by Several recent attempts to install/update KDE applications came to grief
at the configure stage. The configure file was reportedly designed to guess the
appropriate values for various parameters, but it got confused by the setup
with which RedHat 6.2 has saddled me (Among other things, I now have three
different Qt directories - qt-1.44, qt-1.45 and qt-2.1.0).
Unfortunately, the miniscule programming skills that I possess date from an
antediluvean era of computing (COBOL); it is likely to take time before I learn
some relevant languages.
Meanwhile, I would welcome some guidance that will help me do some simple
tweaking.
Below are extracts from the start of a configure file with problem areas
identified (as far as I can judge).
Any help on what to plug in where will be gratefully received
Start of configure:
=============
#! /bin/sh
# Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
# Generated automatically using autoconf version 2.13
# Copyright (C) 1992, 93, 94, 95, 96 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
#
# This configure script is free software; the Free Software Foundation
# gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
# Defaults:
**ac_help=***?
***ac_default_prefix=/usr/local***(? /usr ?)
# Any additions from configure.in:
ac_default_prefix=${KDEDIR:-/usr/local/kde} **? /usr/kde ?
SNIP
ac_help="$ac_help
--with-qt-dir=DIR where the root of Qt is installed "
ac_help="$ac_help
--with-qt-includes=DIR where the Qt includes are. "
ac_help="$ac_help
--with-qt-libraries=DIR where the Qt library is installed."
Does the above three instructions need to be fixed here or do they get fixed
via arguments on the command line?
Also, pointers to the locations of Newbie guides that will save me from posting
such elementary questions would be gratefully received.
Felix Karpfen