installation diappointment

[Ken Brakey]

ljp wrote:

> 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...

You should REALLY FIX 'EM: Demand your money back!

>
> >
> > --
> > Milos Prudek