Amarok 2.4.0.90 (2.4.1 beta 1 ?) fails after build

[Peter C. Ndikuwera]

NOTE: What I've described previously gives you a bleeding edge,
compiled-from-latest-git RPM.

If you want something that's not-so-bleeding-edge, you can try:

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/UpdatedApps/openSUSE_11.4/KDE:UpdatedApps.repo

Peter

"Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length"
-- Robert Frost


On 22 March 2011 22:38, Peter C. Ndikuwera <pndiku at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Thad,
>
> If you don't want to go through the whole troubleshooting exercise, you
> could always try using a precompiled Amarok from one of openSUSE's
> repositories:
>
> See here:
> http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=amarok&baseproject=openSUSE%3A11.4&lang=en&exclude_debug=true
>
> According to this entry on the wiki:
> http://en.opensuse.org/KDE_repositories#Updated_applications_only
>
> You would want this repository:
>
>
> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Unstable:/Playground/openSUSE_11.4/KDE:Unstable:Playground.repo
>
> Just click on this last link, add it to Yast and then upgrade amarok. You
> should be good to go.
>
> Peter
>
> "Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length"
> -- Robert Frost
>
>
> On 22 March 2011 22:28, Thad Humphries <thad.humphries at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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