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installing KDE 3.3.1 with konstruct

I finally downloaded everything, but I did it all as root not 'devon' my normal user account. How do I get it installed into my 'devon' account? I tried copying the 'kde3.3.1' folder to my home directory but when I tried make in '/usr/local/src/konstruct/meta/kde' as 'devon' it said:

Code:

rm: cannot remove `.libs/akodearts.o': Permission denied

rm: cannot remove `akodearts.lo': Permission denied

rm: cannot remove `akodearts.lo': Permission denied

../../libtool: line 982: akodearts.loT: Permission denied

rm: cannot remove `.libs/akodearts.o': Permission denied

cc1plus: /root/kde3.3.1/include/arts: Permission denied

cc1plus: /root/kde3.3.1/include: Permission denied

cc1plus: /root/kde3.3.1/include: Permission denied

cc1plus: /root/kde3.3.1/include: Permission denied

cc1plus: /root/kde3.3.1/include: Permission denied

cc1plus: /root/kde3.3.1/include: Permission denied

Assembler messages:

FATAL: can't create .libs/akodearts.o: Permission denied

make[5]: *** [akodearts.lo] Error 1

make[5]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/konstruct/kde/kdemultimedia/work/kdemultimedia-3.3.1/akode/arts_plugin'

make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/konstruct/kde/kdemultimedia/work/kdemultimedia-3.3.1/akode'

make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/konstruct/kde/kdemultimedia/work/kdemultimedia-3.3.1'

make[2]: *** [all] Error 2

make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/konstruct/kde/kdemultimedia/work/kdemultimedia-3.3.1'

make[1]: *** [build-work/kdemultimedia-3.3.1/Makefile] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/konstruct/kde/kdemultimedia'

make: *** [dep-../../kde/kdemultimedia] Error 2

how do I fix it? Im not even gonna download all that again on a dial-up connection so thats not an option:rolleyes:

Maybe you should have looked over the Makefile and adjusted yoour personal preferences accordingly.

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Originally posted by jev-bird
Maybe you should have looked over the Makefile and adjusted yoour personal preferences accordingly.

Which one theres a million of them, and I don't know what to change (I've never made or edited make files)

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Originally posted by NeoAndersn007
(I've never made or edited make files)

Then your in for a treat. Just go to the top directory of konstruct and see if there's a Makefile there. Usually that one provides global parameters. Open it up in an text editor and most of the rest should seem pretty self-explantory. Don't poke around with any options your not familiar with or it could break your whole build. You might need to adjust the permissions of the folders recursively with chown/chmod to appropriate values before devon is able to use them.

You should have never touched the files as root. Konstruct is able to build, install, and use KDE as a regular user generally with no superuser interaction required.

Yeah, exacly.
You need to change the owner is what it seems like.
I have never used konstruct, and install KDE using the method defined in the BLFS book.
Try issuing this command as root from /usr/local/src/konstruct:

chown -R devon:devon ./*

Quote:

Originally posted by jev-bird
Then your in for a treat. Just go to the top directory of konstruct and see if there's a Makefile there. Usually that one provides global parameters. Open it up in an text editor and most of the rest should seem pretty self-explantory. Don't poke around with any options your not familiar with or it could break your whole build. You might need to adjust the permissions of the folders recursively with chown/chmod to appropriate values before devon is able to use them.

You should have never touched the files as root. Konstruct is able to build, install, and use KDE as a regular user generally with no superuser interaction required.

ok it seems to be working now i just changed ($HOME) to /home/devon/ thanks.
KDE is great, its too bad they don't have a great download/install utility:(