james@james-laptop:~/Desktop/amarok/build$ cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config --prefix` -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=debugfull .. && make && make install
-- The C compiler identification is GNU
-- The CXX compiler identification is unknown
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc -- works
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER-NOTFOUND
CMake Error: your CXX compiler: "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER-NOTFOUND" was not found.  Please set CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to a valid compiler path or name.
CMake Error: Internal CMake error, TryCompile configure of cmake failed
-- Check for working CXX compiler: CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER-NOTFOUND -- broken
CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-2.6/Modules/CMakeTestCXXCompiler.cmake:25 (MESSAGE):
  The C++ compiler "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER-NOTFOUND" is not able to compile a
  simple test program.

  It fails with the following output:

 

 

  CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  CMakeLists.txt:1 (project)


CMake Error: your CXX compiler: "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER-NOTFOUND" was not found.  Please set CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to a valid compiler path or name.
-- Configuring done

james@james-laptop:~/Desktop/amarok/build$ cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config --prefix` -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=debugfull .. && make && make install
-- The C compiler identification is GNU
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc -- works
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- works
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-2.6/Modules/FindKDE4.cmake:72 (MESSAGE):
ERROR: cmake/modules/FindKDE4Internal.cmake not found in
/home/james/.kde/share/apps;/usr/share/kde4/apps
Call Stack (most recent call first):
CMakeLists.txt:8 (find_package)

[ 88%] Building CXX object src/collection/sqlcollection/CMakeFiles/amarok_collection-sqlcollection.dir/SqlCollection.o
In file included from /home/james/Desktop/amarok-1.94/src/collection/sqlcollection/XesamCollectionBuilder.h:22,
                from /home/james/Desktop/amarok-1.94/src/collection/sqlcollection/SqlCollection.cpp:38:
/home/james/Desktop/amarok-1.94/src/collection/sqlcollection/XesamDbus.h:22:39: error: strigi/qtdbus/strigitypes.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /home/james/Desktop/amarok-1.94/src/collection/sqlcollection/SqlCollection.cpp:307:
/usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qmetatype.h: In static member function ‘static int QMetaTypeId2::qt_metatype_id() [with T = QList]’:
/usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qmetatype.h:195:  instantiated from ‘int qMetaTypeId(T*) [with T = QList]’
/usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qvariant.h:427:  instantiated from ‘QVariant qVariantFromValue(const T&) [with T = QList]’
/home/james/Desktop/amarok-1.94/src/collection/sqlcollection/XesamDbus.h:89:  instantiated from here
/usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qmetatype.h:185: error: ‘qt_metatype_id’ is not a member of ‘QMetaTypeId >’
/usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qmetatype.h: In static member function ‘static int QMetaTypeId2::qt_metatype_id() [with T = QVector >]’:
/usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qmetatype.h:195:  instantiated from ‘int qMetaTypeId(T*) [with T = QVector >]’
/usr/include/qt4/QtDBus/qdbusreply.h:68:  instantiated from ‘QDBusReply& QDBusReply::operator=(const QDBusMessage&) [with T = QVector >]’
/usr/include/qt4/QtDBus/qdbusreply.h:64:  instantiated from ‘QDBusReply::QDBusReply(const QDBusMessage&) [with T = QVector >]’
/home/james/Desktop/amarok-1.94/src/collection/sqlcollection/XesamDbus.h:90:  instantiated from here
/usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qmetatype.h:185: error: ‘qt_metatype_id’ is not a member of ‘QMetaTypeId > >’
make[2]: *** [src/collection/sqlcollection/CMakeFiles/amarok_collection-sqlcollection.dir/SqlCollection.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [src/collection/sqlcollection/CMakeFiles/amarok_collection-sqlcollection.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

Mark Kretschmann wrote:Yes you can.

See, why are you trying to go through all this trouble, instead of just installing the Beta 3 package? It was released only a few days ago, so it's pretty recent.

Installing Amarok
=================

Build instructions can be found at
    % http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/2.0_Development_HowTo
    % http://techbase.kde.org/Getting_Started/Build/KDE4

[ 77%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/amaroklib.dir/dynamic/BiasSolver.o
/home/james/Desktop/amarok/src/dynamic/BiasSolver.cpp: In member function ‘void Dynamic::BiasSolver::prepareToRun()’:
/home/james/Desktop/amarok/src/dynamic/BiasSolver.cpp:120: error: no matching function for call to ‘QMutexLocker::QMutexLocker(QMutex&)’
/usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qmutex.h:137: note: candidates are: QMutexLocker::QMutexLocker(const QMutexLocker&)
/usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qmutex.h:93: note:                QMutexLocker::QMutexLocker(QMutex*)
make[2]: *** [src/CMakeFiles/amaroklib.dir/dynamic/BiasSolver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [src/CMakeFiles/amaroklib.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2