Hi all I fouled up when installing qt-x11-2.2.3.tar.gz on linux-mandrake 7.1 system. The qt install instructions want qt in /usr/local but lmdk does not use the /usr/local directory for any thing but Interbase. lmdk puts qt under /usr/lib I unpacked in /usr/lib I used ./configure without any options when installing qt. Opera tells me that I should have used the -gif option. Also I noticed just after pushing the "go" key that jpeg and 2 or 3 other items (inc gif) were disabled as part of the default ./config install. Question: 1. Can I un-make or un-install qt-2.2.3 so that I can re-configure correctly. If so what is the command (or do I just use delete) and in what directory would I use it, etc. The qt instructions did not ask me to 'make install' after make, following which I could have used 'make uninstall' - according to instructions I have for a different programme. 2. I installed in /usr/lib. A new directory was made under ./config called qt-2.2.3 which was renamed qt as per the qt install instructions. Are all the qt files and references restricted to this directory and sub-directories, ie., can I mearly delete this directory "qt" and start again unpacking in /usr/lib/qt2/lib using switches to turn on gif and jpeg + whatever, which would then place the new qt in the same directory as the older qt lib files as noted below. Before installing, existing "/usr/lib/qt" directory was renamed "qt-old". Lmdk 7.1 as loaded used /usr/lib/qt/ for the readme, tutorials and html files only. The original mdk qt lib files were left in /usr/lib/qt2/lib/qt/ viz., libqt.s0.2 and libqt.s0.2.1 Can I delete directory "qt-old" - the files seem to be duplicated in qt-2.2.3 I am not consistant in where I (or rather make) have put files. I didn't like to move files around after install without knowing what I am doing. If I simply move the files after installing will this cause a problem later. I presume the lib* files should be all in the same place lmdk placed them so that when installing a lmdk rpm it will know where to look. Never the less I installed and ran opera last night - it flies, both the loading of web pages and the downloads compared to netscape which i currently use all the time - haven't figured postfix yet, can receive but not send. Opera down load's seem/are much faster. I used opera in M$ Win98 - same thing. The opera web pages, depending on the site, lack the fancy images/icons. I would like to install qt properly. Which directory should I put the tar.gz file in for unpacking so that the files are placed all together in /usr/lib/qt2/lib/qt/ (the original lmk directory) EG: rename this qt as qt-old; gunzip in -/qt2/lib/ then tar which produces a directory qt-2.2.3; rename to qt; run ./configure --??????? . Then - move the original lmk qt2/lib/qt files back into /qt2/lig/qt now loaded with the new qt-2.2.3 I would appreciate basic for idiot instructions, eg., how would I append the ./config command with the correct switches to have qt installed and usable by what ever programme I installed in the future that might need all the options that are not default. Thanks for your time. Sorry about the verbosity. Alan Smith
