Installing Packages

To install a package you can

locate the package you wish to install in Konqueror, drag it onto a running copy of KPackage
click on a package file in Konqueror and start a new copy of KPackage
use on the Open menu items in KPackage
selecting an available package in the package tree

For a selected package, use the Install button pops up the installation window.

For marked packages, use the Install Marked button on the left panel, which pops up the install window.

Install Dialog

The Install dialog lists the packages to be selected to be installed in a panel in the top left as well the packages needed to satisfy any dependencies. The selected packages have check boxes that allows their installation to be disabled.

The Install button will start the actual install. Normally the install window will be deleted after a successful install but if the Keep this window check box is selected the window will stay around.

The panel on the right is an integrated terminal window in which the installation programs are run, for interactive installation programs the interaction is done in this window.