Problem in executing amarok after build

[Aroonav Mishra]

On 31 January 2015 at 22:49, Myriam Schweingruber <myriam at kde.org> wrote:

> Hi Aroonav,
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Aroonav Mishra <aroonav11 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello all..
> > I have been tring to build Amarok but I have been facing some problems
> in running it. After installing all its dependencies I executed the
> commands shown and the associated output has been redirected to the files.
> >
> > cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/kde -DKDE4_BUILD_TESTS=OFF
> -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=debugfull $HOME/kde/src/amarok >cmake.log 2>cmake_err.log
> > make install >make_install.log 2>make_install_err.log
> > kbuildsycoca4 --noincremental >kbuildsycoca.log 2>kbuildsycoca_err.log
> > amarok
> >
> > The links of the output are:
> > cmake.log: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=UkqR3qWS
> > cmake_err.log: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=L5UqtYFR
> > make_install.log: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=VZKA2Mh6
> > make_install_err.log: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=4XDHQAyK
> > kbuildsycoca.log: <EMPTY>
> > kbuildsycoca_err.log: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=6Q0WCJm0
>
> First of all: you should not mix the notions of "warning" with
> "errors", warnings are NOT errors, so you can pretty much ignore
> those, unless you are willing to fix them.
>
> From what I see Amarok did build correctly, but:
>
> what instructions did you follow?
> Did you do a local build or did you do a system wide one?
> Did you check your environment variables and your path settings?
>
> > I googled for the soutions to the following problems but the methods
> suggested didn't work.
> > 1.Though I have installed the libnepomukcore4abi1 & nepomuk-core-data
> but still cmake doesn't detect them as shown in cmake_err.log. I have been
> trying to solve a bug related to nepomuk and I might need this library.
>
> Nepomuk has been discontinued, you do not need that library, it will
> be replaced by a different technology called Baloo, but the use of
> that by Amarok needs some work. In any case, this should have
> absolutely zero effect on your ability to run Amarok, it is optional
> anyway. More details can be founds in Vishesh' blog, see
> planetkde.org.
>
> > 2.How to remove the warnings about LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES in
> cmake_err.log and what is its significance?
>
> See above. The significance is a warning, and the reasons are detailed
> on every single step, did you actually read those more closely?
>
> > 3.I get the error "Amarok could not find any plugins. This indicates an
> installation problem." when trying to execute amarok. How should I resolve
> this.
>
> Well, apparently you did not set your environment correctly.
>
> If you check the links in our documentation, namely all those you can
> find here: https://community.kde.org/Amarok/Development  and if you
> read all the available documents, you should have no problems building
> Amarok.
>
> Writing all the details here and leading you by the hand on every step
> would be pointless, as it will not avoid you having to read the
> documentation first, as all software developers need to.
>
>
> > Platorm details:
> > OS:Ubuntu 14.10 64-bit
> > KDE platform version 4.14.1
> > QMake version 2.01a
>
> Irrelevant, you do not compile Amarok with QMake anyway...
>
> > Qt version 4.8.6
> >
> Regards,
> Myriam
>
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Sorry for all this.Indeed I had not set up the environment properly which
was causing the problem. I managed to find the problem and on correcting it
was able to execute amarok after build. Thanks for the assistance.
Regards,
Aroonav
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