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<H3><A NAME="s2">2. Installation</A></H3>

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<H3><A NAME="ss2.1">2.1 How to obtain KNotes</A>
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<P>KNotes is a  KDE application  
<A HREF="http://www.kde.org">http://www.kde.org</A>.
KNotes can be found on 
<A HREF="ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/">ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/</A>, the main ftp site
of the KDE project.
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<H3><A NAME="ss2.2">2.2 Requirements</A>
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<P>In order to successfully compile KNotes, you need the latest versions of <CODE> libkdecore</CODE>
and <CODE> libkfm</CODE>. All required libraries as well as KNotes itself can be found
on 
<A HREF="ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/">ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/</A>. 
<P>You need to have sendmail up and running in order to be able
to mail you notes. Once kmail is finished this might change.
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<P>You need a2ps for printing. If you don't have it -- get it. 
<A HREF="http://www.enst.fr/~demaille/a2ps.html">http://www.enst.fr/~demaille/a2ps.html</A><P>
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<DT><B>Tip</B><DD><P>a2ps together with GNU enscript are the most essential printing utilities in 
the UNIX world. Make sure you know them well.
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<H3><A NAME="ss2.3">2.3 Compilation and installation</A>
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<P>In order to compile and install KNotes on your system, type the following in the base 
directory of the KNotes distribution:
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% ./configure
% make
% make install
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<P>Since KNotes uses <CODE>autoconf</CODE> you should have not trouble compiling it.
Should you run into problems please report them to the <SF>KDE</SF> mailing lists.
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<DT><B>Note</B><DD><P>In order to most productively use KNotes, place KNotes on the kpanel.
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