You can skip kdebase, but you should make
sure to _INSTALL_ kdelibs before compiling anything else.

Please report the exact compilation line and error message,
if it still fails.

--
David Faure
faure@kde.org - KDE developer
david@mandrakesoft.com - Mandrake
david.faure@cramersystems.com - Cramer Systems



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Schmidt, Frank-Andreas
> [mailto:Frank-Andreas.Schmidt@sig.siemens.de]
> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 7:52 AM
> To: koffice@max.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de
> Subject: AW: instructions for installing koffice
> 
> 
> HM.
> I´m frustrated. Why did it compile for Felix and not for me ?
> 
> Tried to compile KOffice this weekend using qt*beta2 without patch.
> kdesupport and kdelibs compiled fine.
> But kdebase alerted with fault: No matching function call in 
> QString, something like that.
> (Damn: Forgot to write down the exact message).
> Same message appeared when I skipped to compile kdebase 
> (which I should not do, but did it just for a test)
> and began compiling KOffice.
> Did I miss something ?
> 
> Appreciating any help,
> --Frank
> 
> 
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von:	Felix Natter [SMTP:f.natter@ndh.net]
> > Gesendet am:	Sonntag, 5. März 2000 19:02
> > An:	koffice@kde.org
> > Betreff:	instructions for installing koffice
> > 
> > hi,
> > at koffice.kde.org->installing from source a statement 
> needs to be updated.
> > it says
> >                                       You need at least the 
> Qt snapshot,     
> >   [kpresenter]   [[KPresenter]]       the qt-copy patch for 
> it, the          
> >                                       kdesupport and 
> kdelibs packages,       
> >   [killustrator] [[KIllustrator]]     and kdebase for the 
> base               
> > which does not seem to be up-to-date any more -> if I 
> understand the FAQ
> > correctly, it is fixed in qt...beta1 - and qt*beta2 just 
> compiled fine on
> > 686-pc-linux (currently compiling examples/)
> > please remove that note: it confused me when I first saw it.
> > 
> > thanks,
> > -- 
> > Felix Natter
>