package request: Kate Project Manager Plugin

[clockworks]

Who or where do I ask for an official Kubuntu package for the following Kate plugin: http://sourceforge.net/projects/kate-prj-mng/ ?

Thanks for the help.

[Snowhog]

Re: package request: Kate Project Manager Plugin

Not sure I understand the question. The downloadable package is located here.

[clockworks]

Re: package request: Kate Project Manager Plugin

Not sure I understand the question. The downloadable package is located here.

I want a binary package. I don't want to go through the hassle of compiling from source.

[Snowhog]

Re: package request: Kate Project Manager Plugin

From the INSTALL file within the package download:

The simplest way to compile this package is:

1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
`./configure' to configure the package for your system. If you're
using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need to type
`sh ./configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute
`configure' itself.

Running `configure' takes a while. While running, it prints some
messages telling which features it is checking for.

2. Type `make' to compile the package.

3. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and
documentation.

4. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
source code directory by typing `make clean'.

One needs only to download the file to a directory (I created a Downloads directory in my /home/paul directory). Then click on the file. Ark will open. Select Actions | Extract and after the files are extracted, follow the steps above.

[clockworks]

Re: package request: Kate Project Manager Plugin

Have you tried it?

Kubuntu doesn't ship with development packages installed. After figuring out which development packages this plugin depends on, it still won't configure properly. The version of gcc that Kubuntu ships with will not pass the sanity check in the configure script. So I installed a previous version of gcc and updated my symlink (manually, which is bad because you're liable to mess up your system like this). Then configure passes the sanity check, but fails when trying to compile a simple c++ program. There are like 5 versions libstdc++ in Kubuntu's repositories, so rather than try to figure out which one and bloating my system in the process, I decided to try to contact whoever is responsible for Kubuntu's repositories and see if they will add this plugin.

Look, I know how to compile source... I've been doing for the past 8 years. I'm saying I'm tired of it and I don't want to go through the bs of figuring out how to get my damn Kubuntu configured just to compile this one plugin.

apt/aptitude was invented to put this bs behind us. That's why I want this package put in some repository... so my lazy ass can type "sudo aptitude install kpmp"

[clockworks]

Re: package request: Kate Project Manager Plugin

Btw, the instructions you posted from the INSTALL file are the instructions on how to compile the plugin from source. That's not what I want to do. I don't want to have to install a compatible dev environment for Kubuntu just to install this one plugin.

[SheeEttin]

Re: package request: Kate Project Manager Plugin

Your options:
1. Send mail to the kubuntu-devel mailing list and hope someone puts it in the repositories. (Making packages is boring, and they aren't necessarily less lazy than you.)
2. Compile and install it. Is it really that hard?

Okay, maybe it is that hard. The compile failed for me.
Send mail to someone in charge of the plugin. We can't help you.

[clockworks]

Re: package request: Kate Project Manager Plugin

Your options:
1. Send mail to the kubuntu-devel mailing list and hope someone puts it in the repositories. (Making packages is boring, and they aren't necessarily less lazy than you.)
2. Compile and install it. Is it really that hard?

Okay, maybe it is that hard. The compile failed for me.
Send mail to someone in charge of the plugin. We can't help you.

Cool, thanks for the advice, I'll do that.