On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Michael R. Anderson wrote:
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>
> >Hello everybody, hope you can help me... :)
>
> >I'm using RPM version 2.3.10, and when I tried to install KDE 1.0 using
> >rpm, I got the error message "Data type 9 not supported". I guess I need a
> >newer version of RPM, no? If yes, could someone provide me with an
> >download address?
>
> Try ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/redhat/updates
>
> (or something like that).
>
> >Second problem ... I also tried installing KDE "the other way",
> >decompressed tar/gz files, ran ./configure scripts and ... tata, my GCC
> >compiler (as the error message said) "can't create executables". This was
> >GCC version 2.7.2.1. Anyone knows why this is?
>
> First, did you install the QT libraries? You can find links to an RPM for them at
>www.kde.org
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> Second, if I remember correctly, you cannot use gcc 2.7.x to compile KDE. You have
>to use a later version or egcs 1.x
I compiled it with 2.7.3
Frank
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> >I'm using the DLD distribution 5.2, if this helps finding the problem.
> >
> >Thank you,
> >
> > Andi
> >
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Anderson
>
>
