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2. Installation

2.1 How to obtain KPopup

KPopup can be found on http://zeus.fh-brandenburg.de/~henschel , the main site of KPopup.

2.2 Requirements

-Samba 2.x.x
-QT 2.2.x
-KDE 2.x.x

2.3 Compilation and installation

In order to compile and install KPopup on your system, then do the following:

1.) Check the path of the application "smbclient" and change SMBPATH in "misc.h".

2.) Type "./configure" to create Makefiles.

3.) Type "make" to compile KPopup.

4.) Type "make install" to install KPopup.

5.) Insert into the Samba configuration file (smb.conf) in section [global] the following line
    and change the path where KPopup is installed. Restart Samba

    message command = sh -c 'export DISPLAY=:0; /opt/kde2/bin/kpopup %s %f;' &

6.) Only for first installation of KPopup, not for updates:
		For an actual networkgroup-hostlist, you have to edit the file "browse" (path to smbclient, SERVER)
		and type "make settab".

7.) If you start your system with KDM, then do the following.
    -in your homepath, there is a file "xinitrc"
    -insert into this file before the command "kdestart", the command "xhost computername"
    (computername is your hostname)

Since KPopup uses

autoconf
you should have no trouble compiling it. If you run into any problems please report them to Torsten Henschel

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