[Marble-devel] Fwd: kde4 marbles

[Simon Edwards]

> Subject: kde4 marbles
> Date: Thursday 22 April 2010, 18:55:19
> From: "lux-integ" <lux-integ at btconnect.com>
> To: kde-buildsystem at kde.org
> 
> Hello to All,
> 
> I am attempting to compile kde4.4.2 on a pure 64bit (Linux-amd64) linux setup.  
> I have reached kdeedu-4.4.2.  cmake gives he following message.
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -- The following OPTIONAL packages could NOT be located on your system.
> -- Consider installing them to enable more features from this software.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>    * Experimental Python binding support for the Marble library  
> <http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Languages/Python>
>      Experimental Python binding support for the Marble library
>      Experimental Python binding support for the Marble library. To activate 
> it pass -DEXPERIMENTAL_PYTHON_BINDINGS=TRUE to cmake.

> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> I have already installed pyKDE4  from kdebindings-4.4.2.  Does  the above  
> mean  that  if the  marble library  is required  I have to re-compile pyKDE4   
> with  "-DEXPERIMENTAL_PYTHON_BINDINGS=TRUE"  passed to cmake or is it another 
> procedure and if so what is it?
> 
> advice will be welcomed.

It means that if you want to build the marble Python bindings then you 
need to explicitly pass the option "-DEXPERIMENTAL_PYTHON_BINDINGS=TRUE" 
to the cmake command when you start your build of kdeedu. By default the 
bindings are not built. It is opt-in so to speak.

cheers,

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