kst-1.7.0 configure failure due to kde-config not found

[v.h.a.vandijk@…]

sudo port install kst +universal

fails with

--->  Computing dependencies for kst
--->  Configuring kst
Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_science_kst/work/kst-1.7.0" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --disable-dependency-tracking --without-arts --with-sqlite=/opt/local --with-qt-dir=/opt/local --with-qt-libraries=/opt/local/lib/qt3/lib --with-qt-includes=/opt/local/lib/qt3/include/ --enable-mac " returned error 1
Command output: checking build system type... i686-apple-darwin10.3.0
checking host system type... i686-apple-darwin10.3.0
checking target system type... i686-apple-darwin10.3.0
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... no
checking for awk... awk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for kde-config... not found
configure: error: The important program kde-config was not found!
Please check whether you installed KDE correctly.

It was tried to uninstall and then reinstall kdebase 4. Mac OS X 10.6.3, XCode 3.2.1

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

I know about this issue and have worked on it but I am unsure how to solve it. I'll keep looking but if you have any ideas, please let me know.

[v.h.a.vandijk@…]

Replying to macsforever2000@…:

Perhaps KDE3 is required by kst? Found this webpage:

​http://kst.kde.org/download.html

which says "Kst currently requires KDE3.4 or newer (but not Qt/KDE4)."

Furthermore, I cannot find any file named "kde-config" on my mac using Spotlight.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Is this still a problem for you with kst 1.8.0?

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

This port is no longer has a maintainer.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Cc KDE mantainer

[NicosPavlov]

To my understanding, kde-config should be in KDE3 (KDE4 uses kde4-config, and configure steps do not mention it explicitely if I remember correctly), which is not provided by Macports anymore.

However, the port seems pretty outdated, as Kst has a version 2.0.8. It is mentioned that it should only require Qt. I'll try to update the port when I have access to my machine.

[NicosPavlov]

It took more time than I expected, and quite a rewrite of the port, but I updated it in r133899, so that it should work now, based on Qt4.