./configure error

[jb8350i]

Trying to compile Kfilter

http://kfilter.sourceforge.net/

And I get this error:

checking for KDE... configure: error:
in the prefix, you've chosen, are no KDE libraries installed. This will fail.
So, check this please and use another prefix!

What's that mean and what do I do to make it work?

[DrHu]

Its in the repository
--try installing from there to get the dependencies needed..

In terminal, check

• apt search kfilter
  p junkfilter - A junk-email filtering program for procmai

[dequire]

If you prefer GUI apps, you also might want to have a look at Kinstaller. It's a GUI front-end for the command-line installation of KDE apps. Best of all is that there's also a built in un-install feature. Automates the 'make' and 'make install' process. Kinstaller is in the 'buntu repository.

Info is here.

Hope that helps.

The mods may want to move this post to the KDE forum?

[jb8350i]

I installed kinstaller, and I get this error

kinstaller: KDE base directory isn't correct.

Where's the correct base directory?

Also the program I'm trying to install, Kfilter, is a speaker design program, for calculating the correct size for speaker boxes and crossovers. I guess there's more then one kfilter.

That Kinstaller program looks like it'll be the elephant's instep once I get that going though... Thanks

[dequire]

You're right - you would get that error, since this app was written when KDE 3 was out. Try changing the KDE Bade Directory in the Kinstaller options section to: /usr/share/kde4

Let me know if this works for you.

[jb8350i]

You're right - you would get that error, since this app was written when KDE 3 was out. Try changing the KDE Bade Directory in the Kinstaller options section to: /usr/share/kde4

Let me know if this works for you.

/usr/share/kde4 in kinstaller gives the same "KDE base directory isn't correct." error.

[dequire]

Ok - I bit the bullet to help and downloaded the latest "stable" version from the kfilter website:

http://kfilter.sourceforge.net/download.html

The instructions are here, and they work: http://kfilter.sourceforge.net/documentation.html

The problem is that this application has not been updated since 2001...

When I used Kinstaller I couldn't get it to run either, so I followed the instructions on the website:

2.3 Compilation and installation
In order to compile and install Kfilter on your system, untar and unzip the source tarball and build Kfilter. Type the following at your command prompt:

% tar xzf kfilter-{rev}.tar.gz

% cd kfilter-{rev}

% ./configure

% make

% make install

The problem, pure and simple, is that the app is outdated: It is written for KDE2 and maybe KDE3. When I run "./configure" everything goes OK for a while until it halts on this error:

"checking for Qt... configure: error: Qt (>= 1.42 and < 2.0) (headers and libraries) not found. Please check your installation!"

So, in a nutshell, the app is too old and needs to be updated for newer KDE systems (KDE currently runs QT4...)

Hope that helps.

[jb8350i]

Bummer - thanks for the help anyway though. I guess I'll have to find a newer speaker design program...