Cannot ./configure after installing KDE3

[James Richard Tyrer]

Christian Rudolph wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have recently installed KDE3 and I love it.
> I run RH 7.2 with all updates applied.
> 
> Some of the KDE3 packages complained so I did not
> install them.  The packages are:
> 
>    kdelibs-devel-3.0.0-4.i386.rpm
>    kdf-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
>    klprfax-3.0.0-1.i386.rpm
> 
> Everthing seems to work fine now for about a week.
> All important programs tested.
> No complaints, so I figured that things were ok.
> 
> Unfortunately, now when I try to install a new program, such as
> Kconfigure, I get an error message upon running the ./configure
> command:
> 
>    [myuser at localhost kconfigure-1.1]$ ./configure
>    ...
>    <lots of other output removed for brevity>
>    ...
>    checking if Qt compiles without flags... no
>    checking for moc... /usr/lib/qt3/bin/moc
>    checking for uic... /usr/lib/qt3/bin/uic
>    checking for rpath... yes
>    checking for KDE... configure: *error*:
>    in the prefix, you've chosen, are no KDE headers installed.
>    This will fail.
>    So, check this please and use another prefix!
> 
> Do I need to obtain header files for KDE3?
> I installed KDE3 from RPMs on KDE.org, so I assumed that they
> were complete.
> Either that or my "prefix" needs fixing, whatever that is. :)
> Do I need to obtain KDE3 sources?  If so, which ones?
> It also occurred to me that my PATH info may need changes,
> but I would not know what was missing.
> I am not sure what to look for or where to start, and I want
> to be able to compile, of course.
> 
> If anyone has links to help for compiling, that would
> be nice.
> 
> Any suggestions would be helpful.
> 
OK, I won't say anything, the thing speaks for itself?

The header files are in: kdelibs-devel-3.0.0-4.i386.rpm

You need to install it before you can build a KDE application from
source.

--
JRT
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