From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, NICE_REPLY_A autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from femail13.sdc1.sfba.home.com (femail13.sdc1.sfba.home.com [24.0.95.140]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B5F911911 for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2001 14:41:58 -0600 (CST) Received: from g2r61.home.com ([24.255.149.198]) by femail13.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with SMTP id <20011125204046.BRFQ28134.femail13.sdc1.sfba.home.com@g2r61.home.com> for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2001 12:40:46 -0800 Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 13:41:49 -0700 From: Collins Richey To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Important instructions to manually compile kde apps Message-Id: <20011125134149.70c47ad9.erichey2@home.com> In-Reply-To: <20011125133712.7fc615a6.erichey2@home.com> References: <0GND00K6KH6Q8X@mxout2.netvision.net.il> <20011125133712.7fc615a6.erichey2@home.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.6.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Developer discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 6013dc73-4712-4b63-a8be-560e0fa5dff8 X-Archives-Hash: 35cc1304c9637eb9101be1c7cef4d055 On Sun, 25 Nov 2001 13:37:12 -0700 Collins Richey wrote: > On Sun, 25 Nov 2001 22:07:35 +0200 Dan Armak > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Right now, with the "multi-kdelibs scheme", to compile a KDE app > you > > need to > > do: > > --- > > export KDEDIR=/usr/lib/kdelibs-$ver > > ./configure --prefix=/usr[/local] > > --- > > (/usr/local being recommended for manually compiled apps) > > Also, kdevelop requires a correct KDEDIR setting (like the one > > above) to run > > configure scripts. > > > > I want to put this KDEDIR setting into /etc/env.d. This may cause > > people who > > don't read the above instructions to run configure without > > parameters, and > > their app will then install into KDEDIR=/usr/lib/kdelibs-* which > is > > bad. They > > won't be expecting that because /usr/local is the default, but > > KDEDIR > > overrides it in this case. > > > > So, this needs to be put somewhere where many people will see it - > a > > FAQ item > > probably, but most people don't read the FAQs until they have a > > problem. > > > > Suggestions? Where should this go? > > > > My $.02 worth. There should be an item like the excellent "From > Source Cd Install Guide" with installation, warnings, and > post-install usability and setup instructions for every major > package. > For example, I managed to slog my way through the post-install setup for postgresql (see my earlier post), but I still can't get MySQL setup properly. -- Collins Richey Denver Area gentoo_rc6 k2.4.15-pre5+ext3+xfce+sylpheed+galeon