<chapter id="using-kdesrc-build">
<title
>Using &kdesrc-build;</title>

<sect1 id="using-kdesrc-build-preface">
<title
>Preface</title>

<para
>Normally using &kdesrc-build; after you have gone through <xref linkend="getting-started"/> is as easy as doing the following from a terminal prompt:</para>

<screen
><prompt
>&percnt;</prompt
> <command
><userinput
>kdesrc-build</userinput
></command
>
</screen>

<para
>&kdesrc-build; will then download the sources for &kde;, try to configure and build them, and then install them.</para>

<para
>Read on to discover how &kdesrc-build; does this, and what else you can do with this tool.</para>

</sect1
>&basic-features; &advanced-features; &developer-features; &other-features; </chapter>
