Newbie setup Q for KDevelop

[Martin Fahrendorf]

Am Mittwoch,  7. März 2001 08:40 schrieben Sie:
> So, I have installed KD1.4 under RH7 and KDE2.1. Now, if I run kdevelop
> -setup as root, it finds all the tools I know are installed (like
> htdiag/htsearch and kdoc) and builds a searchable db for KDE&QT source. If
> I then run KD as root, I can search for info (using right-click and lookup)
> and run Make API-Doc no problems. However, if I exit our of root and then
> run KD, I can no longer run MAKE API-Doc ("can't find KDoc") nor can I do a
> search ("must have glimpse or htsearch installed").
>
> What am I doing wrong in setting this up? I can't belive that in the world
> of *nix I HAVE to run an application as root to get it to work. Therefore,
> something is not right with my setup, but I'll be damned if I know what!?
>
> hmm..ok, it seems I have to chmod 555 the files built in my /var/lib/htdig
> directory to be able to search when not running as root. Still doesn't seem
> right, but I can live with that for right now.
>
> Now, how do I get KDoc working??....
>
> Oooh, wait, even better! If I run it from the terminal, it all seem sto
> work a whole lot better (weird error form KDoc, but hey it runs!). However,
> if I run it form the main menu, I get the above errors consistently (no
> kdoc, no searching).
>
> Oh man....
>
> Can ANYONE offer any info on what might be up?
>
> TIA
> joe
>
Hi joe,

on my system the htdig and htsearch execs ar in the path /usr/sbin and this 
path does not normaly go into the PATH environment. You can either add 
/usr/sbin to your path or make a ling from all needed ht* files from 
/usr/sbin to /usr/bin.

On my system it worked well.

regards

Martin

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