The K Desktop Environment

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2. Installation

2.1 How to obtain KTop

KTop is part of the KDE project http://www.kde.org. KTop 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 KTop, you need the KDE 1.x and Qt 1.4x. All required libraries as well as KTop itself can be found on ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/.

At the moment the following flavors of UNIX are supported:

Support for other platforms is in preparation. Your help is greatly appreciated.

2.3 Compilation and installation

In order to compile and install KTop on your system, type the following in the base directory of the KTop distribution:

% ./configure
% make
% make install

Should you run into problems please report them to the KDE mailing lists.

2.4 Installing the Task Manager Icon/Performance Meter in the KDE panel

It is possible to add the Task Manager to the panel. Simply use the Start Menu/Panel/Add Application Menu to do so. If you have the xload program installed you will see a performance history display instead of the KTop icon. Clicking on the icon or performance meter will start the Task Manager.

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