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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Possible bug in kdebase-4.3.1
From:       Thelwyn <thelwyn () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-09-14 7:50:21
Message-ID: 22b762820909140050p3b944dd0j69d3e30536cb9d3f () mail ! gmail ! com
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2009/9/14 Colin Bruce <ccx004@coventry.ac.uk>

> Dear All,
>
> I tried to build kde from sources. I have done this with kde for many years
> but have been sticking to kde3 since it worked fine. However, I thought it
> was time to move on. Sadly my experience with KDE4 has not been good. Since
> there doesn't seem to be an accurate list of the required software I have no
> idea if I am running with correct versions of things like GCC, Qt etc. I
> have, by trial and error discovered that I didn't have the right versions of
> fontconfig, akonadi, pcre, cmake and a bunch of others. However, after days
> of fiddling I have finally built kdelibs-4.3.1. By much guesswork and a
> little help from the website I realised I also had to build kdepimlibs next.
> Anyway, when I now build kdebase it fails with a syntax error. The failure
> is in apps/dolphin/src/moc_phonowidget.cpp. I have attached the log file in
> case any one is interested.
>
> I hope this is the right group to post this to. I was told it is but if not
> then please don't send abuse. I am tired of getting abuse from mailing
> lists. If it isn't right just ignore it.
>
When I meet problem with building KDE I generally ask for clues on IRC (#kde
chan and sometimes #kde-devel). I have always found very quick help there.

Good luck, keep trying, the first build of KDE4 is the hardest one ^^

Bou

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<div class="gmail_quote">2009/9/14 Colin Bruce <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a \
href="mailto:ccx004@coventry.ac.uk">ccx004@coventry.ac.uk</a>&gt;</span>









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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); \
margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div><p><font size="2">Dear \
All,<br> <br>
I tried to build kde from sources. I have done this with kde for many years but have \
been sticking to kde3 since it worked fine. However, I thought it was time to move \
on. Sadly my experience with KDE4 has not been good. Since there doesn&#39;t seem to \
be an accurate list of the required software I have no idea if I am running with \
correct versions of things like GCC, Qt etc. I have, by trial and error discovered \
that I didn&#39;t have the right versions of fontconfig, akonadi, pcre, cmake and a \
bunch of others. However, after days of fiddling I have finally built kdelibs-4.3.1. \
By much guesswork and a little help from the website I realised I also had to build \
kdepimlibs next. Anyway, when I now build kdebase it fails with a syntax error. The \
failure is in apps/dolphin/src/moc_phonowidget.cpp. I have attached the log file in \
case any one is interested.<br>

<br>
I hope this is the right group to post this to. I was told it is but if not then \
please don&#39;t send abuse. I am tired of getting abuse from mailing lists. If it \
isn&#39;t right just ignore it.<br></font></p></div></div> </blockquote><div>When I \
meet problem with building KDE I generally ask for clues on IRC (#kde chan and \
sometimes #kde-devel). I have always found very quick help there.<br><br>Good luck, \
keep trying, the first build of KDE4 is the hardest one ^^<br> <br>Bou \
<br></div></div><br>



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