Styles/Themes

Bjorne · 08-16-2005, 04:36 PM

Hello!

I've installed two custom styles/themes to KDE, I installed them using RPMs. THe RPMs installed fine but the themes wont show up in KDE theme manager! (In the Control Centre)

I'm using SuSE 9.3, x86_64.

Does anyone know how I can make this work? Is it a x86_64 issue?

Thanks

UPDATE: I installed kde-artwork and these themes are no appearing either!

noteventime · 08-16-2005, 07:24 PM

Have you tried to install the non-rpm versions?

Bjorne · 08-16-2005, 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by noteventime
Have you tried to install the non-rpm versions?

no but it's SuSE 9.3 RPMs and if they don't work there must be something weird with my system mustn't it?

reddazz · 08-17-2005, 04:09 AM

Only newer theme manager styles show up in the KDE theme manager. Check in the "styles" section under "appearance & themes" for your theme. If the theme includes window decorations and color schemes, they also have to choosen individually from the appropriate section under "appearance & themes".

Bjorne · 08-17-2005, 06:40 AM

it doesn't appear there either

noteventime · 08-17-2005, 08:39 AM

Try the non rpm version

Bjorne · 08-17-2005, 09:12 AM

of course there was no non-rpm version... however I reinstalled it and the theme appeared as a style (not looking correct though, it looked like KDE standard) but other SuSE 9.3 x86_64 users has been able top install this theme (LinspireClear) why can't I?

DarkNeo · 08-17-2005, 09:37 AM

But if you download the theme and after you put it in -/.kde/.
ByE

Bjorne · 08-17-2005, 09:47 AM

the rpm installs the files there and they are there (I have checked) but KDE wont detect them

reddazz · 08-17-2005, 10:07 AM

Ok, I installed the same theme recently. I got the source code from here.
You need to untar the file, change into the extracted directory and then do

Code:

$make -f Makefile.cvs
$./configure --prefix=`kde-config --prefix`
$make
#make install

Bjorne · 08-17-2005, 10:22 AM

Quote:

make -f Makefile.cvs
This Makefile is only for the CVS repository
This will be deleted before making the distribution

*** YOU'RE USING automake (GNU automake) 1.9.5.
*** KDE requires automake 1.6
make[1]: *** [cvs] Fel 1
make: *** [all] Fel 2

I'm running it as myself, ie not root.

Bjorne · 08-17-2005, 10:43 AM

ok changed the cvs.sh to support automake 1.9

now I get:

Quote:

checking for libz... configure: error: not found.

However I do have it insalled... anyway libzio, libzvt and libzv-dev

UPDATE: The error disappeared when I installed qt development files

Bjorne · 08-17-2005, 11:27 AM

New error :P
"checking for Qt... configure: error: Qt (>= Qt 3.1 (20021021)) (library qt-mt) not found. Please check your installation!"

Any ideas?

Update, the whole error is:
checking for libjpeg6b... no
checking for libjpeg... no
configure: WARNING: libjpeg not found. disable JPEG support.
checking for Qt... configure: error: Qt (>= Qt 3.1 (20021021)) (library qt-mt) not found. Please check your installation!
For more details about this problem, look at the end of config.log.
Make sure that you have compiled Qt with thread support!

I do have libjpeg64, libjpeg and qt3 (installed by YaST)

Bjorne · 08-17-2005, 01:25 PM

ok after lots of looking I found this on Novell's support

./configure --enable-libsuffix=64

has to be added to older configures.... It configures now

but the theme does not show up in KDE control centre...

reddazz · 08-17-2005, 01:59 PM

I am not sure if its a 64 bit problem because the same thing works fine on Suse 9.3 on my system.