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I got a copy of KDE 3.4 on a DVD with Linux Format magazine so I thought I would upgrade. It was going fine but then, the power cut.. so the computer turned off in the middle of the install. When I try running Konstruct again ( cd meta/kde;make install) I get this error:

checking for kde-config... /root/kde3.4/bin/kde-config
./configure: line 2269: /root/kde3.4/bin/kde-config: No such file or directory
configure: error: /root/kde3.4/bin/kde-config --prefix outputed the non existant prefix '' for kdelibs.
                   This means it has been moved since you installed it.
                   This won't work. Please recompile kdelibs for the new prefix.

make[1]: *** [configure-work/kdebase-3.4.0/configure] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/edd/konstruct/kde/kdebase'
make: *** [dep-../../kde/kdebase] Error 2

 

I know what it is asking - recompile kdelibs - but how should I do it so I can get upgraded.

Thanks a lot!

 

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Okkkk I got past that error by just downloading Konstruct again and extracting it over the top of the old one. I do cd meta/kde;make install and off it goes, but then it hits this error:

checking for Qt... configure: error: Qt (>= Qt 3.3) (library qt-mt) not found. Please check your installation!
For more details about this problem, look at the end of config.log.
Make sure that you have compiled Qt with thread support!
make[3]: *** [configure-work/arts-1.4.1/configure] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/edd/konstruct/libs/arts'
make[2]: *** [dep-../../libs/arts] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/edd/konstruct/kde/kdelibs'
make[1]: *** [dep-../../kde/kdelibs] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/edd/konstruct/kde/kdebase'
make: *** [dep-../../kde/kdebase] Error 2

 

Anyone got any ideas? I have installed Qt but I still get this error.

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Looks like you have some dependency problems. It says you're missing qt. Try to urmpi qt and qt devel. I'm not sure what they are called in Mandrake, but try to take a look for something similar.

 

Oh by the way make sure you have the devel packages for the files it says error with.

 

 

 

.:=The AI Dude=:.

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$ urpmf libqt-mt
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.la
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.prl
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3.3
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3.3.4
libqt3-devel:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so
libqt3-devel:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.la
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.prl
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3.3
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3.3.4
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.la
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.prl
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3.3
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3.3.4
libqt3-devel:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so

$ urpmq qt-devel
PyQt-devel

$ rpm -qa|grep libqt
libqt3-devel-3.3.4-8mdk
libqt3-3.3.4-8mdk

 

If you urpmi qt-devel you will get PyQt-devel. Do you have libqt3-devel installed?

urpmi libqt3-devel

?

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Yes, libqt3-devel is installed. I did what you said above and got this:

[root@localhost edd]# urpmi libqt3-devel
The package(s) are already installed
[root@localhost edd]# urpmf libqt-mt
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.la
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.prl
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3.3
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3.3.4
libqt3-devel:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.la
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.prl
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3.3
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3.3.4
libqt3-devel:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.la
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.prl
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3.3
libqt3:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3.3.4
libqt3-devel:/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so
[root@localhost edd]# urpmq qt-devel
PyQt-devel
[root@localhost edd]# rpm -qa|grep libqt
libqtc1-3.3.2-2mdk
libqtc1-devel-3.3.2-2mdk
libqt3-devel-3.3.4-7.1.102mdk
libqt3-3.3.4-7.1.102mdk
libqt3-pch-headers-3.3.4-5mdk

Could any of that make a difference?

Thanks for the help so far :)

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I have not used konstruct, so I don't know how that works, and having a power cut, seems like, could do some mysterious damage. The only other clue I see is to look at the config.log, as the error says. It's in your build directory. See if it has any different information.

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As the message says, the error will be toward the end of the log. I don't know which log; I would think it would be in the directory the build was in when the error occured. There will be, at least, the same error messages you get on the terminal, maybe more.

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ARGH!! I managed to get it to start installing again, but it failed again so i tried to install is using them RPMs on this forum. Done the URPMI command on the 10.2 folder and now I can't get on Linux! I just get this screen, it's a white box, with "WElcome to Linux Localhost" it then has a clock underneath, some commands on the far left, and then a log in screen. The keyboard doesn't work in this box. But if I restart the X server from an option in this window it some times lets me type. I log in but it just returns to that screen. What can I do?

 

Also, if I get a command prompt up from boot, if I type "startx" I get some error about missing a font or something.

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You seem to me to have followed a pretty unorthodox path: installing a giant software suite from a source outside the distro, throwing some distro stuff at it that I wouldn't try, personally: there are plenty of reports of problems with the 3.4 upgrade, and a power failure on top of that. All I can suggest is a search at www.google.com Maybe someone else recognizes a solution.

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I think the first lesson to be learned here is to GET A UPS for starters.

The second lesson is to NOT try to install a tarball program when you are first learning.

The command line fanatics will claim this is the only way to learn but common sense says learn in easy stages then you don´t waste so much of your time and effort.

I suggest doing a reinstall to get rid of the corrupted files, folders and directories that you now have and then try installing the KDE3.4 RPMs that are about (even though there are a few problems in there).

 

Cheers. John.

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Or another alternative would be to remove KDE altogether from your system, but make sure you're using gnome or another desktop manager whilst doing this, and then reinstalling from the Installation CD/DVD that came with your version of Mandriva/Mandrake.

 

That way, it'll save the rebuild and the problems associated with KDE 3.4

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