@ -26,31 +26,25 @@ lists</ulink>) or newsgroups.</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>So you have heard the rumors. Or you have seen the screenshots.
And you are dying to get hold of &tde;. But you know next to nothing
about this whole <quote>alternative operating system</quote> business. Don't worry!
You only need to do some (well, maybe not some) reading, that's
all!</para>
<para>&tde; does not run on any version of &Microsoft; &Windows; or OS/2 (yet). To run
&tde;, you need to have a &UNIX; system. Please refer to <xref
<para>You have heard rumors about &tde;. Or you have seen screenshots.
You want test &tde;. Yet you know next to nothing
about this whole <quote>alternate operating system</quote> business. Don't worry!
You only need to do some (well, maybe not some) reading, that's all!</para>
<para>&tde; does not run on any version of &Microsoft; &Windows;. To run
&tde;, you need to have a &UNIX; operating system. Please refer to <xref
linkend="platform"/> for more details.</para>
<para>Decide on a platform and set it up for your system. This
<acronym>FAQ</acronym> can not help you with this, since &tde;<ulink
url="http://www.kde.org"> runs on many &UNIX;</ulink> platforms. </para>
<!-- Taken out because we can not help with all platforms and KDEisnotLINUX -->
<acronym>FAQ</acronym> can not help you with this, since &tde; is intended
to run on many &UNIX; platforms.</para>
<para>Finally, you are ready to commence the &tde; installation.
Please start reading from the next section. To get &tde;, please
refer to <xref linkend="where-to-get-tde"/>. Last but not least, if
you encounter any problems while installing &tde;, please do not
<para>To obtain &tde;, please refer to <xref linkend="where-to-get-tde"/>. If
you encounter problems while installing &tde;, please do not
hesitate to make use of the &tde; <link
linkend="mailing-lists">mailing lists</link> and <link
linkend="newsgroups">newsgroups</link>. But do bear this in mind: no
question is too silly to ask, but some are too silly to answer,
especially when they are already answered in this <acronym>FAQ</acronym>.</para>
linkend="newsgroups">newsgroups</link>. No question is too silly to ask, but
remember to first look for answers in this <acronym>FAQ</acronym>.</para>
<para>Good luck and have fun!</para>
</answer>
@ -61,7 +55,7 @@ especially when they are already answered in this <acronym>FAQ</acronym>.</para>
<para>What kind of hardware do I need to run &tde; ?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>To run &tde; it is recommended that you have at least a pentium II processor, 64MB of memory and 500MB of free disk space for a basic installation. While &tde; may run on slower configurations than this, performance can be severely impaired. Generally, if your computer runs an &X-Server; already with other desktop environments or window managers it's probably fast enough to run &tde;.</para>
<para>To run &tde; consider at least a Pentium III processor, 512MB of memory, and 500MB of free disk space for a basic installation. A full installation will require about 3GB of hard drive storage space. While &tde; will run on slower hardware, performance likely will require some patience. Generally, if your computer runs other desktop environments then the hardware probably is capable of running &tde;.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
@ -72,19 +66,15 @@ especially when they are already answered in this <acronym>FAQ</acronym>.</para>
<answer>
<para>You can find several kinds of binary and source packages for
different distributions and operating systems on the &kde-ftp;. The
binary packages are not made by the &tde; Team, but by the
distributors themselves, or some dedicated individuals. Please refer to
<para>Various bindings for other languages, including &Java;, Perl, Python, ...</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>tdegames</term>
<listitem>
@ -174,29 +196,33 @@ server.</para>
&kpatience;.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>tdegraphics</term>
<listitem>
<para>Optional</para>
<para>Optional but recommended</para>
<para>Various graphics-related programs like &PostScript; previewer,
&DVI; previewer, and a drawing program.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>tdeutils</term>
<listitem>
<para>Optional</para>
<para>Optional but recommended</para>
<para>Various desktop tools like a calculator, an editor and other
nifty stuff.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>tdemultimedia</term>
<listitem>
<para>Optional</para>
<para>Optional but recommended</para>
<para>Multimedia applications like a &CD; player and a mixer.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>tdenetwork</term>
<listitem>
@ -205,20 +231,23 @@ nifty stuff.</para>
download manager &kget;, and several other network-related programs.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>tdepim</term>
<listitem>
<para>Optional</para>
<para>Optional but recommended</para>
<para>Personal information management tools. Contains the email client &kmail;, the newsreader &knode; and other related programs.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>tdeadmin</term>
<listitem>
<para>Optional</para>
<para>Optional but recommended</para>
<para>System administration programs.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>tdeedu</term>
<listitem>
@ -228,15 +257,17 @@ Educational and entertaining applications for &tde;'s younger users.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>tdeaccessibility</term>
<listitem>
<para>Optional</para>
<para>Optional but recommended</para>
<para>
KDE accessibility programs such as a screen magnifier and speech synthesizer front end.
