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Old 10-16-2003, 04:51 AM   #1
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./configure problem with apollon on RH 9 -> cannot find QT headers and libraries


Mighty Linux gurus, please help a poor unforutunate who is really trying to dump windoze.

I have downloaded the source for gift and comilied and installed that with no problems. I have also downloaded and compiled giFTcurs for use with gift and that works a treat.

The problem is I really want to use apollon, from everything I have seen it is simply the best interface. When I run a ./configure on apollon I get the above error ( not EXACTLY but I am away from the offening machine at the moment ) I have checked that I have qt 3.1 ( rpm -q ). I have found various suggestions about using --qt-libraries=blah/blah/blah options but none of those seemed to work.

It seems to me that the ./configure is attempting to verify the existance of certain files ( what files exatly, the names might be handy ) and cannot locate them.

Can anyone cast some light on this?

Thanks in advance.
 
Old 10-16-2003, 05:56 AM   #2
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You'll need the source rpm's for qt installed.It's the same thing like qt-3.1-blah.rpm just with a src between the blah and rpm like this: qt-3.1-blah.src.rpm
 
Old 10-16-2003, 06:47 AM   #3
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Thanks, I'll give that a try.

I;ve just compiled everything on my slackware box and it worked fine first time.

Grr.
 
Old 10-16-2003, 07:10 AM   #4
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All those rpm distros don't put any source packages in a regular install anymore.Most don't even install gcc by default.
 
Old 10-17-2003, 05:18 AM   #5
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Well, that didn't work. I installed qt-devel-3.1.1-6.src.rpm and it still wont compile. Still comes back with cannot find qt headers and libraries error.

Any more advice?
 
Old 10-17-2003, 05:56 AM   #6
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try:

Code:
./configure --includedir=/opt/qt/include/
btw: the qt headers are about 350 files that start with 'q' and end with '.h', so you could...

Code:
locate q*.h
If it starts listing a bunch of files like:
Code:
/opt/qt/include/q1xcompatibility.h
/opt/qt/include/q1xcompatibility.h
/opt/qt/include/qabstractlayout.h
/opt/qt/include/qabstractlayout.h
/opt/qt/include/qaccel.h
/opt/qt/include/qaccel.h
/opt/qt/include/qaccessible.h
/opt/qt/include/qaction.h
/opt/qt/include/qaction.h
...
..then you know your qt headers are in /opt/qt/include/
 
Old 10-17-2003, 06:05 AM   #7
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Cheesrs, I'll give that a #!/bin/bash
 
Old 10-17-2003, 06:09 AM   #8
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I checked with my config.status file and that are the references to qt I found for my install:

s,@qt_libraries@,/usr/qt/3/lib,;t t
s,@qt_includes@,/usr/qt/3/include,;t t
s,@QT_INCLUDES@,-I/usr/qt/3/include,;t t
s,@QT_LDFLAGS@,-L/usr/qt/3/lib,;t t

and this in the config.log:

QT_INCLUDES='-I/usr/qt/3/include'
QT_LDFLAGS='-L/usr/qt/3/lib'

Hope that helps.
 
Old 10-17-2003, 06:46 AM   #9
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IsNoGood: you're using gentoo right? That's where they install qt. Pretty sure RH puts it in /opt/qt though....
 
Old 10-17-2003, 06:53 AM   #10
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Yeah - I figured that would help him to see what he is looking for as in qt3/include and qt3/lib.Sorry if that led to confusion.
 
Old 10-17-2003, 07:00 AM   #11
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he he, no worries, I was just wondering, because what you posted is where my qt headers are...I just dont think it is where B1TW1SE's will be
 
Old 10-17-2003, 07:03 AM   #12
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Yeah one of the things that make Linux easier - putting lib's and headers all over the place depending on the distro.
 
Old 10-17-2003, 06:20 PM   #13
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Try the rpm.
 
Old 10-17-2003, 07:31 PM   #14
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I just tried the rpm and the install failed complaining about giFT not being installed, but it is! Thats probably cos I compiled giFT.
Anyway Apollon is working now after compiling it instead.
This may help...

To get ./configure to work with qt make sure you have this in your .bashrc -
export QTDIR=/usr/lib/qt3

Also I have installed these rpm's from my distro disks -
libqt3
libqt3-common
libqt3-devel
 
  


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