Dumbass KDE 4.2 Compilation Question

[Steven M. Parrish]

On Thursday 05 February 2009 15:58:10 homburg at tips-q.com wrote:
> I thought that I would compile kde 4.2 in developer mode.
> That is, the files are installed in the developer
> directory. Thus I can test KDE 4.2 in advance of installing
> it to the system.
>
> The question is, if I move the installation to the system
> directories, am I going to break anything? Will an
> ldconfig repair any damage?
>
> I guess that I should have queried before I was more
> than halfway done; Fire - ready - aim.
>
> Thanks
>
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You should follow the instructions here: 
http://techbase.kde.org/Getting_Started/Build/KDE4

This will install a local copy to can log into from your user account and will 
leave the system version alone.  

Steven