# Installation

## Where do I get &knode;?

&install.intro.documentation;

## Requirements

If you want to successfully install &knode;, you need &kde; 4.x; if, in addition, you want to use &knode; as an offline newsreader, you need a local news server, &eg; leafnode.

## Compile and install

&knode; is part of the kdenetwork package of &kde; 4.x and is installed together with it, provided you have chosen to install the kdenetwork package; so, in general, there is no need for a user to compile the sources of &knode;.

&install.compile.documentation;