Nice Programs IX: Kompile

I've been told about another very useful application: If you want to install programs from source (see the post below), Kompile will simplify your life: you can just install the source files by rightclicking them (action -- automatic package install / automatic package uninstall).

Here you can have little look at it (sorry, my kde is in german!)


But DO NOT try to install Kompile from source / with the deb-file from kde-apps (except if you're willing to spend a lot of time...).

It's better to do the following:

Open your konsole, type:

sudo kwrite /etc/apt/sources.list

A new window with your sources.list will open. Add at the end of the document the following lines:

## archive.kubuntu.de / archive.czessi.net
## unofficially repository powered by Czessi.net and Kubuntu Germany

deb http://archive.kubuntu.de/ breezy stable stable-updates
deb-src http://archive.kubuntu.de/ breezy stable stable-updates

Save the file and close Kwrite. Type into your konsole:

wget http://archive.kubuntu.de/kczessi.gpg
sudo apt-key add kczessi.gpg
sudo apt-get update

This will fetch the gpg-key for the new repositories and update your list.

Now you can just easily

sudo apt-get install kompile