Hello, I was just compiling quanta 3.2.3 from source and when i ran "make install" I got this message: *************** Important ************************* Add /usr/local/kde/bin to your PATH and add /usr/local/kde to your KDEDIRS! I don't know how to do that. Can someone please tell me how to? I'm new at linux. Thanks. Nick _________________________________________________________________
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Hey Nick, When you compile a program from source, most of them will install their programs under /usr/local (/usr/local/kde for KDE). However, this is not where SuSE is installing their KDE stuff. That is located in /opt/kde instead of /usr/local/kde. But instead of trying to change that compilation setting (which is possible and not that hard), why are you compiling from source? SuSE has already done that for you ;-) I have a SuSE compiled quanta 3.2.3-3 running on my system (checked with rpm -q quanta on command line). It was installed from the official (?) KDE 3.2.3 package updates provided by SuSE. So, unless you have a really good reason to compile from source, first try to go the "official" road. If you need help installing, check the threads that have appeared over the last week with subject including either Yast or kde-3.2.3 or YOU (don't remember which). If the discussions are too confusing, just post another "newbie" question. Good luck, Eric On Sunday 20 June 2004 01:32, Nick Mudge wrote:
Hello,
I was just compiling quanta 3.2.3 from source and when i ran "make install" I got this message:
*************** Important *************************
Add /usr/local/kde/bin to your PATH and add /usr/local/kde to your KDEDIRS!
I don't know how to do that. Can someone please tell me how to? I'm new at linux. Thanks.
Nick
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On Sunday 20 Jun 2004 08:45, Eric Seynaeve wrote:
Hey Nick,
When you compile a program from source, most of them will install their programs under /usr/local (/usr/local/kde for KDE). However, this is not where SuSE is installing their KDE stuff. That is located in /opt/kde instead of /usr/local/kde.
But instead of trying to change that compilation setting (which is possible and not that hard), why are you compiling from source? SuSE has already done that for you ;-) I have a SuSE compiled quanta 3.2.3-3 running on my system (checked with rpm -q quanta on command line). It was installed from the official (?) KDE 3.2.3 package updates provided by SuSE. So, unless you have a really good reason to compile from source, first try to go the "official" road.
If you need help installing, check the threads that have appeared over the last week with subject including either Yast or kde-3.2.3 or YOU (don't remember which). If the discussions are too confusing, just post another "newbie" question.
Good luck,
Eric
On Sunday 20 June 2004 01:32, Nick Mudge wrote:
Hello,
I was just compiling quanta 3.2.3 from source and when i ran "make install" I got this message:
*************** Important *************************
Add /usr/local/kde/bin to your PATH and add /usr/local/kde to your KDEDIRS!
I don't know how to do that. Can someone please tell me how to? I'm new at linux. Thanks.
Nick
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this is known as Red Hatism.. Your correct path for KDE on Suse is /opt/kde3 packages meant for Red Hat and friends all do /usr/local not good .... you can change this with configure (which you should run before compiling the program ) /rant on i get hacked off with this these days at one time it was not a problem you could download and compile anything no problem now cus Red Hat had to go there own way we got this situation , /rant off i must admit i go into the configure file and change it manually to suit but it can be done from the command line as well just read the file and it is all in there . Pete -- Linux user No: 256242 Machine No: 139931 G6NJR Pete also MSA registered "Quinton 11" A Linux Only area Happy bug hunting M$ clan PGN
On Monday 21 June 2004 08.32, peter Nikolic wrote:
this is known as Red Hatism..
Your correct path for KDE on Suse is /opt/kde3
packages meant for Red Hat and friends all do /usr/local not good ....
What are you talking about? KDE in Red Hat has prefix /usr, not /usr/local, so it would require the same "fix" /usr/local is the default installation path for any program using standard autotools, and this is as it should be. /usr/local is the proper installation place for things you compile yourself according to the Linux Standards Base, with very few exceptions
Nick Mudge wrote:
Hello,
I was just compiling quanta 3.2.3 from source and when i ran "make install" I got this message:
*************** Important *************************
Add /usr/local/kde/bin to your PATH and add /usr/local/kde to your KDEDIRS!
I don't know how to do that. Can someone please tell me how to? I'm new at linux. Thanks.
This is really a suse-programming-e question, but $ export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/kde/bin $ export KDEDIRS=$KDEDIRS:/usr/local/kde should do it. I'm guessing this is post-installation; so you might want to put these two lines in your .bashrc script. -- JDL
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