Amarok 2.4.0.90 (2.4.1 beta 1 ?) fails after build

[Thad Humphries]

I recently upgraded from SuSE 11.3 to 11.4.  That went well enough, so I
thought I'd try building and installing Amarok 2.4.1 beta 1 (
http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/amarok/2011-March/032603.html). Most
especially, I wanted to apply Daniel Faust's fix for various artists as the
bug keeps me from using my iPod with Amarok (
http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/amarok/2011-February/032586.html).  (I also
dream that some day podcasts will install to my iPod, but for now gpodder
handles that chore.)

(BTW, the 2.4.1 beta 1 tarball download amarok-2.4.0.90.tar.bz2. I guess
that's what I'm supposed to use.)

I followed the build instructions (http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/Compiling),
modifying  instructions (http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/Compiling) before
running make. After a few attempts and pauses to install optional packages
and additional devel RPMs, the build completed and I ran install (as root).
However when I try to run amarok I get the following error dialog:

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.

Note that the compiling instructions (http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/Compiling)
say nothing about running kbuildsycoca4.  No matter, Amarok fails either way
(kbuildsycoca4 shows many errors trying to read stuff in my old /opt/kde3
directory, but god knows if that can be safely removed).

What gives?  Any ideas on a fix?  I really need the various artists fix.

-- 
"Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscrib'd In one self-place; but where we
are is hell, And where hell is, there must we ever be" --Christopher
Marlowe, *Doctor Faustus* (v, 121-24)
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