Kaffeine build problem

[Cyberpro60]

I have been trying to install the latest svn of Kaffeine on my Ubuntu Studio 10.04 system.
As per the instructions on the Linux/Kaffeine website [linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Kaffeine] I was able to successfully download the latest release. The command I used was as follows:

(1) svn co svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/extragear/kde3/multimedia

I went through the next two steps without error

(2) cd multimedia

(3) rm -fr doc k3b kdetv klicker kmplayer kplayer

.... but ran into problems with the following command:

(4) make -f Makefile.cvs

The error messages I received were as follows:

This Makefile is only for the CVS repository
This will be deleted before making the distribution
*** YOU'RE USING automake (GNU automake) 1.11.1.
*** KDE requires automake 1.6.1 or newer
make[1]: *** [cvs] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2

This error makes little sense to me. It seems to be telling me that I need automake 1.6.1 or newer but apparently I already have 1.11.1 installed so what gives here? Talk about confusing!!!
Perhaps KDE automake and GNU automake are two different things? There is no option to install KDE automake in Ubuntu that I can see.

Help would be appreciated with correcting this error but also, the next command line (5) has me completely confused. I have no idea what I am supposed to be entering.

Perhaps somebody can suggest the correct command line (5) structure??

(5) ./configure --with-extra-includes=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/source/include [for example]
(6) make
(7) cd kaffeine
( sudo make install

[Cyberpro60]

I have been able to resolve the first of my problems regarding why automake 1.11 is not recognised as an acceptable version and used during the compile phase [see error messages in the previous post].

Lacking any help or advice from this forum I went trolling around the net looking for some information about the automake feature in Ubuntu. There isn't a lot mind you but I did come upon the following article: [https:] //wiki.ubuntu.com/AutomakeTransition

Basically, it shed some light on the confusion between various automake versions. With that in mind I simply deleted the latest version 1.11 and installed version 1.9. Apparently v1.9 correctly identifies itself as "automake" and the compile process then completes without error.

Perhaps the maintainers of the Kaffeine "bleeding edge" development package and Automake need to take note of some of the recommendations in the abovementioned article.

I still need help interpreting the ./configure options though ... but for now I will go with the default options and see what that brings.

[reed9]

It looks like you're trying to build the KDE3 version? You'll also need to install a great deal of old KDE libraries to get it to work, which I don't believe are in the regular repositories.

Is the kaffeine version available in 10.04 lacking something you need?
Ubuntu -- Details of package kaffeine in lucid

The latest stable version or the latest development version for KDE4 requires QT 4.5, also, which is not, I think, available in 10.04.

All of which is to say, to build the latest version of kaffeine will require finding or building a number of other packages.

The current project home page for kaffeine is here:
Kaffeine - KDE Media Player

[Cyberpro60]

Indeed, you are correct reed9. I have been following all the recommendations on the Linuxtv/Kaffeine website [to the letter]. You are also correct in surmising that a lot of packages are not in the regular 10.04 release however I have managed to stumble through most of the steps required using information gleaned from other postings about missing dependencies, many of them are from KDE3 as you stated.

I have progressed to the final "make" command in the build of Kaffeine but unfortunately the instructions for the includes for this command are woefully inadequate .... rather like a recipe with half of the ingredients missing. So close and yet not there!

You asked was there a reason why I opted for the bleeding edge KDE3 version rather than KDE4? No, not really! As many have stated in the past .... I was only following orders [as per the LinuxTV webpage]. I have no experience with either version.

Any suggestions for the includes in the ./config line would be appreciated.

Here is an example of the error messages I am getting:

/bin/bash ../../libtool --silent --tag=CXX --mode=link g++ -DQT_CLEAN_NAMESPACE -DQT_NO_ASCII_CAST -DQT_NO_STL -DQT_NO_COMPAT -DQT_NO_TRANSLATION -R /usr/lib -R /usr/lib -R /usr/lib -o kaffeine main.o kaffeine.o startwindow.o pref.o systemtray.o instwizard.o kmultitabbar.o inputmanager.o kaffeineiface_skel.o -lkparts player-parts/kaffeine-part/libkaffeinepart.la input/dvbclient/libkaffeinedvbclient.la input/audiobrowser/libkaffeineaudiobrowser.la input/disc/libkaffeinedisc.la input/dvb/libkaffeinedvb.la -lXext
g++: player-parts/kaffeine-part/.libs/libkaffeinepart.so: No such file or directory
g++: /home/tony/multimedia/kaffeine/src/input/disc/plugins/.libs/libkaffeineaudioencoder.so: No such file or directory
g++: /home/tony/multimedia/kaffeine/src/input/dvb/plugins/stream/.libs/libkaffeinedvbplugin.so: No such file or directory
g++: /home/tony/multimedia/kaffeine/src/input/dvb/plugins/epg/.libs/libkaffeineepgplugin.so: No such file or directory
g++: /home/tony/multimedia/kaffeine/src/player-parts/kaffeine-part/.libs/libkaffeinepart.so: No such file or directory
make[4]: *** [kaffeine] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/tony/multimedia/kaffeine/src'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/tony/multimedia/kaffeine/src'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/tony/multimedia/kaffeine'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/tony/multimedia'
make: *** [all] Error 2

[reed9]

What is your end goal? KDE3 is old and no longer maintained. There is a fork called Trinity which is being worked on, and you can install in Ubuntu, if you wanted, but it's nowhere near stable. Again, what's wrong with the kaffeine available in the repos?

Presumably, you're missing something you need, hence the file or directory not found. As I said, tracking down everything you need for a deprecated KDE app is going to be challenging.