How to install kradview on Ubuntu Lucid

This blog post explains how to install and run kradview on Ubuntu Lucid.

Compiling and installing:

$ sudo apt-get install libqt3-headers kdelibs4-dev
$ wget -O /tmp/kradview-1.1.0.tgz http://www.orcero.org/irbis/kradview/kradview-1.1.0.tgz
$ (cd /tmp && tar xzvf kradview-1.1.0.tgz)
$ cd /tmp/kradview-1.1.0
$ ./configure --without-arts
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ sudo ln -sf ../kde/bin/kradview /usr/local/bin/kradview

Running:

$ kradview

Running with a file preopened:

$ kradview FILENAME

Please note that it might not be necessary to install kradview, because the display utility of ImageMagick may be able to display the image. Installation: $ sudo apt-get install imagemagick . Usage: $ display FILENAME .