Which files to be installed
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I just want to develop a simple skinned Windows desktop application with Visual Studio 2008. And thinking of using Qt library. So I contact Qt and get a free evaluation email, which contains a lot of things, as below:
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Qt 4.8.2 for Windows (Src and VS2008 32bit Binary)
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Qt Visual Studio Addin 1.1.11 (Binary)
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Qt Creator 2.5.2 for Windows (32bit Binary)
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Qt Commercial SDK for Windows
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Qt Commercial Charts 1.1.0
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Qt Commercial 3D 1.0.0 Sources
I get confused, since I don't know whether I need to install all of them to implement my purpose. And I cannot find accurate document on detailed information about each of them. So can anyone helps?
Thanks
Alan
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Qt 4.8.2 (currently 4.8.3) is the set of libraries. To develop in VS, you need the addin, too.
Qt Creator is a Qt IDE - since you want to develop in VS, you do not need this. SDK is an automated installer for selected packages. Charts is a set of QML components for generating - surprise - charts. I don't know commercial 3D package, but you can probably guess what is inside.
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I have installed Qt 4.8.2 and Qt Creator(IDE) since I want to develop in Qt environment as well. However, I am not sure whether I should install SDK since Qt 4.8.2 already contains the libraries required to build the project.
Thanks
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You don't have to. SDK provides libraries, Qt Creator and optionally additional modules as a single package + it has an update tool. Installing tools separately, like you did (I do similarly, if that is any help) is perfectly valid, too.