[Kde-nonlinux] unable to install kde4 on mac os X

[Jonathan Stickel]

John Levin wrote:
> Jonathan Stickel wrote:
>> I am trying to install the kde4 binaries from here
>>
>> http://ranger.users.finkproject.org/kde/index.php/Home
>>
>> on Mac OS X (10.4.10).  The QT and kdesupport packages installed fine. 
>> When I install kdelibs, the installer copies all the files but seems to 
>> terminate when running post-installation scripts, returning a message 
>> "there were problems installing" (not verbatim).  I tried also 
>> installing from a root account, with the same result, and so it is no a 
>> permission problem.  Am I missing a dependency or something?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jonathan
>>
>> _______________________________________________
> 
> 
> According to that page, kdelibs "requires kdesupport, qt, soprano, 
> strigi"; have you installed the latter two packages?
> 
> Regards
> 
> John Levin
>

Ah, yes of course that was it.  I was reading carefully the paragraph 
above that says "You must install at least Qt, kdesupport, and 
kdelibs...", and I missed reading the more specific dependencies below.

Thanks!
Jonathan