[Kwintv] Can't get any plugins to show up.

George Staikos kwintv@mail.kde.org
Mon, 14 Oct 2002 11:28:51 -0400


On Monday October 14 2002 09:13, Rizsanyi Zsolt wrote:
> You need to use --prefix=/usr with Redhat else your plugins will not be
> found. The other option is to specify KDEDIRS to list the also the
> alternate prefix too. (like KDEDIRS=/usr:/opt/kd3 - tough I'm not sure, if
> it should be /opt or /opt/kde3 or some subdir - search for a more detailed
> explanation of KDEDIRS).
>
> Note: installing programs with 'make install' to /usr (and not /usr/local
> or /opt) is not a good practice. Only rpms should install directly to /usr.
> But of course you can install to /usr, just later you may have problems
> when using rpm for upgrading...

   It would have to be /opt/kde3 probably, not /opt.  Otherwise you'll end up 
with /opt/share /opt/bin /opt/lib, etc.

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George Staikos