On Wednesday 15 Dec 2004 13:48, Nick de Graeve wrote: > Keith Powell wrote: > > I am trying to install a .tar.gz program but, as is usual with me, it is > > proving a disaster. I can rarely get the things to install, but end up > > with lots of error messages. I hate these type of files and usually don't > > have anything to do with them. > > > > However, I would like to install this one, if possible. > > > > > > The last few lines of ,/configure are: > > > > appending configuration tag "F77" to libtool > > ./configure: line 19136: test: too many arguments > > checking for X... no > > checking QTDIR... /usr/lib/qt3/ > > checking Qt version... grep: /usr/lib/qt3//include/qglobal.h: No such > > file or directory > > configure: error: *** Don't know how to handle this Qt major version > > > > I assume that this means I have the wrong version of QT installed, but I > > don't know which version is required by the program. The version of qt3 > > which I have installed with Mandrake 10.1 Official, is 3.3.3-26. There is > > no other version either on the disks or in the download sources. My > > /usr/lib/qt3 folder does not have "include" or "qglobal.h". > > It indicates you have to install the devel packages: > > Which package it is in? > > [root: ~]# urpmf qglobal.h > libqt3-devel:/usr/lib/qt3/include/qglobal.h > libqt3-devel:/usr/share/doc/qt-3.3.3/doc/html/qglobal-h.html > > So type > > [root: ~]# urpmi libqt3-devel > > and try ./configure again. > > > Nick.
Thank you very much for you very prompt reply and the help, Nick. I installed libqt3-devel and the installation went smoothly with no more problems. One of my very rare .tar.gz successes - thanks to your help! Doing a urpmf qglobal.h, now gives the same locations as you said. Cheers Keith
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