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I installed KDE3.2.1 from source last night using Konstruct. After a bit of fiddling it completed successfully and I have a full install in my ~/kde3.2.1. The problem I now have is I can't get it to run! I have edited my .bashrc file to include

export QTDIR=~/kde3.2
export KDEDIR=~/kde3.2
export KDEDIRS=~/kde3.2
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/kde3.2/lib
export PATH=~/kde3.2/bin:$PATH
export KDEHOME=~/.kdetest

but when I restart all I get is the default 3.1 screen replete with 'start here' icon, etc. and no sign of 3.2.1. I have also tried booting to run level 3 and then

export WINDOWMANAGER=~/kde3.2.1/bin/startkde
startx

again all I get is the default 3.1 screen.

I looked up some other posts that suggested moving the existing /opt/kde directory and replacing it with a symbolic link to my new directory but as I ran a bog standard distro install KDE 3.1 isn't in /opt/kde it seems to be spread around the file system.

I'm running RH9 in case its important.

Any help appreciated, especially if you have successfully installed onto RH9.

Cheers!

Thanks, but that doesn't seem to be it.

When I boot to init 3 and run the startkde in the kde3.2.1 directory I don't get any error messages, it just starts KDE3.1.

I would be interested to hear if anyone running RH9 has had similar issues.

I'm puzzled. :?

Tried it thanks, but get the same effect it boots into a fresh KDE3.1 desktop. May just be sticking with 3.1 until my understanding of Linux develops somewhat!

Cheers.

DOH !!!

:oops: Thats what you get for blindly copying install instructions without thinking about them. When I changed the directories all worked as expected.

Thanks for spotting the typos!!!

Cheers