On Sun, 25 Mar 2007, Tijnema ! wrote: > On 3/25/07, Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Is it really necessary to install aRts in order to install kdelibs? I >> want (part of) KDE in a workstation that has no sound hardware. The >> book says aRts install _necessary_ libraries for kdelibs, but is any of >> those libraries needed in a soundless box? >> In gentoo (in the same workstation) I have KDE without aRts (OTOH, who >> knows whether missing aRts will entail some difficult to diagnose >> problem...) >> >> -- >> Jorge Almeida > > Well, aRts builds also libraries the MCOP protocol, and that's what > KDE needs i think. I checked KDE site too, and they say you need to > install it.
With the commands in the book, kdelibs refuses to "./config". But there is a --without-arts option for configure. It compiled successfully. Is MCOP used for something unrelated to sound support? -- Jorge -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
