Bug 191204

Summary:	kde4-config to kde-config repairs krunner error
Product:	unknown	Reporter:	books
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs <unassigned-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description books 2009-05-01 08:32:39 UTC

Version:           unknown (using 4.2.2 (KDE 4.2.2), Kubuntu packages)
Compiler:          cc
OS:                Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.28-11-generic

some programs would not launch from the start menu, firefox, thunderbird, avant window manager, compiz, emerald, and etc... These applications would not start from krunner either. Started in the terminal, they would run but each would give the error:

sh: kde-config: not found

It took two days of searching to find a solution and here it is:

sudo cp /usr/bin/kde4-config /usr/bin/kde-config

Comment 1 Pino Toscano 2009-05-01 10:52:30 UTC

> sudo cp /usr/bin/kde4-config /usr/bin/kde-config

This solution is plain wrong, as kde4-config is for kde4, while kde-config is for kde3. This means that those apps require some kde3 piece(s) for some reason.
None of them is actually a KDE application, so there isn't much we can do about that. Please report the problem to kubuntu.