# Installation of &bibletime;

## RPM Installation

If you are installing &bibletime; RPM, just open your package manager (rpm, &kpackage;, or similar) and install in the normal way.

## Source

Source tarballs need to be uncompressed (Archiver or similar). Then try:

    export QTDIR=/usr/lib
    export KDEDIR=/usr
    export PATH=$KDEDIR/bin:$PATH
    ./configure				# create makefiles
    make					# compile BibleTime
    make install				# install BibleTime

The location QTDIR is the directory contining the &Qt; 2 directory. The location KDEDIR is the folder containing the /bin directory containing the &kde; executables. The above locations apply to &Mandrake;. Your distribution may require different locations.

Additional information can be found in the sourcecode at `bibletime/INSTALL`.

## Troubleshooting

www.bibletime.de has all the answers. Please look there. :-)

Don't forget to read the &FAQ; and the installation instructions on www.bibletime.de. If you downloaded the sourcecode please do also read the file README and INSTALL included in the sourcecode package.