On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 20:28, Thad Humphries <thad.humphr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I recently upgraded from SuSE 11.3 to 11.4. That went well enough, so I > thought I'd try building and installing Amarok 2.4.1 beta 1 > (http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/amarok/2011-March/032603.html). Most > especially, I wanted to apply Daniel Faust's fix for various artists as the > bug keeps me from using my iPod with Amarok > (http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/amarok/2011-February/032586.html). (I also > dream that some day podcasts will install to my iPod, but for now gpodder > handles that chore.) > > (BTW, the 2.4.1 beta 1 tarball download amarok-2.4.0.90.tar.bz2. I guess > that's what I'm supposed to use.) > > I followed the build instructions (http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/Compiling), > modifying instructions (http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/Compiling) before > running make. After a few attempts and pauses to install optional packages > and additional devel RPMs, the build completed and I ran install (as root). > However when I try to run amarok I get the following error dialog: > > Amarok could not find any collection plugins. It is possible that Amarok is > installed under the wrong prefix, please fix your installation using: > $ cd /path/to/amarok/source-code/ > $ su -c "make uninstall" > $ cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config --prefix` && su -c "make > install" > $ kbuildsycoca4 --noincremental > $ amarok > More information can be found in the README file. For further assistance > join us at #amarok on irc.freenode.net. > > Note that the compiling instructions (http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/Compiling) > say nothing about running kbuildsycoca4. No matter, Amarok fails either way > (kbuildsycoca4 shows many errors trying to read stuff in my old /opt/kde3 > directory, but god knows if that can be safely removed). > > What gives? Any ideas on a fix? I really need the various artists fix.
Did you read the note on http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/Download:Source ? This is very likely your problem. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher Amarok community manager kde.org - amarok.kde.org - kubuntu.org claimid.com/nightrose _______________________________________________ Amarok mailing list Amarok@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok
