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

Chapter 6. Text Editors

Kate-23.08.5

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 12.1 platform.

Package Information

Kate Dependencies

Required

KDE Frameworks-5.115.0

Optional

libgit2

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: Several plugins under $KF5_PREFIX/lib/plugins
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}, 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