This is a unsorted quick notes about TDE build issues, by distribution.

ALL DISTRIBUTIONS (or almost)
Some libraries are required but not provided by distribution anymore.
You can find them in "3rdparty" folder.

imlib1 : required for kuickshow
python-qt3 (also known as PyQt) : required for python-related packages (TDE 3.5.13 only, not R14)
hal : required for TDE 3.5.13.2, most recent distribution do NOT ship it.
wv2 : required for koffice


CENTOS 6:
ligogg-devel package is missing: /usr/lib[64]/libogg.la .
Missing header 'jpegint.h'


MAGEIA 2/3:
Remove db4-devel and install db5-devel only.
Several version of postgresl-devel exist.
Ensure you have the latest one installed, or you will build against
an old one !
MGA2: 9.1
MGA3: 9.2


CENTOS 4 / CENTOS 5
Some mandatory packages are missing or too old.
I had to build newer version in order to have TDE function correctly.
 curl (built as trinity-curl)
 poppler (built as trinity-poppler)


OPENSUSE (all version)
Missing cmake macros for RPM.
Manually copy file 'macros.cmake' to '/etc/rpm'


OPENSUSE 11.4
Bug in 'libical-devel' package. (causes FTBFS in tdepim)
Edit file '/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libical.pc'
Then change as follow:
  Cflags: -I${includedir}/libical

Avoid relinking error on i18n (e.g. rpmbuild fails in amarok):
 for i in ar bg bn ca cs da de el en_GB es et fi fr he hi hu is it ja lt nl nb nn pa pl pt pt_BR ro ru sk sl sr sv ta tr uk zh_CN zh_TW; do
   mkdir -p /opt/trinity/share/doc/tde/HTML/$i/common
 done