Re: Where to set KDEDIRS or alternative?

[Sune Vuorela <nospam@vuorela.dk>]

On 2015-07-12, Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> wrote:
>>Oh, but /usr/local/kde4/bin *is* in the PATH on my system. And with=20
>>KDEDIRS set appropriately, KDE did find them there, too.
>
> I'm unclear on that;  Was /usr/local/kde4/bin(1) included in the PATH
> setting and KDEDIRS _also_ referred to it, or did only KDEDIRS reference
> that specific directory?  Not that it matter much;  If the directory is
> in the PATH, IDK why things aren't being found there.

KDEDIRS is needed to have sycoca4 pick up things like plugins and stuff.

And very many apps is mostly built out of plugins.

For example KDevelop, Kontact and Konqueror.

/Sune