Frequently asked questions

• Compiling

• Is Berkeley Db 4.3 supported?
• Compile fails with something like "Cannot find db_cxx.h"
• Compile fails with something like "Cannot find -ldb_cxx"
• Compile fails with something like "Cannot find -luu"
• I still can't compile KLibido
• Is it true KLibido can compile (and run) on MacOS X?

• Using

• How do I close a newsgroup tab?
• KLibido crashes while adding items to the queue a/o I get disk errors during download, even if there's plenty of space available

• Misc

• How do I install a patch?
• How do I report a bug or ask for a feature?
• What info should I put into a bugreport?
• Your program sucks!

Compiling

• Is Berkeley Db 4.3 supported?
  

  Yes, but only starting from version 0.2.3. Previous KLibido versions will have problems.

• Compile fails with something like "Cannot find db_cxx.h"
  Short answer: assure you have the Berkeley db (aka db4) develepment and c++ support files (includes, libs, etc...) installed and symlink the includes to /usr/include.
  Long answer: the "configure" macro I'm using doesn't find Berkeley Db includes unless they're in /usr/include. Some distribution installs them in /usr/include/db-<version>; if this is your case, you have to symlink every include in /usr/include/db-<version> to /usr/include
  Alternate solution: If you don't want (or can not) add simlinks, pass --with-extra-includes=<your BerkeleyDb include dir> to ./configure

• Compile fails with something like "Cannot find -ldb_cxx"
  

  Linking needs /usr/lib/libdb_cxx.so, which is a simlink to the "real" Berkeley Db library (i.e.: libdb_cxx-<version>.so). On some distro (e.g.: Fedora core 3) this symbolic link doesn't exist: create it.

• Compile fails with something like "Cannot find -luu"
  

  To correctly compile KLibido, you need /usr/include/uudeview.h and /usr/lib/libuu.a, from the UULib distribution.

• I still can't compile KLibido
  

  The right place to ask for help is the KLibido-users mailing list. You can find it here

• Is it true KLibido can compile (and run) on MacOS X?
  Yes. If you need detailed instructions, e-mail me.

Using

• How do I close a newsgroup tab?
  

  Hover the mouse pointer over the tab's icon. It will change to a close button. Click it.
  You can also use a (configurable) shourcut key, default is Ctrl+W.

• KLibido crashes while adding items to the queue a/o I get disk errors during download, even if there's plenty of space available
  

  Try exiting KLibido and deleting ~/klibido/db/queue

Misc

• How do I install a patch?
  
  1. Unpack KLibido source
  2. cd to the KLibido source directory
  3. Download the patch
  4. Execute "patch < /path/to/downloaded/patch/file"


• How do I report a bug or ask for a feature?
  

  Please use the Sourceforge's tracker

• What info should I put into a bugreport?
  The perfect KLibido bugreport has the following included:
  • Linux distribution you're using
  • Berkeley Db version
  • Backtrace
  • Console messages
  • Info on how to reproduce the bug
  • A patch to fix it ;-]
  
  
• Your program sucks!
  Yeah, it sucks binaries from Usenet. I know ;-]