> 1)How do you carry out a parallel installation? We would like to have a
> stable installation (kde 3.3.2), and a separate installation of kde 3.4. We
> would like to start KDE 3.4 on request at login, for instance, as we can
> select another DM like gnome.
In order to carry out a parallel installation from source, simply build with
the option --prefix=/somewhere/else. Then to run it, set your
KDEDIR=/somewhere/else/kde and then your path to
include /somewhere/else/kde/bin in a logical place (~/.xinitrc if you use
'startx', check the documentation for your display manager if you use one, to
see how to add a new session to it).
Sample .xinitrc
==========
KDEDIR=/opt/kde-3.4
PATH=$KDEDIR/bin:$PATH
export KDEDIR PATH
exec /opt/kde-3.4/bin/startkde
>
> 2)Which are the base packages we MUST install? Can we avoid installing the
> kde-i18n-xxxxx package (it is large and we have slow connection)?
You _must_ have arts, kdelibs and kdebase and they must be installed in that
order. Any other packages are optional, and you can decide for yourself if
you need them.
--
Jes Hall
KDE Documentation Team: http://i18n.kde.org/doc
KDE FAQ: http://docs.kde.org/en/HEAD/kdebase/faq
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