Dear friends: [Using Xandros 2.0/Debian and KDE 3.1.4]
I decided to install Koffice 1.3 on my system by recompiling from source tarball. The installation seems to have been a complete success. I installed all of the prerequisites mentioned on the Koffice source web page. And when I first ran ./configure (as user), I discovered several more dependencies that were lacking in my distro. I installed them all successfully from my own distro's sources. The second time I ran ./configure, it was a complete success, without a SINGLE error message or missing this or that or anything. It concluded with a "Good", now go on to "make." The "make" stage (as user) went through smoothly as did the final "make install" (as root). Not a single error message. Like a dream. Koffice installed everything in /usr/local/kde, a nice, safe place. Secondly, I'd like to mention that I also installed kdeutils 3.1.5 from source tarball. The installation was a total success, and its applications are working fine. Here is a printout of the /usr/local/kde/bin showing both koffice and kdeutils: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/kde/bin$ ls -la total 1942 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 784 2004-03-12 12:53 . drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 168 2004-03-11 05:59 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13866 2004-03-11 05:43 ark -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5971 2004-03-12 09:44 karbon -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5508 2004-03-11 05:44 kcalc -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 68489 2004-03-11 05:44 kcharselect -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5795 2004-03-12 09:51 kchart -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 56773 2004-03-11 05:44 kdepasswd -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 50267 2004-03-11 05:44 kdessh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 237892 2004-03-11 05:46 kdf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5660 2004-03-11 05:47 kedit -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 77961 2004-03-11 05:47 kfloppy -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5811 2004-03-12 09:52 kformula -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 788231 2004-03-11 05:50 khexedit -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5796 2004-03-12 09:58 kivio -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 181563 2004-03-11 05:51 kjots -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5908 2004-03-11 05:52 klaptopdaemon -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 23182 2004-03-12 10:34 koconverter -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14707 2004-03-12 09:29 koscript -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5867 2004-03-12 10:00 koshell -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5080 2001-08-04 12:02 kprconverter.pl -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5811 2004-03-12 10:08 kpresenter -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5612 2004-03-11 05:58 ksim -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5795 2004-03-12 10:18 kspread -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11939 2004-03-12 10:35 kthesaurus -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 81594 2004-03-11 05:58 ktimer -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5811 2004-03-12 10:24 kudesigner -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5795 2004-03-12 10:20 kugar -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 233283 2004-03-11 05:46 kwikdisk -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5795 2004-03-12 10:32 kword [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/kde/bin$ Now, for some reason, while the Kdeutils applications are all working fine, the Koffice applications are not. I've tried to launch them, and they won't, either from the console or with a desktop shortcut. Here is what I mean: KEDIT FROM KDEUTILS: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/kde/bin$ ./kedit KWORD FROM KOFFICE: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/kde/bin$ ./kword koffice (lib kofficecore): ERROR: Couldn't find the native MimeType in kword's desktop file. Check your installation ! [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/kde/bin$ I have a feeling that this is a minor issue, probably a configuration issue. I would really appreciate your help in overcoming this last hurdle. The installation is a success, but the patient is not yet alive. Benjamin -- Benjamin Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