&tde; accessibility programs such as a screen magnifier and speech synthesizer front end.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>tdetoys</term>
<listitem>
@ -244,13 +275,15 @@ KDE accessibility programs such as a screen magnifier and speech synthesizer fro
<para>Toys!</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>tdevelop</term>
<listitem>
<para>Optional</para>
<para>A complete Integrated Development Environment for &tde; and Qt</para>
<para>A complete Integrated Development Environment for &tde; and &Qt;</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>tdewebdev</term>
<listitem>
@ -258,18 +291,19 @@ KDE accessibility programs such as a screen magnifier and speech synthesizer fro
<para>Web development applications. Contains such applications as &quanta;, an integrated web development environment and other applications useful in web development</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>tdesdk</term>
<listitem>
<para>Optional</para>
<para>KDE Software Development Kit. Contains a collection of applications and tools used by KDE Developers.</para>
<para>&tde; Software Development Kit. Contains a collection of applications and tools used by &tde; Developers.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>&arts; and then tdelibs should be installed before everything
else, and tdeaddons last. The other packages can be installed in any
arbitrary order.</para>
<para>Information about compiling all packages is available at the
<para>Since there are always changes and updates to the way &tde; is compiled, please
refer to <ulink url="http://developer.kde.org/build/index.html">Download and Install from Source</ulink> for the most up to date installation instructions for the source packages.
</para>
<para>The general approach should work in most cases though.
</para>
<para>The source <filename>.tar.bz2</filename> package installs into <filename
class="directory">/usr/local/kde</filename> by default. You can
override this setting by using the <option>--prefix</option> option of
the <filename>configure</filename> script.</para>
<procedure>
<step performance="required"><para>unpack the packages with <command>tar <option>jxvf
make; make install</command> to install into <filename
class="directory">/home/me</filename>. Replace <replaceable>/home/me</replaceable> with your home directory, generally defined in <envar>$HOME</envar></para></step>
<step performance="required"><para>Add the following to your init files. Please note that if
it is not necessary for you to set <envar>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</envar>, it
<listitem><para><filename>$HOME/.trinity/tmp-<replaceable>hostname</replaceable></filename>, which normally is a symlink to the next file:</para></listitem>
<para>If the symlinks get broken, usually because a
<command>cron</command> or shutdown script is emptying out the
<para>If the symlinks get broken, such as when
<command>cron</command> or a shutdown script is emptying the
<filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> folder, then strange
things will happen. These files, and the symlinks, will all be
created automatically at the start of &tde; so you can safely remove
@ -674,7 +560,7 @@ them <emphasis>while &tde; is not running</emphasis>.</para>
<para>If you are only getting a gray screen when you start &tde;, or if you get an error message telling you to <errorname>Check your installation</errorname>, then shut down X and delete all the files listed above, then try to restart X.</para>
<para>Normally (&ie; when not upgrading between &tde; versions) it's
<para>Normally (&ie; when not updating between &tde; versions) it's
quite safe to leave these files intact, and you may shave a few
seconds off your &tde; startup time by doing so.</para>
</answer>
@ -682,32 +568,32 @@ seconds off your &tde; startup time by doing so.</para>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>Is TDE backwards or binary compatible with KDE 3?</para>
<para>Is &tde; backwards or binary compatible with KDE 3?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>While many programs designed on KDE 3 will compile on Trinity, binary
compatibility with KDE 3 is not a goal of the TDE project.</para>
<para>While many programs originally designed for KDE 3 will compile on Trinity, binary
compatibility with KDE 3 is not a goal of &tde; developers.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>Is TDE backwards or binary compatible with previous releases of TDE?</para>
<para>Is &tde; backwards or binary compatible with previous releases of &tde;?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>Possibly, but binary compatibility is not a project goal with major point
releases. A package that built on a previous version of TDE but no longer builds
releases. A package that built on a previous version of &tde; but no longer builds
on the current release should be brought to the attention of the developers.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>Is my KDE3 profile directory compatible with Trinity?</para>
<para>Is my KDE3 profile directory compatible with Trinity?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>Not quite but don't worry. Some "scrubbing" cleanup is required to migrate
a KDE3 profile. For new users or those with little customization we recommend
a KDE3 profile. For new users or those with little customization we recommend
creating a fresh profile. For those long-time users who cringe at the thought
of recreating their desktop, we provide a migratekde3 shell script. That script
copies a $HOME/.kde3 profile directory to $HOME/.trinity and performs the required
@ -716,7 +602,7 @@ with no warranties or guarantees. (The script works really well, actually. :-))<
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<!--<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>Compiling tdebase gives me a <errorname>bin/sh: msgfmt: command
not found</errorname> error!</para>
@ -727,9 +613,9 @@ part of the &GNU; i18n package <application>gettext</application>.
You should be able to download it from any
&GNU; mirror.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandaentry>-->
<qandaentry>
<!--<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>How do I uninstall &tde; applications compiled from
source?</para>
@ -745,9 +631,9 @@ one by one.</para>
consider a program such as &GNU; <application>stow</application>, found at