Understanding why it matters where amarok is run from

[Myriam Schweingruber]

Hi Bernd,

there is a blog post I wrote a few years ago that explains the setting
up of a build environment. It is important to set the environment
right and tell amarok the PATH to where the dependency libraries, in
this case kdelibs are, so if you make a local build, then this needs
to be set up first, as well as restarting the shell to load the
information.

http://blogs.fsfe.org/myriam/2009/09/26/compiling-amarok-from-git-locally-full-summary/

The blog post started in 2009, but has been continuously updated over
the years and still applies for latest KDE 4.14.x

Hope this helps.

Regards, Myriam

On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 6:08 AM, Bernd Wechner <bwechner at yahoo.com> wrote:
> OK I have Amarok building and debugging in QtCreator. Big plus. Still in
> need of a mentor and will lurk on irc and approach listed developers one by
> one as I can if I have to, but here is today's question.
>
> The way I've configured it QtCreator by builds amarok to
> $HOME/kde/build/amarok/src then copies the amarok binary to $HOME/kde/bin.
>
> Cool.
>
> If I run the amarok binary in $HOME/kde/build/amarok/src it throws an error:
>
> The amarok database reported the following errors:
> The configured database plugin could not be loaded.
> In most cases you will need to resolve these errors before Amarok will run
> properly.
>
> and the Test Connection button on the Configure Database dialog is disabled.
>
> If I run the amarok binary in $HOME/kde/bin (identical binary) it works
> fine.
>
> Now I have set it up to use an external MySQL database clearly.
>
> Something is awry and I have a gut feel that it's along these lines. The
> amarok binary finds that I have an external database configured somewhere
> (todo, figure out how it knows that) but then tries to load a plugin which
> it can't find in one case but can in the other - i.e. may have a relative
> path?
>
> I'll throw fish to any performing seal, um developer paying attention, who
> helps me out here ;-).
>
> Regards,
>
> Bernd.



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