Proposals for the planned FAQ

[Gregor Stipicic]

Proposals for the planned FAQ, v0.1
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The questions and answers are mainly taken from the
kdevelop mailing list (for this issue October 27th - November 12th, 1999).

December 20th, 1999
Author: Gregor Stipicic

Please excuse any spelling or grammar mistakes: unfortunately english
isn't my mother tongue.
Please feel free to make any suggestions and corrections.

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Q: I'm trying to compile KDevelop from source. 
   The configure-script refuses to find Qt, although QT-1.44 is installed.
   Any clue ?

A: There are many ways which can lead to a solution:
   1) Try to specify the directory where Qt is installed with
      configure --with-qt-dir=<qtdir>, where <qtdir> is the mentioned
      directory.
   2) Try to find out if $QTDIR is set
      (e.g. enter "set | grep 'QTDIR'" on the prompt)
      If not, set QTDIR with either setenv or export (according to your shell)
      to the directory where Qt is installed.
   3) Take a look at the configure ouput and try to figure out if the X related
      things couldn't be found. If so, try
      "./configure --x-libraries=/usr/X11/lib --x-includes=/use/X11/include"
   4) If you use a SuSE distribution figure out if the package "qtcompat" is
      installed. If not, install it.
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Q: During compilation of my current project I get the following error messages:
   ...
   /usr/lib/libkfile.so: undefined reference to `KFM::KFM(void)
   /usr/lib/libkfile.so: undefined reference to `KFM::list(char const *)'
   ...
   What's wrong ?

A: Just go to Project->Options->Linkeroptions and activate kfm.
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Q: During creation of a source distribution of my current project I get the following
   error messages:	 
   ...
   make[1]: *** No rule to make target `myproject.pot', needed by `distdir'.  Stop.
   ...
   make: *** [distdir] Error 1 
   (where myproject is the name of my project)
   What's wrong ?

A: You have to do a "make messages" which generates the required file myproject.pot.
   (Optionally you can select "Make messages" from the project menu.)
   Then try to create a source distribution again.
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Q: Is there any sort of UML modeling support in future releases of kdevelop?

A: Maybe you wanna take a look at KUML, which can be found at 
   http://www.informatik.fh-hamburg.de/~kuml.
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Q: After adding a new class the linker complains of missing symbols (QPaintDevice
   virtual table, etc.). These symbols correspond to those of *.moc.cpp files, which
   in fact are not generated.
   How can I make KDevelop to generate the moc files ?

A: Run the autoconf/automoc suite from the Build menu.  You might also have to
   re-run configure.
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Q: In my current project I'm using lex to create a parser. When i add a *.l file
   to the project a small popup reminds me to add AM_PROG_LEX to the
   configure.in file. That's great but what does that mean ?

A: Just add the string AM_PROG_LEX to the file configure.in
   in your project.

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Q: Where can I find xgettext ?

A: It's part of the GNU gettext package.

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