Kdevelop failed to build even a simple "hello world" program, the reason is due to libtool: Create a new project using the "C++/Hello World Program" template Replace the project's ltmain.sh by /usr/share/libtool/ltmain.sh build the project For more explanation, please visit http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=351358 N.B. In Ubuntu 8.10, the file is located in /usr/share/libtool/config/ltmain.sh