[mythtv-users] mythplugins won't compile

[R. Geoffrey Newbury]

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:52:51 +0000, mstrimel at comcast.net wrote:

>hello,
>I have compiled/installed mythtv base 0.18.1 on my Ubuntu 5.04 system and it 
>runs fine.  A few weeks later I am trying to compile mythplugins; qmake works 
>fine but make fails [error shown below.]  I have rechecked that my environment 
>variables $PATH and $QTDIR are set as described in the howto.  I have also run 
>the errors through google and this mailing list, but found nothing.  What am I 
>doing wrong? something basic I'm sure.
>
>Thanks for any suggestions!
>
>main.cpp:15:26: kapplication.h: No such file or directory

I got bitten by a trivial error in my setup:  $QTDIR had a trailing '/'.
Instead of /usr/lib/qt3 it was /usr/lib/qt3/   which was enough to
completely mess up a build..

Geoff

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