, i would think there would be a download with the whole thing,.. Ok well I have rh7.1 nothing added to it, do i have the latest QT right QT version? i did a locate on "qt" and it came up with directories that do have a later version than what is required .. I got to ./configure, make, but at "make install" it did a good bit, then it crapped out at a "recursive error" and it didnt go any further .. i then did a "make uninstall", is that right?, now i would like to know the correct way to compile, install it from source, dont want to use rpm's, i'd like to use tarballs.. oh and once it is "installed" how can i verify that my kde is 2.2.. well thank you all for the patience ..
*vagrant

[r0nster]

I believe that is for international users. If you are using english as the default, skip this one. You need kdesupport, kdelibs, and kdebase at the very mininum. Compile & install in this order:
kdesupport
kdelibs
kdebase
then if you want, go ahead and grab kdeadmin, kdegames, kdemultimedia, etc.

[Vagrant]

hey thanks a lot for the reply, only thing is i dont see the "kdesupport" but i have kdebase and kdelibs .. where is kdesupport? i went to the main server and a few of the mirrors .
*vagrant

[r0nster]

Hmm, they changed a couple of things around. According to the kde web site, you need at least kdelibs and kdebase. Be sure that your QT libs are up to date (found in /usr/lib/qt). Most likely they are.
I guess tney merged kdesupport in with their libs / base or something. Sorry for the confusion :)
In that case, compile the kde libs 1st and kdebase 2nd, and all other kde packages after that (in no particular order)
Hope this helps ya :)

[Vagrant]

ya thanks a lot, i jus compiled kdelibs and kdebase, and all was well, compiling the other stuff now, hehe now my Konqueror crashes a lot, guess i should use the "bug report" function. thanks again.
*vagrant

[r0nster]

Originally posted by Vagrant:
<STRONG>ya thanks a lot, i jus compiled kdelibs and kdebase, and all was well, compiling the other stuff now, hehe now my Konqueror crashes a lot, guess i should use the "bug report" function. thanks again.
*vagrant</STRONG>

After compiling kdelibs & kdebase, run ldconfig. I read something about crashes from konqueror (and other KDE apps) resulting from not running ldconfig after compiling & installing kdelibs & kdebase.