KDE 3.5 install probs (FBSD 5.4)
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. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: KDE 3.5 install probs (FBSD 5.4)
On Sunday 01 January 2006 10:46, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: KDE 3.5 install probs (FBSD 5.4)
On Sunday 01 January 2006 12:46 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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: Seems like there's a pretty high probability that KDE expects GNU make instead of BSD. That's the first thing I'd try. -- Kirk Strauser pgpE4DmrRXWMc.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: KDE 3.5 install probs (FBSD 5.4)
On Sunday 01 January 2006 12:51 pm, Michael C. Shultz wrote: There is a perfectly good version of KDE in the ports tree, why do this? In his defense, that's only true if you consider the perfectly good version to be the one released last March, rather than the one released just over a month ago. Still, as much as I want to play with 3.5, I'll wait until the ports come along. People much better at building it than I am are having problems, so there's not much point in me trying it. -- Kirk Strauser pgpHHnRUzRQbE.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: KDE 3.5 install probs (FBSD 5.4)
On Sunday 01 January 2006 11:40 am, Kirk Strauser wrote: On Sunday 01 January 2006 12:46 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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: Seems like there's a pretty high probability that KDE expects GNU make instead of BSD. That's the first thing I'd try. On the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list, there have been discussions of 3.5. You would have to check the archives but what I remember is that there have been so many problems getting 3.5 to work on FreeBSD that they are waiting for 3.5.1. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA Nunca te acostarás sin saber una cosa más http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: KDE 3.5 install probs (FBSD 5.4)
On Sunday 01 January 2006 11:43, Kirk Strauser wrote: On Sunday 01 January 2006 12:51 pm, Michael C. Shultz wrote: There is a perfectly good version of KDE in the ports tree, why do this? In his defense, that's only true if you consider the perfectly good version to be the one released last March, rather than the one released just over a month ago. Still, as much as I want to play with 3.5, I'll wait until the ports come along. People much better at building it than I am are having problems, so there's not much point in me trying it. I understand impatience when a new version comes out and it isn't in the port's tree right away, but in the maintainer's defense: I remember just over a year ago when KDE used to crash rather regularly, now it is very stable, he is doing a great job at maintaining that very complex set of ports and deserves all of our patience and support. :) -Mike ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: KDE 3.5 install probs (FBSD 5.4)
On Sunday 01 January 2006 01:57 pm, Michael C. Shultz wrote: I understand impatience when a new version comes out and it isn't in the port's tree right away, but in the maintainer's defense: I remember just over a year ago when KDE used to crash rather regularly, now it is very stable, he is doing a great job at maintaining that very complex set of ports and deserves all of our patience and support. :) Oh, I agree entirely. I know that the lag is due to the complexity of the problem, and not the maintainers slacking off. -- Kirk Strauser pgpqJD7NjE0F6.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: KDE 3.5 install probs (FBSD 5.4)
On Sunday 01 January 2006 20:09, Kirk Strauser wrote: On Sunday 01 January 2006 01:57 pm, Michael C. Shultz wrote: I understand impatience when a new version comes out and it isn't in the port's tree right away, but in the maintainer's defense: I remember just over a year ago when KDE used to crash rather regularly, now it is very stable, he is doing a great job at maintaining that very complex set of ports and deserves all of our patience and support. :) Oh, I agree entirely. I know that the lag is due to the complexity of the problem, and not the maintainers slacking off. I don't think it's the complexity as such. I read somewhere that it's entry into ports was initially delayed by illness, but since then 3.5 has been found to be quite buggy. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
