installation diappointment

[ljp]

I have never had an installation problems with kdevelop.


> While I believe kdevelop is great development tool, it seems very hard
> to install. It hides Makefile syntax for developer, but IMHO it requires
> strong knowledge of Makefile syntax just to _install_ it!

whats so hard with 
./configure
make
make install ?

> 
> I'm no profi in C/Makefile, so I grabbed kdevelop rpm. (Yes I have
> compiled several dozens tarballs in my life, but why bother?) It does
> not contain Kdoc, Ktranslator etc. There is no kdk rpm for RedHat yet.
> So I decided to get kdk-1.0a.tar.gz and compile. Alas, configure script
> told me in kdevelop phase "You need giflib30. Please install the
> kdesupport package". But there is no giflib in kdesupport rpm for
> redhat! I thought that configure will take care of everything (as it
> always did with other tarballs) and it will not give me a misleading
> advice. Or am I supposed to edit Makefile? 

> Also, the kdevelop installed from rpm does not display any widgets in
> Widget Editor. Or rather id displays them for a fraction of second abd
> then they are gone. Maybe it's because I do not have giflib, but why the
> rpm did not tell me so during installation??

Just what version of kdevelop are you trying to install? Did you check the 
requirements on the kdevelop web page, or read the README file?

> 
> This is a disappointment considering the amount of marketing self
> propaganda spread over  several introductory pages of Kdevelop help.
> Misleading info, missing features, and propaganda. It just feels like
> Miscrosoft, so sue me...
> 
> --
> Milos Prudek