The K Desktop Environment

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2. Installation

2.1 How to obtain KPopup

KPopup can be found on http://www.henschelsoft.de/ , the main site of KPopup.

2.2 Requirements

-Samba 2.x.x
-QT 3.0.x (with development)
-KDE 3.0.x (with development)

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.) Locate the [global] section of your Samba configuration file (smb.conf) and add the following line
    changing PATH_TO_KPOPUP to reflect your systems values.

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

6.) The first time you install KPopup please do the following:
    For an actual networkgroup-hostlist, you have to edit the file "browse" (path to smbclient, SERVER)
    and type "make settab".

7.) Start KPopup to receive and send Popups.

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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