Instructions

The instructions on this page are for the very very outdated KDE 3.4.3. To get KDE4, follow the Techbase instructions for Solaris to compile it yourself.

KDE 3.4.3 Installation Instructions

Here are the outlined steps for installing and configuring KDE:

0. Make sure you have at least 1.8GB free space under /opt -- this is
where KDE and the required libraries will be installed. Also, make
sure you are root. If you cannot be root, do not attempt to install
KDE. The end result will be a big mess at best.

1. Make sure you have installed the UTF-8 localization files. KDE
requires UTF-8 (they are available on the Solaris installation DVD).
If you do not have them installed, insert the Solaris DVD in your DVD
drive, and do:

#> localeadm -a <LANGUAGE> -d /cdrom/sol_10_106_sparc/S0/Solaris_10/Product/

where <LANGUAGE> is, for example, en_US, or fr_FR, or it_IT, etc.

2. Download all the packages (*.tar.bz2) under REQUIRED:

KDEkderequired-343.tar.bz2
KDEkderuntime-343.tar.bz2
KDEpinentry-072-343.tar.bz2
KDEqt-334.tar.bz2
KDEblender-237a.tar.bz2

You should download the packages in a directory where you have a LOT of
free space available (like /var/tmp, or somewhere else -- it does not 
really matter where they are downloaded at all).

2. For each of the packages above, do:
#> bunzip2 <package-name>.tar.bz2
#> tar xvf <package-name>.tar

At this point, you should have a file, and a directory:
<package-name>.tar <-- the tar archive file
<package-name> <-- the actual "package" directory

3. Stay in the same directory you are in right now -- do not cd to the
package directory. :-)

4. To install the package, do:

#> pkgadd -d `pwd` <package-name> # backticks, not single-quotes

For example, to install KDEkderequired-343, you do:

#> bunzip2 KDEkderequired-343.tar.bz2
#> tar xvf KDEkderequired-343.tar
#> pkgadd -d `pwd` KDEkderequired-343

The package installer will ask you a few questions ("are you sure you
want to install this package?", etc). Just answer 'y' or
'yes' (without the quotes). You should now see the installer print out
the names of the files it is installing.

If you get an error with KDEkderequired-343 about a file located 
under /opt/fsw4sun/cups-1.1.23/etc/certs/0, please ignore this error.
This file gets re-created every time cups starts up, so it is
completely unimportant.

5. After the package has been installed, you can remove the tar
archive file for the package, and the package directory itself. For
example, for KDEkderequired-343, you do:

#> rm -f KDEkderequired-343.tar
#> rm -rf KDEkderequired-343

This is just to avoid running out of disk space.

6. Repeat this procedure with all the packages in REQUIRED, in the order
indicated above.

7. When you are done with REQUIRED, you can move on to installing KDE per se.
You should install KDE in the following order, using the same installation
method described above. The KDE distro packages should be installed in the
following order:

KDEkdearts-343
KDEkdelibs-343
KDEkdebase-343
KDEkdenetwork-343
KDEkdepim-343
KDEkdegraphics-343
KDEkdemultimedia-343
KDEkdegames-343
KDEkdeartwork-343
KDEkdeutils-343
KDEkdeadmin-343
KDEkdeaddons-343
KDEkdesdk-343
KDEkdetoys-343
KDEkdeedu-343
KDEkdebindings-343
KDEkdeaccessibility-343
KDEkdewebdev-343
KDEkdevelop-323
KDEscribus-131-343
KDEk3b-01210-343

8. You are finished installing KDE. Now, you should configure your
KDE dtlogin session (which makes KDE appear as an option on the
Session drop-down menu in dtlogin). This is very simple. There is a
small program in /opt/kde-3.4.3/bin/mkdtlogin. This program will
create your dtlogin session files. The only thing you have to do is
to run it as follows:

#> mkdtlogin -b /usr -l fr_FR.UTF-8

This will create all your dtlogin session files for fr_FR.UTF-8.
After doing this, if you do a "Reset Login Screen" from the dtlogin
screen, you should see an entry for "KDE 3.4.3 32-bit [fr_FR.UTF-8]",
for example (if you have configured mkdtlogin for fr_FR).

9. You are almost done. Now you have to install the KDE localization
files for the languages you have chosen (the kde-i18n-* files). These
files are not part of the distro, simply because they are too big,
and noone really installs all of them -- everyone only needs two or
three at most. So, you can download the kde-i18n-* package you need
from KDE (or one of the mirrors -- i included a list of good mirrors
at the bottom of this email), and you only have to do very few
things:

- download the 'runConfigure.kde343.i18n' script from the KDE mirror
(exact location is at the bottom of this email), and save this
script, you will need it.

- unpack the archive(s):
#> bunzip2 kde-i18n-<language>.tar.bz2
#> tar xvf kde-i18n-<language>.tar

At this point, you have one directory and one file:
kde-i18n-<language>.tar <-- the archive file
kde-i18n-<language> <-- the directory with KDE localization files

Now you do:

#> cd kde-i18n-<language>

(change directory to the kde-i18n-* localization package).

In this directory, there is a script named "configure". You will have to
do some very light editing on this script: replace all instances of /bin/sh
with /bin/bash.

