Requirements

In order to successfully use KLatexFormula 2.0.1, you need KDE 3.1, as well as LaTeX and ghostscript (gs).

KLatexFormula 2.0.1 should compile on KDE 3.1 with Qt 3.3. These are standards on distributions with a KDE desktop. Remember that if you're compiling from source, the developer packages are needed, not only the runtime libraries.

Latex is usually shipped with your distribution. Try browsing your distribution packets if it's not installed by default. Otherwise you may have a look on www.latex-project.org. Same for dvips; check out www.radicaleye.com

gs (ghostscript) is the base package for viewing and manipulating PS, so it is most likely already installed on your system. If it isn't, check again your distribution packages. You may want to check out www.gnu.org/software/ghostscript/ghostscript.html if you really want to compile it from source.

Note: in previous versions of KLatexFormula, ImageMagick++ was required. This dependency is now dropped since we use gs (ghostscript) with png16m or pngalpha device to convert PS to PNG.

Note for developers: the backend, KLFBackend, only needs Qt 3 or Qt 4 to compile. latex, dvips, gs are still needed, epstopdf is recommended, but KDE is needed only for klatexformula_cmdl and klatexformula. See section Compiling the KLFBackend library only for more information.