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List:       quanta
Subject:    [Quanta] Re: Install Problem : Halts at Configure stage
From:       Neil McLeish <neil () tech-lab ! co ! uk>
Date:       2005-02-20 12:31:47
Message-ID: 200502201231.47985.neil () tech-lab ! co ! uk
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On Monday 14 Feb 2005 10:01, quanta-request@mail.kde.org wrote:
>
> In case you can't tell I think it is an afront to the principles of open
> source that distributions are making it difficult for people to build from
> source with no better justification than they were stuck in a time warp or
> wanted to cultivate your dependence on them. As developers we don't make it
> any easier with terse messages like the one you found. They should let me
> write the message. ;-)
> --
> Eric Laffoon - Quanta+ Team Leader
> http://quanta.sourceforge.net  sequitur@kde.org
> Mailing list - http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/quanta
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> http://quanta.sourceforge.net/developer/keys/Eric_Laffoon_pubkey.asc

Well, I have tried installing kdelibs-dev and various other dev files which 
look like they might be part of the issue.
No joy.  In fact, I get stuck in an 'unmet dependency' loop.  Everything seems 
to depend on something else and there seem to be are a few which will not 
install for some unknown reason (even after apt-get update and fixup etc...).

I agree with Eric's statement above that it is up to distro makers to make 
sure that they provide the right hooks for the software to work, especially 
if the required libs are very common indeed.

The terse message I get is indeed of absolutely no help whatsoever - my advice 
to those involved in writing those mesages should go take some basic HCI 
lessons.  Usability is key and keeping the user well informed is vital on all 
levels.
Unfortunately, I feel I must now give up on updating Quanta. As a very busy 
developer and project manager, I do not have the time for spending hours 
unsuccessfully installing what should be a great application.  So I will 
stick to version 3.3.1

Thanks for your advice; it is just a shame it did not work for me.

Regards,

Neil.
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