Version 1.0 requires the following packages:

• KDE > 3.x with header files
• Qt > 3.x with header files
• POV-Ray 3.x
• OpenGL, glu, glut, glx libraries and header files
• Freetype 2

cd to the directory containing the source code and type ./configure to configure the package for your system. If you're using csh on an old version of System V, you might need to type sh ./configure instead to prevent csh from trying to execute configure itself.

You can specify the installation directory as parameter to the configure command (see below). For a complete list of parameters type ./configure --help or read the file INSTALL in the source package.

Running configure takes a while. While running, it prints some messages telling which features it is checking for.

If configure returns with an error, go back to the requirements section and check your installation.

Type make to compile the package.

If the program succesfully compiled, type make install to install the program and any data files.

Note: you have to be root (or have write permissions) for make install.

You can now remove the package directory.

You have to install KPovModeler into your KDE directory! KPovModeler will not find any resources (toolbars, icons) if you install the program into another directory.

By default, make install will install the package's files in /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/lib, etc., if the environment variable $KDEDIR is not set. You can specify an installation prefix other than /usr/local by giving configure the option --prefix=PATH.

If the kde executables are in /usr/bin, the libraries in /usr/lib, call ./configure --prefix=/usr before compiling the package.

You can specify separate installation prefixes for architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files. If you give configure the option --exec-prefix=PATH, the package will use PATH as the prefix for installing programs and libraries. Documentation and other data files will still use the regular prefix.

If you still have problems compiling and installing the application, subscribe to the KPovModeler mailing list and post your problem.