Developing Linux apps in Visual Studio

oregonduckman · 6 Nov 2017, 21:08

Does anyone know of a doc that describes step by step how install QT in Visual Studio 2017 that targets Linux?

koahnig · wrote on 6 Nov 2017, 21:08

You seem to love really painful ways to program. ;)

I personally doubt that this is possible, but who knows. That this would be properly documented is IMHO even more doubtful.

Cross-compilation on windows for linux is possible, I know and I have tried to check for comilers for embedded linux. However, I gave up quickly. I am for sure a windows guy and tried to stay away from linux. When it came to cross-compile for embedded linux, I started this on linux. IMHO less painful than running into every possible trap being apperently implemented to make those attempts as painful as possible.

BTW the cross-compilation on linux for embedded linunx is quite easy, even when you are hating those cryptic line commands. Qt creator on windows and linux is the same and it helps tremendously.

jsulm · wrote on 7 Nov 2017, 05:49

@oregonduckman I agree with @koahnig - I suggest to install Linux (can be a virtual machine) and build/test there instead of hacking around with cross compilation on Windows. It is for sure much less painful :-)

Diracsbracket · 7 Nov 2017, 09:12

There even seems to be Visual Studio Code for Linux:
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/whyvscode

jsulm · 7 Nov 2017, 12:34

@Diracsbracket He wants to develop on Windows not on Linux.

Diracsbracket · 7 Nov 2017, 12:47

@jsulm said in Developing Linux apps in Visual Studio:

He wants to develop on Windows not on Linux

Yes, but maybe he/she wants to work in Windows mainly because of Visual Studio... Furthermore, he/she did not mention anything about Windows...

jsulm · 7 Nov 2017, 13:05

@Diracsbracket "how install QT in Visual Studio 2017" - Visual Studio is only available for Windows, so he is on Windows. Visual Studio Code is just an editor as far as I know, it is not Visual Studio.

Diracsbracket · 11 Jul 2017, 13:19

@jsulm said in Developing Linux apps in Visual Studio:

Visual Studio is only available for Windows

Not true. Visual Studio is also available on Mac. Anyway... :-) Just informing him/her that Visual Studio Code is available on Linux. So he/she can try to install a virtual machine and try to setup it up to install Qt on it and use Visual Studio Code.

Visual Studio Code is just an editor as far as I know

You can also build with it. Otherwise it would be of little use, don't you think?