KDE errors after install...

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Monday, February 10th 2003, 3:08am

Someone please help me, I have to be able to show my computer to my school by tomorrow to convince them that linux is the way to go instead of going to Win2K server... heres my current situation:
I have kde 3.1 installed in /root/kde3.1
I installed it with konstruct... I did everything from "make patch" all the way to "make install"
now when I try to run kde, I get a lot of errors that almost all end in:
undefined symbol: static_QUType_varptr
then the X server goes back to the log in screen... I think maybe I have the .bash_profile set up wrong... How should I set it up when I use the following:
installed directory: /root/kde3.1/
shadowed passwords

I just need someone to show me how to set up my .bash_profile
Please someone help me...

Thanks,
Nick

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dimitri

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Monday, February 10th 2003, 7:22am

Hi,
first of all: Why did you uses /root/kde3.1???? A normal user can't acces the /root directory.
Try this:
1. Log in as root, it should work (i hope so)
2. Give read/write access to the /root directory for everyone. (Can belive I said this...)

3. If you have enough time reinstall kde in the standardDirectory. (/usr/kde, /usr/share/kde or something like that).

4. Never never install any programs in the /root directory

Dim

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Monday, February 10th 2003, 3:36pm

root, ... and packages

You should use the packages for your distri!

ROOT:
That's a home directory and not you /bin, ... !!! Never, never, never,...
(dimitri already said)

When everything of the package is in /root/kde3.1 remove it and install packages for your ditsri! Is you Qt Edition/Version right?

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Oubipaw$

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Monday, February 10th 2003, 11:42pm

KDE errors

:oops: Thats where It defaulted to install, I tried changing the /root/ to 777, but it still doesnt work :'(

I used konstruct, how do I have it do it a specific directory... and what is the easiest directory to use it in?

Cant get packages, not out, I'm using red hat 8, plus I have dial up and I dont have alot of time to download alot of files to play around with.
Thanks,
Nick

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Tuesday, February 11th 2003, 8:44am

You're somehow mixing Qt versions (the one at compilation time with the one at run time). Did you set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to contain the path to the Qt library against which you compiled or added it to /etc/ld.so.conf and run 'ldconfig'?

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dimitri

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Tuesday, February 11th 2003, 3:06pm

Hi,
if you have problems with construct, then compile it yourself:
Unpack the tarballs, then cd into the new directory, then for every Package:
[code:1]./configure
make
[/code:1]
If you're not logged in as root:
[code:1]su[/code:1]
and finaly:
[code:1]make install[/code:1]

You have to install at least qt 3.1, arts, kdelibs and kdebase. Then you have a basic KDE system.

Dim

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aseigo

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Wednesday, February 12th 2003, 6:47pm

Re: KDE errors

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Original von Oubipaw$

Thats where It defaulted to install

it installs by default in the home directory of the user you are building it as (though this can be changed AFAIK). but you shouldn't be running as root to begin with.

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Original von Oubipaw$

Cant get packages, not out, I'm using red hat 8,

Rejoice: ftp://apt.unl.edu/apt/8.0/RPMS/
and perhaps consider using a distribution that is a more friendly environment to what you are trying to do?

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