Problems building on Ubuntu 21

[Jasem Mutlaq]

thanks for the email Martin, I've updated the builds instruments in the
README file, please check it out now.

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Best Regards,
Jasem Mutlaq



On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 9:11 PM Martin West <amartinwest at gmail.com> wrote:

> So I downloaded the source tarball  and followed the instructions to build
> kstars and encounter the following problems
>
> Package kdoctools-dev is not available, but is referred to by another
> package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> is only available from another source
>
> Package kio-dev is not available, but is referred to by another package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> is only available from another source
>
> E: Package 'kio-dev' has no installation candidate
> E: Package 'kdoctools-dev' has no installation candidate
>
>
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>
>  git clone --depth 1 git://anongit.kde.org/kstars.git
> Cloning into 'kstars'...
> fatal: remote error: Please use the https: protocol to connect to anongit
>
> ------------------------------------------
>
> sudo apt install kdoctools5
> sudo apt install libkf5doctools-dev libkf5doctools5
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>  sudo cmake install
> [sudo] password for andrew:
> CMake Error: The source directory
> "/home/andrew/Projects/build/kstars/install" does not exist.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> bin/kstars
> Warning: Ignoring XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland on Gnome. Use
> QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland to run on Wayland anyway.
> org.kde.kstars: Failed to create local astrometry directory
> Call to writableLocation without an application-based location.
> org.kde.kstars: Welcome to KStars 3.5.7 Beta
> org.kde.kstars: Build: 2021-11-30T16:48:57Z
> org.kde.kstars: OS: "ubuntu"
> org.kde.kstars: API: "x86_64-little_endian-lp64"
> org.kde.kstars: Arch: "x86_64"
> org.kde.kstars: Kernel Type: "linux"
> org.kde.kstars: Kernel Version: "5.13.0-21-generic"
> org.kde.kstars: Qt Version: 5.15.2
> org.kde.kstars: "Critical File not Found: TZrules.dat"
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> Couldnt find a TZRules.dat in the tar ball or the git clone
>
> At which point I gave up
>
> regards Martin West
> skype:amartinwest
> mob:07525424513
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