Installation on particular distributions

Ubuntu/Kubuntu

Installing Kst on kubuntu 8.10 using automake

Installing Kst 1.x on a clean version of kubuntu 8.10 requires adding the following packages to build from the source:

• sudo apt-get install autoconf
• sudo apt-get install g++
• sudo apt-get install libqt3-mt-dev
• sudo apt-get install kdelibs4-dev

• sudo apt-get install libcfitsio3-dev
• sudo apt-get install libgsl0-dev
• sudo apt-get install libreadline5-dev

Installing Kst on kubuntu 9.04 using automake

Installing Kst 1.x on a clean version of kubuntu 9.04 requires adding the following packages to build from the source:

• sudo apt-get install autoconf
• sudo apt-get install g++
• sudo apt-get install kdelibs4-dev

• sudo apt-get install libcfitsio3-dev
• sudo apt-get install libgsl0-dev
• sudo apt-get install libreadline5-dev

You should run the ./configure command with the --without-arts flag.

In addition if you wish to use the javaScript Console, and have already installed the libreadline5-dev package, you will also need to do the following:

• download the konsole package from http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/konsole
• unpack the konsole package, for example: ar -x konsole_3.5.9-0ubuntu7_i386.deb
• untar the data portion of the package, for example: tar -xzf data.tar.gz
• copy the libkonsolepart.* files to /usr/lib/kde3, for example: cp usr/lib/kde3/libkonsolepart.* /usr/lib/kde3//
• run ldconfig on the newly copied files, for example: ldconfig /usr/lib/kde3/

Installing Kst on Ubuntu 9.10 using cmake

Installing Kst 1.x on Ubuntu 9.10 requires the following packages to build from the source:

• sudo apt-get install cmake
• sudo apt-get install make
• sudo apt-get install g++
• sudo apt-get install libqt3-mt-dev
• sudo apt-get install kdelibs4-dev
• sudo apt-get install libgsl0-dev

openSUSE

Installing Kst on openSUSE 11.2 using cmake

Installing Kst 1.x on openSUSE 11.2 requires the following packages to build from the source:

• yast2 -i cmake
• yast2 -i make
• yast2 -i gcc-c++
• yast2 -i qt3-devel
• yast2 -i kdelibs3-devel
• yast2 -i gsl-devel

Fedora

Installing Kst on Fedora 12 using cmake

Installing Kst 1.x on Fedora 12 requires the following packages to build from the source:

• yum install cmake
• yum install make
• yum install gcc-c++
• yum install qt3-devel
• yum install kdelibs3-devel
• yum install gsl-devel

Debian

Installing Kst on Debian 5.0 using cmake

Installing Kst 1.x on Debian 5.0 requires the following packages to build from the source:

• apt-get install cmake
• apt-get install make
• apt-get install g++
• apt-get install libqt3-mt-dev
• apt-get install kdelibs4-dev
• apt-get install libgsl0-dev