Binaries :

Some Linux/UNIX OS vendors have kindly provided binary packages of KDevelop for some versions of their distribution, and in other cases community volunteers have done so. Some of these binary packages are available for free download from KDE's http or FTP mirrors.

KDevelop 3.0.4

Architecture	Distribution	Distribution version
Linux x86	Debian	sid, sarge
	SuSE	8.2, 9.0, 9.1
	Redhat	Fedora 2
	Yoper	1.0
	Slackware	9.1
Linux x86 64bit	SuSE	9.0, 9.1
BSD x86	FreeBSD	4, 5
SUN	Solaris	9

KDevelop 3.0.3

Architecture	Distribution	Distribution version
Linux x86	Debian	stable, woody
	Conectiva	9.0
	ASPLinux	9.2

KDevelop 3.0.2

Architecture	Distribution	Distribution version
Linux x86	Slackware	8.1, 9.0
	SuSE	8.1
SUN	Solaris	8

Sources for KDE >= 3.0 :

kdevelop-3.0.0-3.0.1.tar.xdelta (1.6 Mb) MD5sum: 35af733bd6fb51896c8c8ad85a3fd4d4
kdevelop-3.0.1-3.0.2.tar.xdelta (0.5 Mb) MD5sum: 238155d53f1fdb11ea9b858dd178506f
kdevelop-3.0.2-3.0.3.tar.xdelta (0.9 Mb) MD5sum: 0c04097d69f8fcc976934963887dfd23
kdevelop-3.0.3-3.0.4.tar.xdelta (0.3 Mb) MD5sum: 1372be593e3df974d9a3815b6c2d7547

kdevelop-3.0.4.tar.bz2 Release (5.6 Mb) MD5sum: c4a84b34927e6f1c7fb2bfb9a74b5b34

Before continuing please check if your computer has the required software installed.

Uncompress the source file and change to the base directory:

       $ bunzip2 kdevelop-3.0.x.tar.bz2
       $ tar -xf kdevelop-3.0.x.tar
       $ cd kdevelop-3.0.x

In order to compile and install KDevelop on your system, type the commands (we assume you have bash shell) from below in the base directory.

       $ export KDEDIR=/where/your/kde3/is
       $ export QTDIR=/where/your/qt3/is
       $ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$QTDIR/lib:$KDEDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
       $ export LIBRARY_PATH=$QTDIR/lib:$KDEDIR/lib:$LIBRARY_PATH
       $ export PATH=$QTDIR/bin:$KDEDIR/bin:$PATH

Note: For obvious reasons you should edit the first two lines to match your configuration! :)

The next step is to configure it, to find out more about all the available configure options invoke:

       $ ./configure --help

Here is an example of a debug-compiled version:

       $ ./configure --enable-debug=full --prefix=$KDEDIR --with-kdelibsdoxy-dir=$KDEDIR/share/doc/HTML/en/kdelibs-apidocs

Here is an example of a release-compiled version:

       $ ./configure --prefix=$KDEDIR --with-kdelibsdoxy-dir=$KDEDIR/share/doc/HTML/en/kdelibs-apidocs

You can avoid compiling some KDevelop components that you do not need, for example, I use the following configure command:

       $ ./configure --enable-debug=full --prefix=$KDEDIR --with-kdelibsdoxy-dir=$KDEDIR/share/doc/HTML/en/kdelibs-apidocs
          --disable-ada --disable-bash --disable-fortran --disable-haskell --disable-java --disable-pascal --disable-perl
          --disable-php --disable-python --disable-ruby --disable-sql --disable-antproject --disable-genericproject
          --disable-scriptproject --disable-trollproject --disable-clearcase --disable-perforce --disable-subversion

On KDE 3.0.x systems (only for KDE < 3.1) you should also give the following commands:

       $ ln -s $KDEDIR/share/apps/ksgmltools2/customization/dtd doc/kdevelop/dtd
       $ ln -s $KDEDIR/share/apps/ksgmltools2/customization/dtd doc/kde_app_devel/dtd
       $ ln -s $KDEDIR/share/apps/ksgmltools2/customization/dtd doc/kdearch/dtd

Finaly you can build it and install it:

       $ make
       $ make install (as root)

Binary distribution of KDE 3.1.4 with KDevelop 3.0.0:
KDE on Cygwin installation page