1.安装依赖项：
sudo apt install qtbase5-dev qtscript5-dev extra-cmake-modules plasma-framework-dev libkf5crash-dev libkf5config-dev libkf5activities-dev kinit-dev kdoctools-dev libkf5i18n-dev libkf5parts-dev libkf5guiaddons-dev libkf5iconthemes-dev ibkf5jobwidgets-dev kio-dev libkf5texteditor-dev libkf5windowsystem-dev libkf5xmlgui-dev libgit2-dev
可选依赖项：
sudo apt install libkf5wallet-dev libkf5service-dev libkf5itemmodels-dev libkf5notifications-dev libkf5threadweaver-dev libkf5newstuff-dev
2.在需要安装的位置打开终端，输入：
mkdir -p kde/usr
cd kde
3.下载kate：
git clone git://anongit.kde.org/kate
cd kate
4.终端中输入：
mkdir build
cd build
5.使用cmake编译。
如果仅使用kate，输入（For just using Kate, build it optimized but with debugging symbols to get useful backtraces for bugreports:）：
cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/kde/usr
说明：~/kde/usr为/home/XXX/kde/usr的路径，如果不想安装在这个路径，可以自己设置。
如果需要开发kate，输入（For developing Kate, build it with debug support (if you have problems using gdb because of optimizations, swap Debug with DebugFull)）：
cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/kde/usr
6.编译并安装kate：
make
make install
7.将kate增加打到applications中
先将/kde/kate/kate/icons/128-apps-kate.png复制到kde/usr/bin/目录下，而后，
在终端中输入如下命令：
cd /usr/share/applications
sudo gedit kate.desktop
并输入：
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=kate
Comment=kate
Icon=/home/XXX/kde/usr/bin/128-apps-kate.png
Exec=/home/XXX/kde/usr/bin/kate %F
Terminal=false
Categories=Development;
即可正常使用kate了。
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