Software installation

Kick-off! for Linux is distributed as a single RPM file, with a name of the form

Kickoff-1.0.0-XX.i386.rpm

where XX is replaced by the current build number.

You will need to be logged in as root to install Kick-off! for Linux. As root, issue the following command:

rpm -Uvh Kickoff-1.0.0-XX.i386.rpm (where XX is the build number)

For information on what files are installed, see the file "kickoff-readme.txt".

Uninstallation

Once again, as root, issue the command:

rpm --erase Kickoff-1.0.0-XX (where XX is the build number)

Configuring Kick-off!

After you successfully install the RPM, you will need to use kickoff-gui to turn monitoring on. kickoff-gui is installed in the /usr/local/bin directory. Before running kickoff-gui, you should open Gnome.

In order to monitor applications which do not have built-in support, you may need to use the Launcher program. See Using Launcher for more information.

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