Re: Final v.1.0 KPSK released
Oops, didn't see that this was sent to the list, so forwarding my reply for
others who may be interested.
73-
Ernie
kg9ni
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Subject: Re: Final v.1.0 KPSK released
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 22:50:07 -0500
From: Ernest Stracener <ds3@tds.net>
To: John Ackermann N8UR <jra@febo.com>
Hi John, thanks for the note! Since KPSK was created for KDE 3.x, you'll
need that to get it going, as well as QT 3.0.3 or better. I have been able
to run it on Debian 3.0r0, but it takes a lot of determination to get there
(I've also run it on Slackware 8.1, Mandrake 8.2 & 9.0, Red Hat 7.3 & 8.0):
1. Compile and install from source QT 3.0.3 or better (current is 3.0.6)
http://trolltech.com
2. Compile and install from source KDE 3.0.3 -- takes a long time to do, but
is WONDERFUL once done. You don't need all the KDE source, just the bare
minimum -- see the KDE "compiling from source" docs for more on that. The
unofficial KDE 3.0.2 .deb packages in sid are in my opinion, junk....I have
tried them a couple of times and really messed things up with them (guess
that's why they call it "sid"--teh one that breaks things). :)
3. You will most likely need to modify the kpsk/logcore.h file to reflect
the proper location of BerkeleyDB 3.3 or better's db.h file. See the docs
for more information on doing this...you'll probably need to modify it to
eliminate a few lines of code & add '#include <db.h>' in their place.
Not the best circumstances for getting it running on Debian, but it is
because Debian is very deliberate about testing and implementing new
software into its distributions. I get frustrated by not having hte most up
to date stuff, but I've enjoyed its dependability. When not using Debian, I
like Mandrake 9.0 very much. If you'd like to try it, I could send you a
set of CDs in trade for 4 first class postage stamps....up to you.
I hope you are able to get it running on your system; I can verify that it
can be done, but it does take some determination to get there. :)
Let me know if I can be of any additional assistance....I'll do what I can to
help.
73-
Ernie
kg9ni
On Friday 11 October 2002 06:22 pm, you wrote:
> Hi --
>
> I just downloaded kpsk but found that I'm unable to build it on my Debian
> system. The configure script is complaining that it can't find a version
> of qt-mt greater than version 3.0.2. I'm running Debian woody (the current
> stable release) and the latest version of libqt-mt=dev that seems to be
> available is 2.3.1, even if I look at the current "unstable" Debian
> distribution.
>
> Is Debian's version hopelessly out of date, or am I looking in the wrong
> place? Is there a way I can build kpsk short of downloading a non-Debian
> QT installation? (By the way, I've downloaded and am using the unstable
> KDE3 Debian packages.)
>
> Thanks!
>
> 73,
> John N8UR
> jra@febo.com
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