[ale] spoiled by package management

[Randy Ramsdell]

Geoffrey Myers wrote:
> John Scott wrote:
>> Geoffrey Myers wrote:
>>> So, I'm trying to build kiosktool from source.  I get the following error:
>>>
>>> checking for Qt... configure: error: Qt (>= Qt 3.2) (headers and 
>>> libraries) not found. Please check your installation!
>>>
>>> Confused as I have:
>>>
>>> qt-3.3.6-23.el5
>>> qt-devel-3.3.6-23.el5
>> Maybe the dependencies for kiosktool are written wrong (with a capital Q when the packages are clearly lower q).
> 
> I don't think that is the issue as I have it installed on another system 
> and the packages are all lower case as well.
> 
>> -John
>>

The issue is that the programmers coded it and don't necessarily look 
for >= but rather =. Maybe on purpose or not, maybe the library has not 
been added to the ld library path. Run strace and it will show if it 
looks in the correct directory path.

rcr