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How to install the KDE-1.1 RPM packages on Red Hat Linux systems:

1. Introduction.

• 1.1 Supported Red Hat Linux releases.
• 1.2 Free Software License issues; no Red Hat support for KDE.
• 1.3 RPM packages in this KDE release.
• 1.4 The four RPM families: "rh42", "rh50egcs", "rh5x", and "rh5xegcs11."

2. Things to do before beginning the installation.

• 2.1 Check if your X Window system works; is it customized?
• 2.2 Login as the superuser
• 2.3 Installation to /opt/kde and disk space requirements.
• 2.4 Which release of Red Hat Linux do you have?

3. Installing the RPM packages.

• 3.1 Installing the QT RPM packages.
• 3.2 If you already have an older version of KDE installed:
• 3.3 Rebuilding the RPM source packages
• 3.4 Installing the binary KDE RPM packages.

4. Post Installation instructions

• 4.1 Overview
• 4.2 Using the "usekde" script to make KDE a user's desktop..
• 4.3 Customising the default Desktop
• 4.4 Starting KDE by opening an X Window session.

5. Using kdm, the KDE X Display Manager (optional).

• 5.1 Replacing xdm with kdm: the "kdm_on" script.
• 5.2 The kdm "shutdown" screen.
• 5.3 Configuring the login screen background (optional).
• 5.4 Configuring kde's PAM service (optional)

6. What users should do when they first run the KDE Desktop.

• 6.1 Using the KDE Control Center to customize the desktop.
• 6.2 Automatic configuration of non-KDE applications for KDE.
• 6.3 Using the KDE Help system.
• 6.4 Desktop icons for floppy and cdrom drives, and printers.

7. Adding KDE applications not included with KDE-1.1.

• 7.1 Compiler issues.

8. Troubleshooting problems with KDE installation :

• 8.1 "I could not install the packages: rpm
• 8.2 "I typed "startkde" and KDE did not start!"
• 8.3 "I typed "startx" and the X Window system would not start"
• 8.4 "KDE tries to start, but doesn't succeed".
• 8.5 "xdm or kdm is running. I login, but some other window manager starts."
• 8.6 "I run startx but some other window manager starts."
• 8.7 "kdm won't let me login".
• 8.8 "I can't shut down xdm or kdm"
• 8.9 The "usekde" or "kdm_on" commands were not found
• 8.10 rpm version issues.
• 8.11 "host type not found" error messages when compiling KDE.

9. Where to send comments, corrections, etc.

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