[kde-linux] Building plasma applets

[Kevin Krammer]

On Monday 24 November 2008, David Baron wrote:

> If one runs kde4-init --path for lib or services, /usr/local is NEVER
> mentioned! Anything locally compiled and placed in the /usr/local tree may
> not be found by apps like kbuildsyscoca or plasmoidviewer. How the heck I
> got my applet on the add applet menu is indeed a mystery since NO other
> applet I compiled and installed to /usr/loca/.... appears, nada.
>
> I am not thrilled about having to install to /usr but many other local
> installs, erroneously or deliberately do so, and this may be the only way
> to use these applets or test mine (which currently crashes the viewer
> without doing much more than trying to put up an icon right now--at least I
> can attempt to LOAD it).

It is probably easier to add /usr/local to the list of search paths used for 
KDE resources, e.g. append it to KDEDIRS

Either outside of KDE by whatever means the distribution usually uses for 
envirnment setup, or through KDE's environment extender mechanism (shell 
sourcable .sh files in an env subdirectory in any KDE prefix)

Cheers,
Kevin

-- 
Kevin Krammer, KDE developer, xdg-utils developer
KDE user support, developer mentoring
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