Using Qt without installing

Milosz

Hello everyone,
I need to develop application with Qt (ver. 4.8.2) but the library is included in the attached directory (not installed in the system). Is it possible to develop such a app. I have problem with CMakeLists.txt, cmake show me the error when I try to do find_package(Qt4 "4.8.2" .... ). Is it possible to ovecome this problem.

Thanks in advance
Milosz

jsulm

@Milosz said in Using Qt without installing:

Is it possible to ovecome this problem

If you want to build a Qt application you need to install Qt - how else would it work?
Do you really want to use Qt 4.8? Did you install it?

Milosz

@jsulm It is the old app which i need to continue. With the project I have all the binaries and includes in the separate directory and I wonder if I can use it in this way

SGaist

@Milosz hi,

No, you can't develop something with just the dependencies of an application.

You need the headers of the library, depending on your OS, you need import libraries, etc.

You can still get Qt 4 on Linux for example although you might need an older version of e.g. Debian. It would be the easier way to have the latest Qt 4 to continue maintaining that old application.

Milosz

@SGaist Thanks, a lot for your answer.

Best
Milosz