Thanks again, Cristoph, it worked! For posterity, I'll mention a few things: * it complained (a warning) about missing the kactivities file--since I don't use kactivities I didn't care * it gave an error saying that it wouldn't work with my kdelibs5-dev at version 4.8.4, but it told me how to force the compile anyway, which I did * the only downside of that is that when I look at the version number in help, it still reports the same as the original kate on this system, (kate 3.8.4 on kde 4.8.4) * but, I can tell it is a different kate in a few ways, among them, the bug that I expected to be fixed has been fixed
Thanks again! Randy Kramer On Thursday, October 23, 2014 10:06:00 PM Christoph Feck wrote: > On Friday 24 October 2014 02:49:49 Randy Kramer wrote: > > I want to install kate for kde 4.14.n on Debian Wheezy which is > > currently at KDE 4.8.4. > > This combination is unsupported, proceed at your own risk! > > > [...] > > > > 3. get a copy of the Kate code: > > git clone git://gitorious.org/kate/kate.git > > This repository is outdated. To get the sources for the KDE 4.14 > version of Kate: > > git clone git://anongit.kde.org/kate.git > cd kate/ > git checkout KDE/4.14 > cd ../ > > Then proceed with step 4. > > > [...] > > I have two questions about the kdelibs development package: > > > > 1. Must I find and install a kdelibs development package > > specifically for kde 4.14.n, or is there one (the one I'd install > > by default in Wheezy) that is good for 4.8.4 and 4.14.n? (And, if > > the former, how and where should I install it--I mean, presumably > > I don't want to install it with the normal Wheezy KDE 4.8.4 > > stuff...) > > I am not 100% sure, but kdelibs was frozen at 4.10 release, so it > might still be possible to build 4.14 software against kdelibs 4.8. I > suggest to just try it. If you get a compile error about a missing > declaration, you need a newer kdelibs version. > > > 2. What is the name of the kdelibs development package for Debian > > (Wheezy or later)? In apper, I see kdelibs5-dev at version > > 4:4.8.4-4+deb7u1--is that what I need to install? > > Yes, and possibly other packages, depending on the error messages that > the "cmake" run shows. If you get stuck, post those. > > Christoph Feck (kdepepo)
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