> Well I have compiled KDE successfully (though I do not remember whether
> shared or static) and if someone could explain how to build the pkg files
> and where to upload it I could do that (I have a 800kB/s connection to our
> university server cluster, and it would cost me nothing, so I think
> I should do that.

"make package"  in the relevant directory and put the kettle on...

> BTW, anyone managed to compile emacs? I tried xemacs20 but it failed

I seem to remember that the error is "invalid configuration" or similar.
I once managed to botch it by lying and telling it that I was an i386, and
it sort of worked...

Have fun,
David.