For example, in vi, you do:

:1,$ s#/bin/sh#/bin/bash#g
:wq

That's it. Now you can copy the 'runConfigure.kde343.i18n' script you
have downloaded, into this (current) directory, and then just run it:

#> ./runConfigure.kde343.i18n

This will run the 'configure' script, which creates all the
Makefiles. These Makefiles don't actually compile anything, the only
thing they do is create the INSTALL: directive for gmake.

When 'runConfigure.kde343.i18n' is finished, you do:

#> gmake install

And this will install your localization files in /opt/kde-3.4.3.

To make certain that ownership of localization files is correct, you can
do

#> chown -Rh root:sys /opt/kde-3.4.3/share/

You can repeat this procedure for all the languages and localization files
you need.

11. Almost there. Now it's time to install all the binary patches
(download location is indicated at the bottom of this writeup).
The patches are packaged exactly like the distro packages, only the
Solaris patch installation is a little different:

For each patch package, you do:

#> bunzip2 <patch>.tar.bz2
#> tar xvf <patch>.tar
#> patchadd -M `pwd` <patch>

For example, to install patch KDE20060107-01, you do:

#> bunzip2 KDE20060107-01.tar.bz2
#> tar xvf KDE20060107-01.tar

at this point you have one file and one directory:
KDE20060107-01.tar <-- the archive file
KDE20060107-01 <-- the actual patch directory

Stay in the same directory you are in right now; do not cd to the
patch directory. :-)

Now you do:

#> patchadd -M `pwd` KDE20060107-01

This will tell you about installing the patch, and then it should end
with "Patch <patch-name> has been successfuly applied" (or something
like that). Once you are done installing a patch, you can delete the
patch tar archive and the patch directory itself:

#> rm -f KDE20060107-01.tar
#> rm -rf KDE20060107-01

Then, repeat this for every patch.

The patch naming convention is: KDEYYYYMMDD-<patch-sequence-number>. Thus,
every KDE patch tells you the exact date it was released, and its sequence
number. Binary patches should be applied in chronological order (oldest
patches first). Also, keep in mind that not all patches are dual platform.
In other words, certain patches exist only for IA32AMD32, and certain others
exist only for UltraSPARC-II.

Now, KDE is installed and patched. You can now move on to the final
KDE specific configuration of your system (there are a few configuration
files which need editing):

/etc/pam.conf
/etc/rpc
/etc/services

And there are also a few configurations you need to do for your
CD/DVD burners. At the bottom of this email you can find the URL for
the INSTALLATION and configuration directory, with explanations and
examples for all the configurations you have to do.

After you have configured everything, you are finally DONE!!! :-)
Now, you can logon to KDE. If you select the KDE 3.4.3 entry from
the "Session" menu in dtlogin, and login, you should see the KDE
startup blue screen, followed by the Konfigurator (since this is the
first time you are starting KDE).

Here's an example of a KDE mirror where you can find everything:

http://ftp.tiscali.nl/sunfreeware/KDE/
(the toplevel directory)

http://ftp.tiscali.nl/sunfreeware/KDE/INSTALLATION/
(installation and configuration instructions for KDE 3.4.3, including
/etc/pam.conf, /etc/services, /etc/rpc, CD/DVD burners). In
this directory, you should see the following subdirectories:

DTLOGIN.INSTALL/
DVD.INSTALL/
FAM.INSTALL/
I18N.INSTALL/
PAM.INSTALL/

http://ftp.tiscali.nl/kde/stable/3.4.3/contrib/Solaris/SUNSTUDIO10/INSTALLATION/I18N.INSTALL/
(where you can find the 'runConfigure.kde343.i18n' script for the kde-i18n-*
localization files)

http://ftp.tiscali.nl/kde/stable/3.4.3/contrib/Solaris/SUNSTUDIO10/IA32AMD32/REQUIRED/
(where you can find the REQUIRED packages for X86)

http://ftp.tiscali.nl/kde/stable/3.4.3/contrib/Solaris/SUNSTUDIO10/IA32AMD32/KDE/
(where you can find the KDE distro per se for X86)

http://ftp.tiscali.nl/kde/stable/3.4.3/contrib/Solaris/SUNSTUDIO10/IA32AMD32/PATCHES.BINARIES/
(where you can find the binary patches for X86)

http://ftp.tiscali.nl/kde/stable/3.4.3/contrib/Solaris/SUNSTUDIO10/ULTRASPARC-II/REQUIRED/
(where you can find the REQUIRED packages for UltraSPARC)

http://ftp.tiscali.nl/kde/stable/3.4.3/contrib/Solaris/SUNSTUDIO10/ULTRASPARC-II/KDE/
(where you can find the KDE distro per se for UltraSPARC)

http://ftp.tiscali.nl/kde/stable/3.4.3/contrib/Solaris/SUNSTUDIO10/ULTRASPARC-II/PATCHES.BINARIES/
(where you can find the binary patches for UltraSPARC)

ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/3.4.3/src/kde-i18n/
(where you can find all the kde-i18n-* localization packages)

This is just an example of a KDE mirror. If you search for 'KDE 3.4.3 Solaris'
in Google, you will find many mirrors.

Have Fun with KDE!!

Stefan Teleman

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