Thanks. Still won't make.
I wonder if the following, also in the readme for pdfedit gives a clue?
Also, while usually not needed, QMAKESPEC may be set to match your system type.
For most systems it is unnecessary to set it, alhough it may be needed if you
crosscompile (like producing i386 binaries on amd64 platform) or in some rare
configurations. Once you set QTDIR, you may try typing "ls $QTDIR/mkspecs".
QMAKESPEC should be set to name of one of the directories that are in mkspecs
subdirectory in the Qt directory.
See
http://www.digitalfanatics.org/projects/qt_tutorial/chapter04.html or
http://doc.trolltech.com/3.0/qmake-guide.html for more information.
I looked at the referenced urls, but am a little reluctant to fool with qmake as, like QTDIR, its probably already set properly, I.E. echo $QTDIR produces "/usr/lib/qt"
ls $QTDIR/mkspecs produces
aix-g++ hpux-acc-64 linux-ecc-64 netbsd-g++ unixware-cc
aix-g++-64 hpux-acc-o64 linux-g++ openbsd-g++ unixware-g++
aix-xlc hpux-cc linux-g++-32 qnx-g++ win32-borland
aix-xlc-64 hpux-g++ linux-g++-64 reliant-cds win32-g++
bsdi-g++ hpux-g++-64 linux-icc reliant-cds-64 win32-icc
cygwin-g++ hpuxi-acc-32 linux-kcc sco-cc win32-msvc
darwin-g++ hpuxi-acc-64 linux-kylix sco-g++ win32-msvc.net
default hurd-g++ linux-pgcc solaris-cc win32-msvc2005
dgux-g++ irix-cc lynxos-g++ solaris-cc-64 win32-watcom
freebsd-g++ irix-cc-64 macx-g++ solaris-g++
freebsd-g++34 irix-cc-o32 macx-mwerks solaris-g++-64
freebsd-icc irix-g++ macx-pbuilder tru64-cxx
hpux-acc linux-cxx macx-xlc tru64-g++
I am not installing in root and that could be a problem. On my fedora machine I had to start pdfedit in root before I could import a file, a bother.
John