I get this error when trying to install from source...

[someguyouknow]

checking for Qt... configure: error: Qt (>= Qt 3.2 and < 4.0) (headers and libraries) not found. Please check your installation!

not sure what i am suppose to install... This has happened more than once...

[claydoh]

Re: I get this error when trying to install from source...

you need qt -dev packages in order to compile. If you install the package kdelibs4-dev, it should install just about all the related -dev packages you will need for most KDE/QT apps

[someguyouknow]

Re: I get this error when trying to install from source...

Thanks!

edit: I cant seem to install it... there are a lot of dependencies and i cant install any of them it seems...

[claydoh]

Re: I get this error when trying to install from source...

I wonder if some are in Universe/multiverse? Can you paste the error you are getting?

[someguyouknow]

Re: I get this error when trying to install from source...

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 kdelibs4-dev: Depends: libavahi-client-dev (>= 0.4) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

[claydoh]

Re: I get this error when trying to install from source...

try running this command to fix this:
sudo apt-get -f install,
or try installing the package mentioned (libavahi-client-dev) by itself and try again

[someguyouknow]

Re: I get this error when trying to install from source...

nah... didnt work...
kinda odd...
there are a lot of dependencies and i cant seem to install any of them...

[claydoh]

Re: I get this error when trying to install from source...

did you update first?
Do you have both Universe and Multiverse enabled?

Maybe post the contents of your sources.list

[someguyouknow]

Re: I get this error when trying to install from source...

yea... i updated...
here is my list...
i enabled everything just in case but it didnt work...

# Automatically generated sources.list
# [url]http://www.ubuntulinux.nl/source-o-matic[/url]
#
# If you get errors about missing keys, lookup the key in this file
# and run these commands (replace KEY with the key number)
#
# gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv KEY
# gpg --export --armor KEY | sudo apt-key add -

# Ubuntu supported packages (packages, GPG key: 437D05B5)
deb [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper main restricted 
deb [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-updates main restricted 
deb [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-security main restricted 

# Ubuntu community supported packages (packages, GPG key: 437D05B5)
deb [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper universe multiverse 
deb [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-updates universe multiverse 
deb [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-security universe multiverse 

# Ubuntu community supported packages (sources, GPG key: 437D05B5)
deb-src [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper universe multiverse 
deb-src [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-updates universe multiverse 
deb-src [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-security universe multiverse 

 # Ubuntu backports project (packages, GPG key: 437D05B5)
deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse

# CANONICAL COMMERCIAL REPOSITORY (Hosted on Canonical servers, not Ubuntu servers.
# RealPlayer10, Opera and more to come.)
deb [url]http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-commercial main

 # kubuntu.org packages for the latest KDE version (packages, GPG key: DD4D5088)
deb [url]http://kubuntu.org/packages/kde-latest[/url] dapper main

# Seveas' packages (packages, GPG key: 1135D466)
deb [url]http://seveas.theplayboymansion.net/seveas[/url] dapper-seveas all 

# Seveas' packages (sources, GPG key: 1135D466)
deb-src [url]http://mirror2.ubuntulinux.nl[/url] dapper-seveas all 

# Cipherfunk multimedia packages (packages, GPG key: 33BAC1B3)
deb [url]ftp://cipherfunk.org/pub/packages/ubuntu/[/url] dapper main 

# Cipherfunk multimedia packages (sources, GPG key: 33BAC1B3)
deb-src [url]ftp://cipherfunk.org/pub/packages/ubuntu[/url] dapper main 

# kubuntu.org packages for the latest KDE version (packages, GPG key: DD4D5088)
deb [url]http://kubuntu.org/packages/kde-latest[/url] dapper main 

# kubuntu.org packages for the latest KDE version (sources, GPG key: DD4D5088)
deb-src [url]http://kubuntu.org/packages/kde-latest[/url] dapper main 

# kubuntu.org packages for the latest Koffice version (packages, GPG key: DD4D5088)
deb [url]http://kubuntu.org/packages/koffice-latest[/url] dapper main 

# kubuntu.org packages for the latest Koffice version (sources, GPG key: DD4D5088)
deb-src [url]http://kubuntu.org/packages/koffice-latest[/url] dapper main 

# kubuntu.org packages for the latest amaroK version (packages, GPG key: DD4D5088)
deb [url]http://kubuntu.org/packages/amarok-latest[/url] dapper main 

# kubuntu.org packages for the latest amaroK version (sources, GPG key: DD4D5088)
deb-src [url]http://kubuntu.org/packages/amarok-latest[/url] dapper main 

# Penguin Liberation Front (packages)
deb [url]ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/plf/ubuntu/plf/[/url] dapper free non-free 

# Penguin Liberation Front (sources)
deb-src [url]ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/plf/ubuntu/plf/[/url] dapper free non-free 

# Bleeding edge wine packages (packages)
deb [url]http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt[/url] dapper main 

# Bleeding edge wine packages (sources)
deb-src [url]http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt[/url] dapper main 

# The Opera browser (packages)
deb [url]http://deb.opera.com/opera[/url] etch non-free 

# Bazaar-NG development (packages, GPG key: 1F44842D)
deb [url]http://people.ubuntu.com/~jbailey/snapshot/bzr[/url] ./ 

# Bazaar-NG development (sources, GPG key: 1F44842D)
deb-src [url]http://people.ubuntu.com/~jbailey/snapshot/bzr[/url] ./

[claydoh]

Re: I get this error when trying to install from source...

looks ok from here.

I think the bigger question I should have asked at the beginning is what specifically are you trying to compile? That would make it easier to narrow down what you need to install

[someguyouknow]

Re: I get this error when trying to install from source...

right now, the k3bpreview2...
i installed it before so it shouldnt be a problem...
i also had this problem with a couple of other programs but their names excape me atm...

[claydoh]

Re: I get this error when trying to install from source...

well the only thing I can suggest at the moment is to disable all the non-ubuntu repos and try again
basically keep anything from:
us.archive.ubuntu.com
archive.ubuntu.com
kubuntu.org
the security ones

and see if that fixes anything

[someguyouknow]

Re: I get this error when trying to install from source...

alright... i will try that...
thanks for you help...

[someguyouknow]

Re: I get this error when trying to install from source...

not sure what the problem was but i used another source list and all seems to be fine...
http://italy.copybase.ch/blog/lista-...kubuntu-linux/

[claydoh]

Re: I get this error when trying to install from source...

Dang thats one huge sources.list! I wonder how much duplication there is with all those sources, and if there eventually will be version conflicts with so many different ones (though probably not much)

I still have little in mine that is not ubuntu-specific

I suspect that ditching the debian etch repo was the major fix for you, all the ones in your current list seem to be *buntu-specific.