Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 10:51:29 -0800 From: "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm01@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: nospam@apriori.net Subject: Re: KDE 3.5 install probs (FBSD 5.4) Message-ID: <200601011051.29946.ringworm01@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <48049.127.0.0.1.1136141214.squirrel@www.apriori.net> References: <20060101120052.3E1BC16A420@hub.freebsd.org> <48049.127.0.0.1.1136141214.squirrel@www.apriori.net>
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On Sunday 01 January 2006 10:46, nospam@apriori.net wrote: > I've been trying to install the newer release of KDE on my 5.4 system with > no luck. Here are some attempts: > > 1. Download kdebase-3.5.0 tarball, run ./configure (for starters): > > [laptop]/home/laptop/KDE/kdebase/kdebase-3.5.0(40): ./configure > checking build system type... i386-unknown-freebsd5.4 > checking host system type... i386-unknown-freebsd5.4 > checking target system type... i386-unknown-freebsd5.4 > checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c > checking for -p flag to install... yes > checking whether build environment is sane... yes > checking for gawk... no > checking for mawk... no > checking for nawk... nawk > checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes > checking for kde-config... not found > configure: error: The important program kde-config was not found! > Please check whether you installed KDE correctly. > > ...I couldn't find a tarball or anything else looking like "kde-config" to > install. > > 2. Use konstruct: > > Download the sources, untar them. They are supposed to play like FBSD > ports; cd into some directory and type make install. There is a "meta" > directory; here's what happens there: > > [laptop]/home/laptop/KDE/konstruct/meta(48): make install > "../category.mk", line 13: Need an operator > make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue > > 3. Some other attempt wth konstruct; cd into the kdebase subdirectory and > do a make install there: > > [laptop]/home/laptop/KDE/konstruct/kde/kdebase(54): make install > "../../gar.conf.mk", line 38: Need an operator > "../../gar.conf.mk", line 54: Need an operator > "../../gar.conf.mk", line 64: Need an operator > "../../gar.conf.mk", line 100: Need an operator > "../../gar.conf.mk", line 108: Need an operator > "../../gar.conf.mk", line 116: Need an operator > "../../gar.conf.mk", line 134: Need an operator > "../../gar.conf.mk", line 135: Need an operator > "../../gar.conf.mk", line 136: Need an operator > "../../gar.conf.mk", line 137: Need an operator > "../../gar.conf.mk", line 138: Need an operator > "../../gar.conf.mk", line 139: Need an operator > "../../gar.lib.mk", line 272: Need an operator > "../../gar.lib.mk", line 274: Need an operator > "../../gar.lib.mk", line 277: Need an operator > "../../gar.lib.mk", line 288: Need an operator > "../../color.mk", line 19: Missing dependency operator > "../../color.mk", line 62: Need an operator > "../../gar.mk", line 65: Need an operator > "../../gar.mk", line 67: Need an operator > "../../gar.mk", line 69: Need an operator > Error expanding embedded variable. > > I didn't play with the gar.conf.mk file; it looked like it was supposed to > run okay the way it was. I probably do not understand what they're doing > with the gar.conf.mk files. > > cheers & happy new year - > -- paz. > There is a perfectly good version of KDE in the ports tree, why do this? -Mike
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