KDE 3.5 install probs (FBSD 5.4)

[Michael C. Shultz]

On Sunday 01 January 2006 10:46, nospam at apriori.net wrote:
> I've been trying to install the newer release of KDE on my 5.4 system with
> no luck. Here are some attempts:
>
> 1. Download kdebase-3.5.0 tarball, run ./configure (for starters):
>
> [laptop]/home/laptop/KDE/kdebase/kdebase-3.5.0(40): ./configure
> checking build system type... i386-unknown-freebsd5.4
> checking host system type... i386-unknown-freebsd5.4
> checking target system type... i386-unknown-freebsd5.4
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking for -p flag to install... yes
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking for gawk... no
> checking for mawk... no
> checking for nawk... nawk
> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
> checking for kde-config... not found
> configure: error: The important program kde-config was not found!
> Please check whether you installed KDE correctly.
>
> ...I couldn't find a tarball or anything else looking like "kde-config" to
> install.
>
> 2. Use konstruct:
>
> Download the sources, untar them. They are supposed to play like FBSD
> ports; cd into some directory and type make install. There is a "meta"
> directory; here's what happens there:
>
> [laptop]/home/laptop/KDE/konstruct/meta(48): make install
> "../category.mk", line 13: Need an operator
> make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
>
> 3. Some other attempt wth konstruct; cd into the kdebase subdirectory and
> do a make install there:
>
> [laptop]/home/laptop/KDE/konstruct/kde/kdebase(54): make install
> "../../gar.conf.mk", line 38: Need an operator
> "../../gar.conf.mk", line 54: Need an operator
> "../../gar.conf.mk", line 64: Need an operator
> "../../gar.conf.mk", line 100: Need an operator
> "../../gar.conf.mk", line 108: Need an operator
> "../../gar.conf.mk", line 116: Need an operator
> "../../gar.conf.mk", line 134: Need an operator
> "../../gar.conf.mk", line 135: Need an operator
> "../../gar.conf.mk", line 136: Need an operator
> "../../gar.conf.mk", line 137: Need an operator
> "../../gar.conf.mk", line 138: Need an operator
> "../../gar.conf.mk", line 139: Need an operator
> "../../gar.lib.mk", line 272: Need an operator
> "../../gar.lib.mk", line 274: Need an operator
> "../../gar.lib.mk", line 277: Need an operator
> "../../gar.lib.mk", line 288: Need an operator
> "../../color.mk", line 19: Missing dependency operator
> "../../color.mk", line 62: Need an operator
> "../../gar.mk", line 65: Need an operator
> "../../gar.mk", line 67: Need an operator
> "../../gar.mk", line 69: Need an operator
> Error expanding embedded variable.
>
> I didn't play with the gar.conf.mk file; it looked like it was supposed to
> run okay the way it was. I probably do not understand what they're doing
> with the gar.conf.mk files.
>
> cheers & happy new year -
> -- paz.
>
There is a perfectly good version of KDE in the ports tree, why do this?

-Mike