Well, i give up. I'm descending into RPM dependency hell here, where each level gets uglier than the last. I think this is a sign that KDE isn't for me.
--- Tim Wunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Previously, Net Llama chose to write: > > --- Tim Wunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > > > You might get some help on the kde-linux list, or you can search > the > > > archives > > > at lists.kde.org (I did some preliminary searches there without > much > > > success). > > > > I'm not that desperate for a fix. I'm mainly just curious to see if > KDE > > still sux. > > > > What's the last KDE that you tried? 2.0? I use KDE2.2.1 primarily, and > get > along just fine. But, I've got the horsepower for it. > > > > Some things you probly already looked at, but I'll ask: > > > Do you have other libs installed that are in the way? > > > > Such as? > > > > Do you have multiple versions of the libraries required, according to > Doug's > SxS: > libfreetype 2.x > libjpeg > libmng > libpng > libxslt > libungif > libxml2 > openssl > libpcre > libz > > Perhaps it's seeing an older/newer version of one of those libs that's > > causing the hiccup. > > FWIW, I compiled KDE 2.2.1 from SRPMs, not source, on a relatively > stock > eW3.1 installation (updated kernel to 2.4.9, and X to 4.1.0) without a > hitch. > I was able to compile kdebase from source (in order to get kdesud, > which > Caldera leaves out of its RPM, yet Konqueror kinda wants...), but that > was > after the installation from the KDE RPMs I rebuilt. > > Could it be that you've gotten yourself a bad download? > > I just compiled kdelibs-2.2.1 on my system, with this config: > ./configure --prefix=/opt/kde2 --disable-debug > --with-ssl-dir=/etc/ssl > --enable-final > > Only difference between that and Doug's is I didn't use "--enable-mt" > (My QT > install doesn't have multi-threading) and the "--with-ssl-dir" > directory. ===== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step help: http://netllama.ipfox.com . __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users