Hello, I just installed and started using Linux a few days ago, so I'm new.

I am having problems installing Kopete. I can't seem to get past the ./configure part. When I type in ./configure, I get this error:

I have tried using rpmdrake and searching for the KDE header files, but it can't find the package. I also downloaded "libkdecore4-devel-3.3.2-123mdk.i586.rpm" (the kdelib package), and when I run it, it says the package is already installed.

I get the same error when I try: ./configure --prefix="/usr"
Note: /usr is what I got when I typed "kde-config --prefix"

I'm using Mandriva LE2005 with KDE 3.3.2

Any help on how to solve this problem is greatly appreciated, thanks.

-Jack Carlson

Make sure you have the main, contrib, updates and plf repos setup using the instructions at easyurpmi .

You can probably install Kopete directly using urpmi. This is likely to be easier than trying to compile it yourself.

./configure --prefix=`kde-config --prefix`

I got it working now, thanks for the help.

I had to go to Easy URMPI and go through the 3 steps.
Then I entered

and it installed the kde libs. I ran ./configure --prefix="/usr" again and it worked.

Thanks again for the help.

When installing KDE applications, its best to do as foobar posted earlier
This makes sure that everything is installed in the right KDE directories.