I'm trying to install a new KDE 3.1 theme under Red Hat 9

Installation is supposed to go something like this:

- Step 1
$ ./configure --prefix=/etc/kde
- Step 2
$ make
- Step 3 (as root)
# make install

Problem is that when I run the ./configure command, it dies with this error message:

checking for X... configure: error: Can't find X includes. Please check your installation and add the correct paths!

I'm not sure what to add to my path to get this to work...I've tried /etc/X11, /etc, /usr/X11R6, /usr/X11R6/bin...but not luck so far.

Any help out there?

Thanks in advance.

Hi.

The --prefix should read

--prefix=/usr

Red Hat have, once again, put files in strange places.

Hope this helps.

Dave

ilikejam,

Still getting an error trying to find the X includes when I set --prefix=/usr....any thoughts on what to set $PATH equal to?

Thanks again.

Have you tried installing any other themes?

I've had numerous problems with badly packaged theme files.

You might also have to install the development files for X (in fact I think this is more likely to be the problem). The RPM is XFree86-devel - it should be on your installation disks. This contains all the headers etc for X that are needed when compiling.

Dave

i have the same problem and installing the x development headers didnt help me...any tips? paths etc? dunno if i installed the right devel-headers but im pretty sure i did.

Hi again.

There's a directory called 'include' in /usr/X11R6 - this is installed as part of the devel RPM.

There's also files installed in /usr/X11R6/lib.

Any use?

I have to say I've never had to bother with X11 include paths for compiling and installing themes for KDE.

Dave

I had the same problem. So I did (using "lostman" as my user dir)

./configure --prefix=/home/lostman/.kde/

and it worked fine. I think they're looking for your kde dir in $home. which is hidden. I need to install ksmoothdock and after that syntax it installed fine. The executable was then put in /home/lostman/.kde/bin/