How do I upgrade to KDE 2? (rank Newb)

[Lucefiel]

OK, I'm in the process of D/L'ing KDE 2, but I'm VERY new to *NIX and don't know exactly what to do...

Obviously, my first question is "Do I need to compile a newer Kernal before it'll work and, if so, where can I find the source for it (I'm running OpenLinux 2.2)?"

Second question, can I compile/install the new KDE from inside Konsole or do I have to drop out of my shell to do it (and if so, how)?"

Third, Just to check to see if I've got the commands/syntax right for the actual compiling/installation, would this be right (assuming the file's GZipped as KDE2.tgz)?

$ gunzip KDE2.tgz
$ tar KDE2.tar
$ cd ./KDE2
$ configure
$ make
$ make install

Remember, I'm a complete newb (I've had OL2.2 running for all of a half hour, all my experience with Linux is from watching the instructor mess with the Linux DNS server in our NetWare classroom [also OL2.2] and my experience with DOS.

Also, since this is my shell, do I need to worry about where to install it to?

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[Lucefiel]

OK, well I was DL'ing the source for KDE 2, but Netscape crashed on me...

Anyway, after I DL the tgz file, what do I do with it then? Is everything in the post above correct? Or do I have to do some sort of dance to invoke the spirit of the Linux Kernal to aid me in my quest? http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

[LiNuts]

You dont have to recompile the kernel, KDE2 is a dektop manager, just make sure you install the latest version of qt, and from what i have read in the LNO, you have to compile kdesupport first then kdelibs and lastly kdebase.

If you have downloaded tar.gz files, then your ./configure - make - make install is correct.
LiNuts

EDIT: An easier way would be to do the following:
tar -xvzf <filename>,tar.gz. This unzips and untars at the same time.


[This message has been edited by LiNuts (edited 24 October 2000).]