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List:       kdevelop-bugs
Subject:    [Bug 143482] New: automake, autoconf, libtools, gcc,
From:       Matthew Brand <matthewabrand () yahoo ! co ! uk>
Date:       2007-03-26 11:04:09
Message-ID: 20070326130407.143482.matthewabrand () yahoo ! co ! uk
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           Summary: automake, autoconf, libtools, gcc, and g++ are not
                    installed by default
           Product: kdevelop
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Compiled Sources
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kdevelop-bugs kdevelop org
        ReportedBy: matthewabrand yahoo co uk


Version:            (using KDE Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources
OS:                Linux

I am a relatively new user of LINUX/KDE/KDEVELOP, used to using Windows/VBA/Visual Studio etc... 

The first hurdle with KDEVELOP is getting the "hello world" program to compile and run. It does not work \
"out of the box". It has taken me ages to achieve this so I thought I would tell you guys what problems I \
had because I think it can be made easier for others without much effort at all.

What I have done is:
Installed KBUNTO on VirtualBox on my laptop running Windows XP
Used the Adept package manager to install KDEVELOP
Tried to compile and run the "simple Hello World" project

-> at this stage lots of errors occur in the "make" process, which I do not know much about at all.

Next I:
Searched for some of the keywords in the error report and eventually discovered that I did not have gcc, \
g++, automake, autoconf or libtools.

Once I installed them using the Adept package manager, the program compiles and runs nicely.

Would it be possible to make it so that when kdevelop is installed, the user is warned that those other \
packages need to be installed before any programs will compile and run?

The problem I have always had with using Linux in the past is that I end up spending all day installing \
and configuring stuff (and ending up in a complete mess) and hardly any time actually doing stuff I need \
to do. Kbunto is really good and kdevelop looks great, they are both close to a point where you can just \
download them and they work. Just thought that if this change was made then that process would be much \
closer.

Thanks,
Matthew Brand.


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