Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of KDE

Timestamp:

Mar 5, 2013, 1:21:06 AM (11 years ago)

Author:

IanWadham

Comment:

Added to and edited the 'User-required steps' section, including changing the title.

KDE

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 The second command filters out the ports for translations of KDE applications into languages other than English.
 
-== User-required steps == 
+== Steps required after installation == 
 
-Unfortunately, MacPorts **does not provide an out-of-the-box working installation**. There are some small steps which need to be performed by the user, which are listed below.
+Unfortunately, MacPorts **does not provide an out-of-the-box working installation**. There are some small steps which need to be performed by the user, which are listed below. You need to do them after you first install or re-install KDE ports. You do not need to repeat them when you install more KDE ports, but it does no harm.
 
  Dbus:: Dbus is a messaging system between applications, which is mandatory for the KDE system. It is required to ensure that dbus is running by issuing the following commands after installation by MacPorts:
@@ -37 +37 @@
 }}}
 If these commands are not issued, **KDE applications will crash without warning**. 
- Kbuildsycoca:: Kbuildsycoca4 is a command which refreshes the cache of KDE, which is required for many applications to work properly. In UNIX, this command is automatically run periodically, but this is not the case on OS X. The recommended way is to use this command to automate its use, after installation of kdelibs4 by MacPorts:
+ Kbuildsycoca:: Kbuildsycoca4 is a command that refreshes the cache of KDE, which is required for many applications to work properly. In Linux and UNIX, this command is automatically run periodically, but this is not the case on OS X. The recommended way is to use the following command to automate its use, after installation of kdelibs4 by MacPorts:
 {{{
 launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchAgents/org.macports.kdecache.plist
@@ -45 +45 @@
 kbuildsycoca4
 }}}
-If the command is not issued periodically (either automatically through the script above or manually), **applications may run erratically**. 
+If the command is not issued periodically (either automatically through the script above or manually), **applications may run erratically**.
+
+Typically, some components of a large application might not be found at run time, so the application will fail to start properly or will have missing functionality. As a small example, the Palapeli jigsaw-puzzle game in the kdegames4 port has an option to create puzzles from the user's own pictures, but the option will not work until kbuildsycoca4 has run and recorded Palapeli's slicer modules in the KDE system cache.
 
 == Installation location ==