[bt-devel] the beta release; my problems with distros and compiling

[Greg Hellings]

Eeli,

Here in Ubuntu 64-bit, we're still working with the tastefully named
libsword6 and libsword6-dev (which is version 1.5.9 build 8... if you
can find the 6 in there, let me know).  I don't know what version the
current Bibletime beta expects, but I would imagine it's at least
1.5.11, and possibly the current SVN.  That's as likely to be a
problem with the building as the Qt versions.

Also, the current version of libqt4 on the standard Ubuntu is 4.3.4.
If BT really does rely on Qt 4.4, and the Qt versions are in sync
between Ubuntu and Kubuntu, then your problem could just as easily lie
in that realm.  It's been forever since I did anything with SuSe, so I
can't even begin to talk about that.

It might be something for the package maintainers to think about.  I
don't know what 8.10 is planning to contain as far as Qt versions, but
I sure hope that it has a better outlook on the libsword versions.

--Greg

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Eeli Kaikkonen
<eekaikko at mail.student.oulu.fi> wrote:
> Thanks, Martin, for making the decision of releasing the beta. I feel
> more relaxed now because I don't have to rush with coding. Between some
> difficulties and good moments of my personal life which have kept me
> busy I have tried to set up the new computer.
>
> I got Kubuntu installed but didn't get compiling working. cmake gave an
> error with Qt: it seems to have been compiled with wrong switches. I
> havent' found any help by googling and don't know if I just have
> something wrong or if Kubuntu (64-bit) really has broken packages. Also
> clucene was problematic. I don't know why because it has worked with my
> old computer and Kubuntu.
>
> I tried also OpenSuSe but didn't find packages needed for development.
> Does someone know if there are sword development headers and other
> dependencies packaged? Is there any distro which would have all the
> packages that I could just install them and continue with coding? I
> would rather install a new distro than try to get all libraries working
> manually.
>
>  Yours,
>        Eeli Kaikkonen (Mr.), Oulu, Finland
>        e-mail: eekaikko at mailx.studentx.oulux.fix (with no x)
>
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