Hi Dex, I get that on certain older programs as well. It is an automake issue with the "new" /opt/kde3/include/kde header directory. To fix it, look for the acinclude.m4 file and open it. Inside that file you should find a line like this: kde_incdirs="$kde_libs_prefix/include /usr/lib/kde/include /usr/local/kde/include /usr/local/include /usr/kde/include /usr/include/kde /usr/include /opt/kde3/include /opt/kde/include $x_includes $qt_includes" Simply add /opt/kde3/include/kde to that line like this: kde_incdirs="$kde_libs_prefix/include /opt/kde3/include/kde /usr/lib/kde/include /usr/local/kde/include /usr/local/include /usr/kde/include /usr/include/kde /usr/include /opt/kde3/include /opt/kde/include $x_includes $qt_includes" Then save the file and regenerate the automake build system (autoconf, automake) Hope this helps! Tim On Sun, January 3, 2010 9:26 pm, Dexter Filmore wrote: > Meanwhile after installing libqt3-dev I get to: > > in the prefix, you've chosen, are no KDE headers installed. This will > fail. > So, check this please and use another prefix! > > > I used > ./configure --prefix=`kde-config --prefix` --disable-debug --enable-final > > kde-config --prefix returns: /opt/kde3 > > What's missing? > > Dex > > -- > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.12 > GCS d--(+)@ s-:+ a C++++ UL++ P+>++ L+++>++++ E-- W++ N o? K- > w--(---) !O M+ V- PS+ PE Y++ PGP t++(---)@ 5 X+(++) R+(++) tv--(+)@ > b++(+++) DI+++ D- G++ e* h>++ r* y? > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

On Mon, January 4, 2010 8:47 am, Dexter Filmore wrote: Hi Dex, It looks like you don't have the KDE3 -dev packages installed, so the required headers are not on your system. Try installing the kdelibs4-kde3-dev package and re-running ./configure. Regarding your error, autoconf2.64 (the Ubuntu default) is broken with KDE3. There is discussion on that problem all over the Internet. To work around, simply install autoconf2.63 and automake1.11-kde3. Let me know if this helps! Tim

Hi Dex, You probably missed the actual error line somewhere. They can be quite tricky to locate, I usually end up searching the terminal output for the phrase "error:". GCC will not terminate that way for warnings. Likely that is a baghira error, not a KDE one. Look at the gcc4 porting guide, gcc4.x is much stricter about certain things than gcc3.x was. It should tell you exactly what it choked on, though. If you get it to compile, do you want to try packaging it? I'd be happy to accept it into the kde3-maintainers PPA... Tim

On Tue, January 5, 2010 11:50 am, Dexter Filmore wrote: Hi Dex, You will need to open the file debian/control and modify the dependency lines. Anywhere it is looking for a "stock" KDE package (kdelibs4-dev, etc.) you need to replace that with the KDE3 package instead (e.g. kdelibs4-kde3-dev). Also, please rename the package to baghira-kde3, and update the debian/changelog file with the new name and either your Email or kde3-maintainers(a)ubuntu.com as the maintainer Email address. Update the maintainer name field as well to match. In the file debian/rules you will have to add this block: DEB_CONFIGURE_INCLUDEDIR := /opt/kde3/include/kde DEB_CONFIGURE_MANDIR := /opt/kde3/share/man DEB_CONFIGURE_PREFIX := /opt/kde3 DEB_CONFIGURE_INFODIR := /opt/kde3/share/info cdbs_configure_flags := --with-qt-dir=/usr/share/qt3 --disable-rpath --with-xinerama $(cdbs_kde_enable_final) $(cdbs_kde_enable_debug) directly after this line (if it exists): include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/utils.mk otherwise, put it after the #!/usr/bin/make -f line. Also add the line DEB_CONFIGURE_EXTRA_FLAGS := --prefix=/opt/kde3 or if DEB_CONFIGURE_EXTRA_FLAGS already exists, then tack on --prefix=/opt/kde3 to the end of that line. At that point, you need to look around the debian/ folder and make sure any install files with baghira in their name are renamed to include baghira-kde3 instead. Also, open each *.install file, and anywhere usr/ is mentioned, change it to opt/kde3/ Take one last look at the debian/rules file; make sure any references to baghira are replaced with baghira-kde3. Most likely you will also need to add " ,autoconf2.63, automake1.11-kde3" (minus the quotes) to the end of the build-depends line. Also, the acinclude.m4 changes I mentioned earlier will have to be applied. That is actually the standard porting procedure I've been following for the past year or more. It works pretty well, and if you manage to get an error tracking down the problem is usually pretty simple. It is probably a good idea to make these changes in a copy of the package source, then copy that folder to a new directory before compiling. That way your uncompiled source can be easily updated, recopied, and recompiled, without worrying about old build files wreaking havoc. Let me know if you need any further assistance! Tim