How-To: Compile and Install Kaffeine 1.0-pre2 in Kubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

    Kaffeine is a powerful video player for KDE using the Xine engine, which released a new pre-release for 1.0 yesterday. Version 1.0 will be the first stable port for KDE4, and in the meantime you can try the latest pre-release on your Ubuntu or Kubuntu box by following the next steps.


    First, install the necessary dependencies and tools needed by the compilation:

    sudo apt-get install cmake build-essential
    sudo apt-get install kdelibs5-dev libgettext-ruby-util

    First, download the source tarball from the official website (direct link here) and uncompress it:

    tar -xzf kaffeine-1.0-pre2.tar.gz

    Next, make sure the current working directory is kaffeine-1.0-pre2/ and issue the following commands:

    mkdir build
    cd build
    cmake ..
    make
    sudo make install

    Kaffeine 1.0-pre2 should be now properly installed in /usr/local/bin/kaffeine.


    Notice that you can specify another prefix for the installation and install Kaffeine as a normal user. To do that, instead of the commands above, do:

    mkdir build
    cd build
    cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/USER/usr/ ..
    make
    make install

    You will have to replace USER with your username, and make sure the path /home/USER/usr/bin is included in your $PATH variable.
    Source URL: http://ashesgarrett.blogspot.com/2009/08/how-to-compile-and-install-kaffeine-10.html
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