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2. Installation

2.1 How to obtain Kmodplayer

Kmodplayer is a core application of the KDE project http://www.kde.org. Kmodplayer can be found on ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/, the main ftp site of the KDE project.

2.2 Requirements

In order to successfully compile Kmodplayer, you need the latest versions of libkdecore, libkdeui and libkle. All required libraries as well as Kmodplayer itself can be found on ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/.

Note:that libkle is in alphastage at the moment. It could be, that this version of kmodplayer will not compile with the latest libkle. In this case, there will be an new version of kmodplayer avaible.

2.3 Compilation and installation

In order to compile and install Kmodplayer on your Linux system, type the following in the base directory of the Kmodplayer distribution:
% ./configure
% make
% make install
On non-Linux systems, please use the Makefile.std. Make the necessary modifications before you attempt to compile kmodplayer.

KModplayer should compile on: Linux, Sun, Soloris, DEC Alpha, AIX, HP 9000/ HP-UX, SGI.

Should you run into problems please report them to me.


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