Re. http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-help/2003/06/06/0006.htm

If you couldn't find a pre-built package for KDE 3.1, it may be that one is
not available.  Note also that "KDE" is a meta-package that exists to tie
together the (large number of) seperate packages that go into making up KDE.

The easiest way to install KDE is via pkgsrc, if you have the CPU cycles
to spare and the disk space.  Assuming that you have extracted a current
pkgsrc into /usr/pkgsrc, installing the latest KDE (assuming that everything
builds) is as easy as:

 cd /usr/pkgsrc/x11/kde3 && make update

...you might prefer to use "make install" instead of "make update"; "isntall"
will act differently in two ways: It will NOT delete/update any old packages
(already installed and outdated) that stand in the way of building KDE.
It will also NOT clean up all of the work directories that pkgsrc will use
for unpacking and compiling the sources.  (This can result in a lot of
disk space being used.)

If those are not a problem, then that's fine.  I prefer "make update" in
general, though it introduces a slight chance of wiping out a lot of installed
packages.  (This has been discussed before; search the mailing list archives.)


Good luck.


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