cmake error for kcm-ufw build

[lcharles]

I tried to build the kcm gui for ufw and got the following error.

- The CXX compiler identification is unknown
CMake Error: your CXX compiler: "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER-NOTFOUND" was not found. Please set CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to a valid compiler path or name.
CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindKDE4.cmake:98 (MESSAGE):
ERROR: cmake/modules/FindKDE4Internal.cmake not found in
/home/larryk121/.kde/share/apps;/usr/share/kubuntu-default-settings/kde4-profile/default/share/apps;/usr/share/kde4/apps
Call Stack (most recent call first):
CMakeLists.txt:19 (find_package)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!


What did I do wrong and how do I fix it?

[SteveRiley]

This thread on Ubuntu forums, although old, outlines a good set of steps to troubleshoot make errors. I suspect it contains a solution to your problem.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=718183

[OneLine]

Example

Browsing to the http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=137789

Checking:
- Depends on KDE 4.x (OK)
- Submitted: Jan 23 2011 (Might work 1*)
- Updated: May 23 2012 (Might work 1*)
- Source (0.4.3 - For UFW 0.31 (Kubuntu 12.04)) (Might work 2*)
- User comments:

kubuntu 12.10
by avlas on: Oct 20 2012

to have it working in kubuntu 12.10 one needs to install also python-ufw

Build essentials /1/

Step 1: Prep your system for building packages

By default, Ubuntu does not come with the tools required. You need to install the package build-essential...

Compile example (at here)

0) Reading the developers notes: ../kcm_ufw-0.4.3/README

...
Components
==========

The code is split into 3 main parts:

1. GUI - this is the main control module
2. KAuth helper - kcm_ufw_helper. This a simpe C++ application that receives
instructions (via KAuth) from the control module - it then invokes the
appropriate commands on the python helper.
3. UFW interface - kcm_ufw_helper.py. This performs all the actions upon UFW.
Its written in Python to take advantage of UFW's python API.

It should be possible to merge both helpers into a single KDE4 based python
helper.


Installation
============

To build and install:

1. mkdir build
2. cd build
3. cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config --prefix`
4. make
5. sudo make install


The following options may be passed to CMake:

-DUFW_TRANSLATIONS=<list of translations to install>
Builds and installs the selected translations. Supported values are
en, es, fr, lt, and all. Entries should be separated with a semicolon
(";") e.g. -DUFW_TRANSLATIONS="es;fr;lt"
Default: all

At here:

oneline@Quantal:/media/sda3/Tmp/ufw/kcm_ufw-0.4.3$ mkdir build
oneline@Quantal:/media/sda3/Tmp/ufw/kcm_ufw-0.4.3$ cd build
oneline@Quantal:/media/sda3/Tmp/ufw/kcm_ufw-0.4.3/build$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config --prefix`
...
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /media/sda3/Tmp/ufw/kcm_ufw-0.4.3/build

The output: http://pastebin.com/rEc1JD8X

oneline@Quantal:/media/sda3/Tmp/ufw/kcm_ufw-0.4.3/build$ make
...
[ 95%] Built target en-handbook
Scanning dependencies of target es-handbook
[100%] Generating index.cache.bz2
[100%] Built target es-handbook
Scanning dependencies of target translations
[100%] Built target translations

The output: http://pastebin.com/ysGYrFBh

oneline@Quantal:/media/sda3/Tmp/ufw/kcm_ufw-0.4.3/build$ sudo make install

The output: http://pastebin.com/R9CJEMNt

KDE System Settings...




Questions

1. Do you have the package build-essential installed ?




Comments:

1* half a year is a long time...
2* source was working with the Kubuntu 12.04 (KDE version ?) may or may not work with the 12.10.


Links

1. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingEasyHowTo

[lcharles]

I tried the suggestions here but I still couldn't get it to build (I'm sure I didn't understand some essential step). So I reverted back to 12.04, added a ppa (blca yukki.published), and then installed it with muon. I was having other problems with 12.10 anyway.