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<H3><A NAME="s2">2. Installation </A></H3>

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<H3><A NAME="ss2.1">2.1 How to obtain Ark</A>
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<P> Ark can be found in the kdeutils package of the K Desktop Environment
<A HREF="http://www.kde.org">http://www.kde.org</A>. 
The main ftp site of the KDE project is 
<A HREF="ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/">ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/</A>.
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<H3><A NAME="ss2.2">2.2 Requirements</A>
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<LI>The latest version of KDE. It can be found on 
<A HREF="ftp://ftp.kde.org/">ftp://ftp.kde.org/</A>.</LI>
<LI>GNU Tar v1.12 and a recent gzip.</LI>
<LI>KFM is needed to get full functionality from Ark.</LI>
<LI>Qt v1.31.  Information regarding Qt can found on 
<A HREF="http://www.troll.no/">http://www.troll.no/</A>.</LI>
<LI>The appropriate programs for other archive formats are needed as well. 
These include lha, zip, unzip, and ar.</LI>
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