Unable to run Amarok after compiling from source

[Myriam Schweingruber]

On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 17:13, Matthieu <amarok at pupat-ghestem.net> wrote:
>   Hello,
>
> I followed the instructions from
> http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/2.0_Development_HowTo to build amarok which
> went find but when I try to start it I get the following error message:
>
> Amarok could not find any collection plugins. It is possible that Amarok
> is installed under the wrong prefix, please fix your installation using:
> $ cd /path/to/amarok/source-code/
> $ su -c "make uninstall"
> $ cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config --prefix` && su -c "make
> install"
> $ kbuildsycoca4 --noincremental
> $ amarok
> More information can be found in the README file. For further assistance
> join us at #amarok on irc.freenode.net.
>
> BTW I am doing this on a Fedora 14 installation.
>
> I tried to google it and found
> http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/833-Installing-Amarok-2-from-SVN-in-your-home-directory.html
> which gives pretty much the same method.
>
> I also found some info about removing /var/tmp/*kde* ~/.kde, rebooting
> the machine but nothing helped.
>
> What should I do to fix the problem?

Well, do exactly what the messages tell you, run

kbuildsycoca4 --noincremental

then try starting Amarok again.


Regards, Myriam


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