# 2.3. Compilation and installation

To compile the source code for KIllustrator, proceeds as follows:

1. Unpack the tar archives `tar xfvz killustrator.tar.gz`

2. Change to the source code directory `cd killustrator`

3. Check for required packages and create the Makefiles `./configure`

4. Compile the source code `make all`

If the installing user has ROOT privileges, installing KIllustrator into the KDE directory tree is done by `make install`.

The following platforms were successfully tested:

- RedHat 5.1 (Hagen Höpfner)

- RedHat 5.2 (Hagen Höpfner)

- SuSE 6.0 (Hagen Höpfner)

- SuSE 6.1 Cebit Beta (Hagen Höpfner)

- SuSE 6.1 (Hagen Höpfner)

- SuSE 6.2 (Joachim Ansorg)

If you encounter problems, please direct them to Hagen.