Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 12.1

Chapter 31. KDE Frameworks 5 Based Applications

Khelpcenter-23.08.5

Introduction to Khelpcenter

Khelpcenter is an application to show KDE Applications' documentation.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.1 platform.

Package Information

Khelpcenter Dependencies

Required

grantlee-5.3.1, KDE Frameworks-5.115.0, libxml2-2.12.5, and xapian-1.4.24

Recommended

kio-extras-23.08.5

Installation of Khelpcenter

Install khelpcenter 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  &&

mv -v $KF5_PREFIX/share/kde4/services/khelpcenter.desktop /usr/share/applications/ &&
rm -rv $KF5_PREFIX/share/kde4

Contents

Installed Program: khelpcenter
Installed Libraries: libkdeinit5_khelpcenter.so
Installed Directories: $KF5_PREFIX/share/khelpcenter, $KF5_PREFIX/share/kxmlgui5/khelpcenter, and $KF5_PREFIX/share/doc/HTML/*/{khelpcenter,fundamentals,onlinehelp}

Short Descriptions

khelpcenter

is the help viewer for KDE applications