help of a few things

[cottonwood]

first off, i'm trying to install amarok1.4 beta 2. i first got an error, when doing a ./configure telling me something about X
now i get this:
"checking for libjpeg... no
configure: WARNING: libjpeg not found. disable JPEG support.
checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
checking for Qt... configure: error: Qt (>= Qt 3.3 and < 4.0) (headers and libra ries) not found. Please check your installation!
For more details about this problem, look at the end of config.log."

i know enought about linux to trash an installation, but i'm still learning. what do i need to do?

second, how do i get my screen refresh rate over 60hz it, and my video card supports up to 85hz....systemsettings, nor sudo ing it, nor kcontrol can do the trick. trying to install the nvidia driver all ended in disaster....lol. do i need to edit xorg.conf or something like that?

[kubicle]

Re: help of a few things

What do i need to do?

To compile your own programs you usually need to install some compiling tools and development libraries (that vary with the program you're compiling).

Install package 'kdelibs4-dev' (It will install the QT libraries you're missing as well)

You will need to install 'build-essential' package, too, if you haven't done so already.

Also, it is usually better to wait for officially packed versions of software than compiling them on your own (as package manager software won't be able to handle upgrading/removing manually compiled software...using programs right checkinstall to create .deb packages from your compilations help a bit). Of course in some situations you may have to compile on your own (like with marginal software you know won't get packaged officially (or unofficially) :P)

second, how do i get my screen refresh rate over 60hz it, and my video card supports up to 85hz....systemsettings, nor sudo ing it, nor kcontrol  can  do the trick.  trying to install the nvidia driver all ended in disaster....lol.  do i need to edit xorg.conf or something like that?

Maybe this would help:
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=83973