Installing a profiled section on a support structure for a translational guide system includes: connecting a first profiled piece to a connecting device, the connecting device being integrally formed and/or being connected to the profiled piece at precisely one first fixation surface, and removing the first profiled piece from a storage device with the connecting device projecting beyond the longitudinal extension of the first profiled piece. The longitudinal extension of the first profiled piece with the connecting device thereon is maximally 1200 mm. An additional profiled piece with a longitudinal extension adapted to the total longitudinal extension of the profiled section is removed from a storage device and connected to the connecting device preinstalled on the first profiled piece, the longitudinal extension of the additional profiled piece equaling maximally 1200 mm. The first profiled piece and the additional profiled piece or the profiled section are arranged on the support structure.