Error compiling program

[shresthanoz]

hello every1,
i tried to install dropbox on my openSUSE 11.1(KDE 4.0) from a tar.bz2. After i extracted it to a folder Dropbox in Desktop. I got this error trying to compile.
Please help!!

…/Desktop/Dropbox> ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install… /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane… yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p… /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk… gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)… no
checking for gcc… no
checking for cc… no
checking for cl.exe… no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log’ for more details.

[caf4926]

You need to install gcc and make from the repo’s

[joutlan]

I use gnome in openSuse because of my dropbox subscription…is there an easy way to get it working in KDE? I’d love to go back to KDE…thanks !!

[caf4926]

search for it
Software.openSUSE.org

why shouldn’t it work in kde? I don’t use it myself but I do use kde.

[joutlan]

@caf4926

search for it
Software.openSUSE.org

why shouldn’t it work in kde? I don’t use it myself but I do use kde.

well, it’s integrated with nautilus and with Fedora KDE I read that there is a workaround, but you lose something of the notification functionality in the sys tray I think…I remember it being funky so I just went to gnome. I’ll look into it again, it’s been a while…but I was hoping for something wiz bang here as I’m new to this distro. thanks for the reply.

I use linux in a work environment btw.

[caf4926]

@joutlan

well, it’s integrated with nautilus and with Fedora KDE I read that there is a workaround, but you lose something of the notification functionality in the sys tray I think…I remember it being funky so I just went to gnome. I’ll look into it again, it’s been a while…but I was hoping for something wiz bang here as I’m new to this distro. thanks for the reply.

I use linux in a work environment btw.

Like I say I don’t use dropbox.
I did see a thread recently about it, but all the users were gnome

[joutlan]

@caf4926

Like I say I don’t use dropbox.
I did see a thread recently about it, but all the users were gnome

Probably using gnome out of necessity like me I’ll keep searching…keeping my files sync’d between laptops is essential for me…

[user]

DropBox works fine in KDE, but if you want the GUI warm and fuzzy you
must use Nautilus…which we know is a Gnome app that runs fine in
KDE if you have the Gnome basics installed…i run DropBox and it
shows in my systray/taskbar without being at all “funky”…

i click on the icon and up pops Nautilus showing all the stuff i have
in the box…

as i recall i found (via google, or in these fora) a link to “Dropbox
without Gnome” and followed the directions carefully…try:
http://antrix.net/journal/techtalk/dropbox_kde.html

–
palladium

[joutlan]

@palladium

DropBox works fine in KDE, but if you want the GUI warm and fuzzy you
must use Nautilus…which we know is a Gnome app that runs fine in
KDE if you have the Gnome basics installed…i run DropBox and it
shows in my systray/taskbar without being at all “funky”…

i click on the icon and up pops Nautilus showing all the stuff i have
in the box…

as i recall i found (via google, or in these fora) a link to “Dropbox
without Gnome” and followed the directions carefully…try:
Dropbox without Gnome : Sounds From The Dungeon

–
palladium

thanks…I’ll read that one…might tempt me to go back to KDE

by ‘funky’ I meant not running nautilus, losing some gui functionality although it syncs. Whether or not running nautilus in KDE is funky, I don’t know

[Wilson_Phillips]

I use Dropbox in KDE and I don’t have it integrated. It just runs in the system tray, just as it does with Windows. I have not tried intergrating it although I do use Nautilus in KDE. I simply have not seen the need for it.

The one click install at Software.openSUSE.org worked well. I did not let it keep the repositories after the install. I unchecked that box.

[joutlan]

@Wilson_Phillips

I use Dropbox in KDE and I don’t have it integrated. It just runs in the system tray, just as it does with Windows. I have not tried intergrating it although I do use Nautilus in KDE. I simply have not seen the need for it.

The one click install at Software.openSUSE.org worked well. I did not let it keep the repositories after the install. I unchecked that box.

thanks…maybe I’ll move back to KDE…I’ve always been a KDE freak, but moved to gnome out of what I thought was necessity as I work from this machine. ah, maybe I’m just lazy…lol

[joutlan]

I’ve switched to KDE4 now…good to be back I’ve got dropbox running fine without nautilus/gnome stuff…seems to be working great…got the file from this thread:

(1/12) - Latest Stable Build - 0.7.100 « Dropbox Forums](http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=16287&replies=13)

then did this:

Dropbox in KDE (Linux) - Agnostic God

I’ve got all the systray info I had in gnome…only difference is the file folders in Dolphin aren’t ‘tagged’ but who cares about that…very please with this.

fwiw for posterity…