kdesrc-build requires perl-IPC-Cmd package to run on fedora. That's not listed in the instructions here: https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/development STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Follow the steps here on a new Fedora 31 installation: https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/development starting with "One-time setup: your development environment". OBSERVED RESULT ./kdesrc-build --initial-setup * Unable to even load the simplistic initial setup support for some reason?? More detail might be available in error-6619.log You could: File a bug https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=kdesrc-build Ask for help on Freenode IRC in the #kde channel cat error-6619.log Tue Jan 14 09:29:51 2020 Can't locate IPC/Cmd.pm in @INC (you may need to install the IPC::Cmd module) (@INC contains: /space/geoff/scratch/kde/src/kdesrc-build/modules /usr/local/lib64/perl5/5.30 /usr/local/share/perl5/5.30 /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib64/perl5 /usr/share/perl5) at /space/geoff/scratch/kde/src/kdesrc-build/modules/ksb/Version.pm line 9. EXPECTED RESULT KDE development environment should be set up. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS cat /etc/fedora-release Fedora release 31 (Thirty One) uname -a Linux clamps 5.4.8-200.fc31.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jan 6 16:44:18 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux perl --version This is perl 5, version 30, subversion 1 (v5.30.1) built for x86_64-linux-thread-multi ------------------------------- This can be resolved by changing Fedora: sudo dnf install git cmake dialog perl to Fedora: sudo dnf install git cmake dialog perl perl-IPC-Cmd but I didn't see how to sign in and edit the wiki page myself, so I'm posting it here so someone with the required access can make the change.
Sorry, this bur report become stale. Fedora 31 is EOL. But the FirstRun module now contains packages for fedora: git, cmake, perl...