# Compiling from source

First, download and install development packages for &kde;, Qt, and X11. Those should be available in your distribution, for example in Debian the package names are `kdelibs4-dev`, `libqt3-mt-dev` and `xlibs-dev`. You may need other development packages as well.

## Getting sources

### Official release

Download the latest `.tar.bz2` from the Files section of &kplayer; project at SourceForge. Then extract it

``tar` `xjf` `kplayer-0.6.2.tar.bz2``

The code will be in the `kplayer-0.6.2` subdirectory

``cd` `kplayer-0.6.2``

### Current CVS

Login to SourceForge CVS

``cvs` `-d:pserver:anonymous@kplayer.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/kplayer` login`

and hit &Enter; if it asks for a password. Then download the code

``cvs` `-z3` `-d:pserver:anonymous@kplayer.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/kplayer` co `-P` kplayer`

The code will be in the `kplayer` subdirectory

``cd` `kplayer``

## Compile, install, run

Create the `configure` script

``make` `-f` `Makefile.dist``

and run it

``./configure` `--prefix` `kde-config --prefix``

If at this point you are getting errors about missing libraries, you will probably need to install more development packages from your distribution. The `configure` script is very verbose, you will be able to tell which package you need from its output. If you need even more information, look in the `config.log` file. You will need to go to the bottom and then scroll a page or two up to get to the point where it reported the error. If everything fails, ask for help on the &kplayer; user forum. Do not forget to include the full output of `configure` and the `config.log` file.

Once `configure` succeeds, compile the code

``make``

If this step fails, you can again ask for help on the &kplayer; user forum providing the full output of `make`.

Once `make` finishes, install the program

``su` `-c` '`make` install'`

and run it

``kplayer``

This last command will also produce quite verbose output on your console. This is the output you need to send in if you ever submit a bug report or ask for help.

## Notes

### Mandrake 10

At least some Mandrake 10 versions put `libGL.la` in the wrong place, so if the `configure` script cannot find it, you will have to create a symbolic link

``ln` `-s` `/usr/lib/libGL.la` `/usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.la``

Ales Tosovsky wrote a detailed HOWTO in Czech about compiling &kplayer; on Mandrake 10 and translated it into English.

### Fedora Core 2 on x86_64

Fred successfully compiled &kplayer; on x86_64 using Fedora Core 2 and 2.6.6-1.435.2.3smp kernel. Here is how he ran `configure`:

``./configure` `--prefix=`kde-config --prefix`` `--enable-libsuffix=64` `--with-qt-includes=/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/include` `--with-qt-libraries=/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/lib``

all on one line of course.