[MacPorts] #28400: Kile-devel @2.1b5 unable to launch any external app

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#28400: Kile-devel @2.1b5 unable to launch any external app
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 Reporter:  informatique@…                   |       Owner:  nicos_pavlov@…                    
     Type:  defect                           |      Status:  new                               
 Priority:  Normal                           |   Milestone:                                    
Component:  ports                            |     Version:  1.9.2                             
 Keywords:                                   |        Port:  kile-devel                        
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Comment(by nicos_pavlov@…):

 I think it is indeed a problem of $PATH, but which is divided in 2
 problems.

 First, if you launch applications with the bundle, the $PATH defined in
 your ./profile is typically not loaded. [[BR]]
 Second, KDE applications are installed as bundles in
 /Applications/MacPorts/KDE4, and not in /opt/local/bin.

 This problem is more general than kile and concerns all KDE applications,
 I think.
 I have no clean way to solve this presently. As a workaround, I made in my
 case a link /opt/local/bin/okular pointing to
 /Applications/MacPorts/KDE4/okular.app/Contents/MacOS/okular, and ensured
 that applications bundles had /opt/local/bin in their path.

 I will probably send a mail to the developer mailing list, to see if a
 nicer and more general way could be suggested by the people handling kde4
 ports to solve this issue.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/28400#comment:3>
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