Qt4.1.4 make errors.

[impeteperry]

The clock is right. I use it as a screen saver.

I let the Kubuntu installer do the partioning on a 120g drive. Everyting seems to work fine.
I have installed "synaptic" as I prefer it to "adept" I check that the changes I made to the "sources.list" worked OK. and I had access to the addional files.

The only additonal files I have installed are "make", "g++", "gdb", "ddd" and "synaptic" and I have run "apt-get update"

I think your original thought, that it was looking for a missing package is correct, but what???

Incidently, nothing has been added to the "/usr/local" file.There is no "/Trollteck?" directory there

[jacek]

I let the Kubuntu installer do the partioning on a 120g drive. Everyting seems to work fine.

This problem might be caused by filesystem that doesn't support soft links, but that would mean that you have installed your system on FAT or NTFS partition.

Maybe you have moved the sources after running configure?

I think your original thought, that it was looking for a missing package is correct, but what???

Yes, but it would come out after the second "make". I've checked the configure script and now I'm convinced that it failed for some reason.

Yet something tells me that you should check if you have development package for Standard C++ library (libstdc++-devel or simliar). Probably it won't fix this issue, but you'll need it anyway.

[impeteperry]

That brought up a thought, but I started comparing installed files here with those in another computer and added any that looked promising. Still no go. Same error and I did what I didn't want to do. Add unnecessary packages.

I'm running a current "debian" distro. Is there any place where I can find what addional packages I need.to install so I can install Qt4.1.4?

I think I shall reinstall it this week end. Intall all the packages in my other disk, but make a note of each one so I can remove them ( full ) one by one if I get a good install of Qt4.1.4 and find out what I really need. Will let you know how I make out.

I appreciate your help

[jacek]

If you were missing some package, configure should tell you about it.

Could you do a little test? Enter the directory where Qt sources are and enter these commands:

$ pwd
/home/users/jacek/Qt
$ echo "test" > test
$ ln -s test test2
$ cat test2
test
$ ls -la test*
-rw------- 1 jacek users 5 2006-07-01 14:53 test
lrwxrwxrwx 1 jacek users 4 2006-07-01 14:53 test2 -> test
$ ls -la include/QtCore/qconfig.h
lrwxrwxrwx 1 jacek users 49 2006-06-22 19:33 include/QtCore/qconfig.h -> /home/users/jacek/Qt/src/corelib/global/qconfig.h

This will verify that soft links work.

[impeteperry]

I added 2 packages "gdb" and "ddd"
I deleted the Qt4 directory
I "sudo ./configure -xshape"
I "sudo make"
I "sudo su -c make install"
I added "PATH=/usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.1.4/bin:$PATH
export PATH"
to the ".bash_profile.
I re-booted.
All works fine.

I have a distinct feeling I did not run make as "root".

What ever you do, don't get old. You tend to make misteaks.

I want to thank you for your help. it is what makes Linux great.

Pete Perry

[jacek]

I have a distinct feeling I did not run make as "root".

root privileges are required only for "make install". Something must have happened to Qt sources. Maybe access rights were incorrect?