Bug 60191

Summary:	Warn user if he attempts to run a KDE program without installing it first
Product:	[Applications] kdevelop	Reporter:	Amilcar do Carmo Lucas <a.lucas>
Component:	Build tools: Automake	Assignee:	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	sphere1952
Priority:	NOR
Version:	git master
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Amilcar do Carmo Lucas 2003-06-21 16:57:00 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.1)
Compiler:          gcc 2.95.3 
OS:          Linux

When the user develops a KDE application, the application needs to be installed before it can be run. Warn the user about it.

This is already implemented for the dependencies:
Makefile.cvs -> configure
configure -> make
make -> run

But for KDE application the dependencies:
make -> make install
make install -> run
are missing.

Comment 1 Amilcar do Carmo Lucas 2003-06-21 16:59:06 UTC

*** Bug 60067 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 John Birch 2003-06-21 22:13:23 UTC

The statement that the application needs to be installed before it's run is 
incorrect. It doesn't. 
 
However, there is currently a problem with kparts and the way they are loaded 
that require the kpart to be loaded before it's found by kde. This needs a 
solution so that the kpart _doesn't_ need to be installed before its run for 
testing. 
 
Could this wishlist be closed and a bug (not wishlist) opened for the kpart 
problem instead?

Comment 3 Amilcar do Carmo Lucas 2003-06-22 20:00:36 UTC

Thanks for clarifing the problem John.
Yeap I would like to reassign the bug, but I don't know where to :(
kpart is not listed as a product. kdelibs maybe?

Comment 4 Amilcar do Carmo Lucas 2003-11-01 17:42:28 UTC

Could I get an answer from a kde guru about comments #2 and #3 ?

Comment 5 Andreas Pakulat 2008-06-29 15:34:00 UTC

actually this is fixed (AFAIK) in KDE4, where our buildsystem provides .shell files which allow to run applications uninstalled - including support for KParts. Additionally KParts are KDE plugins now and those are loaded via standard Qt system, using a environment variable to find plugin directories. Closing as fixed.