Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 8.1

Chapter 6. Editors

Kate-17.08.0

Introduction to Kate

The Kate package contains an advanced KF5 based graphical text editor.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.1 platform.

Package Information

Kate Dependencies

Required

KDE Frameworks-5.37.0,

Optional

libgit2

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/kate5

Installation of Kate

Install Kate by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$KF5_PREFIX  \
      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release          \
      -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF                 \
      -Wno-dev .. &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: kate and kwrite
Installed Libraries: libkdeinit5_kate.so and libkdeinit5_kwrite.so
Installed Directories: $KF5_PREFIX/lib/plugins/ktexteditor, $KF5_PREFIX/lib/plugins/plasma/dataengine, $KF5_PREFIX/share/doc/HTML/*/{kate,katepart,kwrite}, $KF5_PREFIX/share/{kateproject,katexmltools}, $KF5_PREFIX/share/kxmlgui5/{kate,katebuild,katecloseexceptplugin}, $KF5_PREFIX/share/kxmlgui5/{katectags,katefiletree,kategdb}, $KF5_PREFIX/share/kxmlgui5/{katekonsole,kateopenheaderplugin}, $KF5_PREFIX/share/kxmlgui5/{kateproject,katesearch,katesnippets}, $KF5_PREFIX/share/kxmlgui5/{katesql,katesymbolviewer,katexmltools}, $KF5_PREFIX/share/kxmlgui5/{kwrite,tabswitcher} and $KF5_PREFIX/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.katesessions

Short Descriptions

kate

is an advanced text editor for kde.

kwrite

is a text editor for KDE, that is a light version of kate.

Last updated on 2017-08-27 09:22:45 -0700