On Mon, 2006-11-20 at 02:03 +0100, Mario Vukelic wrote: > > There are instructions for downloading the source code and compiling > the application here: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://cvs.codeyard.net/kpilot/develop.php" target="_blank"> http://cvs.codeyard.net/kpilot/develop.php</a> > > You might want to read and try, then google and/or ask questions on > the list as you go In addition to the suggestions above, do this as a start: sudo apt-get install build-essentials (This will install a basic compilation environment in Ubuntu) sudo apt-get build-dep kpilot (This will install all that is needed to compile kpilot as far as apt knows. At the least this will get you most of the way) --- Followed directions, got all the necessary files, These are the install instructions that came with the package: KPilot uses the CMake build system which is the native build system for KDE4; for KDE3 applications like KPilot, CMake is also useable. You need CMake installed on your system to compile KPilot, but CMake is becoming more widespread now. You can get it from <a href="http://www.cmake.org"> www.cmake.org</a> . To compile KPilot, just run make -f Makefile.cmake in the KPilot source directory (that is the one containing this INSTALL file). This will run CMake to generate the real Makefiles, then run make again to build the project in a build-* subdirectory. Once it is done, you can run make -f Makefile.cmake install to install KPilot in the KDE directory. Unfortunattely, I still cant install it. This is the input after running the first command. make -f Makefile.cmake test -d "build-Linux2_6_17_10_386" || mkdir -p "build-Linux2_6_17_10_386" test -d "build-Linux2_6_17_10_386" SRC_DIR=`pwd` ; cd "build-Linux2_6_17_10_386" && cmake $SRC_DIR -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX= -- Found KDE3 include dir: /usr/include/kde -- Found KDE3 library dir: /usr/lib -- Found KDE3 dcopidl preprocessor: /usr/bin/dcopidl -- Found KDE3 dcopidl2cpp preprocessor: /usr/bin/dcopidl2cpp -- Found KDE3 kconfig_compiler preprocessor: /usr/bin/kconfig_compiler -- Found pi-dlp.h in /usr/include -- Found libpisock in /usr/lib/libpisock.so -- Found pilot-link: /usr/lib/libpisock.so -- icon: /home/davidanderson/kpilot/kpilot/Icons/mini-kpilot.png doesn't fit naming conventions. ignoring. -- icon: /home/davidanderson/kpilot/kpilot/Icons/fastsync.png doesn't fit naming conventions. ignoring. -- icon: /home/davidanderson/kpilot/kpilot/Icons/nosync.png doesn't fit naming conventions. ignoring. -- icon: /home/davidanderson/kpilot/kpilot/Icons/busysync.png doesn't fit naming conventions. ignoring. -- icon: /home/davidanderson/kpilot/kpilot/Icons/hotsync.png doesn't fit naming conventions. ignoring. -- icon: /home/davidanderson/kpilot/kpilot/Icons/kpilot-splash.png doesn't fit naming conventions. ignoring. -- Configuring done -- Generating done -- Build files have been written to: /home/davidanderson/kpilot/build-Linux2_6_17_10_386 cd "build-Linux2_6_17_10_386" && make make[1]: Entering directory `/home/davidanderson/kpilot/build-Linux2_6_17_10_386' make[2]: Entering directory `/home/davidanderson/kpilot/build-Linux2_6_17_10_386' make[3]: Entering directory `/home/davidanderson/kpilot/build-Linux2_6_17_10_386' [ 0%] Building CXX object lib/CMakeFiles/kpilot.dir/pilotDateEntry.o /home/davidanderson/kpilot/lib/pilotDateEntry.cc:42:27: error: libkcal/event.h: No such file or directory /home/davidanderson/kpilot/lib/pilotRecord.h: In constructor 'PilotRecordBase::PilotRecordBase(int, int, recordid_t)': /home/davidanderson/kpilot/lib/pilotRecord.h:64: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions /home/davidanderson/kpilot/lib/pilotRecord.h: In member function 'void PilotRecordBase::setCategory(int)': /home/davidanderson/kpilot/lib/pilotRecord.h:78: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions make[3]: *** [lib/CMakeFiles/kpilot.dir/pilotDateEntry.o] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/davidanderson/kpilot/build-Linux2_6_17_10_386' make[2]: *** [lib/CMakeFiles/kpilot.dir/all] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/davidanderson/kpilot/build-Linux2_6_17_10_386' make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/davidanderson/kpilot/build-Linux2_6_17_10_386' make: *** [app] Error 2 Then when I run the second command, this: make -f Makefile.cmake install test -d "build-Linux2_6_17_10_386" || mkdir -p "build-Linux2_6_17_10_386" test -d "build-Linux2_6_17_10_386" SRC_DIR=`pwd` ; cd "build-Linux2_6_17_10_386" && cmake $SRC_DIR -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX= -- Found KDE3 include dir: /usr/include/kde -- Found KDE3 library dir: /usr/lib -- Found KDE3 dcopidl preprocessor: /usr/bin/dcopidl -- Found KDE3 dcopidl2cpp preprocessor: /usr/bin/dcopidl2cpp -- Found KDE3 kconfig_compiler preprocessor: /usr/bin/kconfig_compiler -- Found pi-dlp.h in /usr/include -- Found libpisock in /usr/lib/libpisock.so -- Found pilot-link: /usr/lib/libpisock.so -- icon: /home/davidanderson/kpilot/kpilot/Icons/mini-kpilot.png doesn't fit naming conventions. ignoring. -- icon: /home/davidanderson/kpilot/kpilot/Icons/fastsync.png doesn't fit naming conventions. ignoring. -- icon: /home/davidanderson/kpilot/kpilot/Icons/nosync.png doesn't fit naming conventions. ignoring. -- icon: /home/davidanderson/kpilot/kpilot/Icons/busysync.png doesn't fit naming conventions. ignoring. -- icon: /home/davidanderson/kpilot/kpilot/Icons/hotsync.png doesn't fit naming conventions. ignoring. -- icon: /home/davidanderson/kpilot/kpilot/Icons/kpilot-splash.png doesn't fit naming conventions. ignoring. -- Configuring done -- Generating done -- Build files have been written to: /home/davidanderson/kpilot/build-Linux2_6_17_10_386 cd "build-Linux2_6_17_10_386" && make make[1]: Entering directory `/home/davidanderson/kpilot/build-Linux2_6_17_10_386' make[2]: Entering directory `/home/davidanderson/kpilot/build-Linux2_6_17_10_386' make[3]: Entering directory `/home/davidanderson/kpilot/build-Linux2_6_17_10_386' [ 0%] Building CXX object lib/CMakeFiles/kpilot.dir/pilotDateEntry.o /home/davidanderson/kpilot/lib/pilotDateEntry.cc:42:27: error: libkcal/event.h: No such file or directory /home/davidanderson/kpilot/lib/pilotRecord.h: In constructor 'PilotRecordBase::PilotRecordBase(int, int, recordid_t)': /home/davidanderson/kpilot/lib/pilotRecord.h:64: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions /home/davidanderson/kpilot/lib/pilotRecord.h: In member function 'void PilotRecordBase::setCategory(int)': /home/davidanderson/kpilot/lib/pilotRecord.h:78: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions make[3]: *** [lib/CMakeFiles/kpilot.dir/pilotDateEntry.o] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/davidanderson/kpilot/build-Linux2_6_17_10_386' make[2]: *** [lib/CMakeFiles/kpilot.dir/all] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/davidanderson/kpilot/build-Linux2_6_17_10_386' make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/davidanderson/kpilot/build-Linux2_6_17_10_386' make: *** [app] Error 2 davidanderson@apollonia:~/kpilot$ I have no idea what those errors mean. But Kpilot does not appear in the menu, (I uninstalled the old version), and does not run from terminal so I assume it did not install.