Does QT for X11 include QT Creator?

sierdzio · wrote on 6 Aug 2013, 06:28

No, source packages for Qt contain Qt libraries only. Qt Creator is a separate product (but is shipped with prebuilt Qt SDKs). And yes, the libraries you have are enough for Creator. Just check out it's README for instructions.

andre · wrote on 6 Aug 2013, 07:10

And please, note that it is Qt, not QT. QT is usually associated with Apple's QuickTime, and we don't want that association do we?

sierdzio · wrote on 6 Aug 2013, 07:14

[quote author="Andre" date="1375773035"]QT is usually associated with Apple's QuickTime, and we don't want that association do we?[/quote]

Hell no :) But I grew tired of seeing that being pointed out everywhere, so I stopped paying attention when people get it "wrong". It is not a big mistake anyway. And Google searches in lowercase only, so for them Qt and QT are equal.

cpatterson · wrote on 6 Aug 2013, 19:46

Sierdzio, thanks for the help. I downloaded Creator and opened the README file for installation instructions. But the qmake -r command wouldn't work. There isn't a Makefile at the top level. I found a Makefile.linux in one of the subdirectories. Should I use that?

SGaist · wrote on 6 Aug 2013, 20:54

Hi,

Did you download the sources or the pre-built version of QtCreator ?

cpatterson · wrote on 6 Aug 2013, 22:17

I downloaded Qt Creator source code tar.gz (which is "qt-creator-2.8.0-src.tar.gz").

andre · wrote on 7 Aug 2013, 05:41

I'd say: why don't you try and see if QtCreator isn't already provided as a package by your distro, or perhaps even an alternate repository for your distribution?

sierdzio · wrote on 7 Aug 2013, 05:42

It should work, then. This is what I usually do to build QtC:
@
cd /my/extracted/qtcreator
mkdir build
cd build
qmake ../qtcreator.pro
make -j9
@

That's it. So far it has worked every time, also when building with QBS enabled.

cpatterson · wrote on 7 Aug 2013, 19:22

Thank you. I followed the instructions, and I received these errors after the qmake:

qtcreator.pri:7: Unknown test function: isEqual
qtcreator.pri:19: Unknown test function: defineReplace
qtcreator.pri:32: Unknown test function: defineReplace
qtcreator.pri:38: Unknown test function: defineReplace
qtcreator.pri:51: Unknown test function: defineTest
qtcreator.pri:74: Unknown test function: isEqual
qtcreator.pri:85: Unknown test function: defineReplace
qtcreator.pri:100: Unknown test function: CONFIG
qtcreator.pri:118: Unknown replace function: re_escape
qtcreator.pri:119: Unknown replace function: cleanPath
qtcreator.pri:120: Unknown replace function: re_escape
qtcreator.pri:149: Unknown test function: isEqual
qtcreator.pri:156: Parse Error ('$$IDE_SOURCE_TREE/src/libs $$IDE_SOURCE_TREE/tools $$IDE_SOURCE_TREE/src/plugins')
qtcreator.pro:4: Unknown test function: minQtVersion
Project MESSAGE: Cannot build Qt Creator with Qt version .
Project ERROR: Use at least Qt 4.8.0.

SGaist · wrote on 7 Aug 2013, 19:32

What does your qmake --version return ?

cpatterson · wrote on 7 Aug 2013, 19:34

Qmake version: 1.07a (Qt 3.3.8b)

SGaist · wrote on 7 Aug 2013, 19:37

3.3.8 ? It's a really really old qmake... What system are you running that uses such an outdated Qt ?

cpatterson · wrote on 7 Aug 2013, 19:37

rehl 6

SGaist · wrote on 7 Aug 2013, 20:04

Like the error message says, you have to first install at least Qt 4.8

cpatterson · wrote on 7 Aug 2013, 20:12

I downloaded the Qt source code tar.gz (which is “qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.1.0.tar.gz”) and used the instructions from http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.0/qtdoc/install-x11.html to make and install. I also downloaded Qt Creator source code tar.gz (which is “qt-creator-2.8.0-src.tar.gz”), looked at the README file for installation instructions, but the qmake didn’t work. So, evidently the system isn't recognizing the newer version of Qt. How can I fix that?

SGaist · wrote on 7 Aug 2013, 20:18

You can simply use the full path to your Qt 5.1 qmake.

Building & installing Qt from sources won't overwrite your system Qt install (that would wreak havoc)

cpatterson · wrote on 7 Aug 2013, 20:42

Okay, thanks! That worked. After the qmake worked, I continued to follow sierdzio's instructions (shown below), and performed the "make -j9".

cd /my/extracted/qtcreator
mkdir build
cd build
qmake ../qtcreator.pro
make -j9

After the "make -j9", it appeared to make until I received these errors:

make[3]: Leaving directory /home/cpatterson/Downloads/qt-creator-2.8.0-src/build/src/libs/ssh' make[2]: Leaving directory /home/cpatterson/Downloads/qt-creator-2.8.0-src/build/src/libs'
make[1]: *** [sub-libs-make_first-ordered] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/cpatterson/Downloads/qt-creator-2.8.0-src/build/src'
make: *** [sub-src-make_first-ordered] Error 2

Do you know what's wrong with this? I'm sorry to know such a small amount, but I'm trying to learn. Thanks!

SGaist · wrote on 7 Aug 2013, 20:44

You'll have to post more lines, where the error currently happens

cpatterson · wrote on 7 Aug 2013, 20:49

Is this what you mean? These are the last lines in the make.

ln -s libQtcSsh.so.1.0.0 libQtcSsh.so
ln -s libQtcSsh.so.1.0.0 libQtcSsh.so.1
ln -s libQtcSsh.so.1.0.0 libQtcSsh.so.1.0
rm -f ../../../lib/qtcreator/libQtcSsh.so.1.0.0
rm -f ../../../lib/qtcreator/libQtcSsh.so
rm -f ../../../lib/qtcreator/libQtcSsh.so.1
rm -f ../../../lib/qtcreator/libQtcSsh.so.1.0
mv -f libQtcSsh.so.1.0.0 ../../../lib/qtcreator/
mv -f libQtcSsh.so ../../../lib/qtcreator/
mv -f libQtcSsh.so.1 ../../../lib/qtcreator/
mv -f libQtcSsh.so.1.0 ../../../lib/qtcreator/
make[3]: Leaving directory /home/cpatterson/Downloads/qt-creator-2.8.0-src/build/src/libs/ssh' make[2]: Leaving directory /home/cpatterson/Downloads/qt-creator-2.8.0-src/build/src/libs'
make[1]: *** [sub-libs-make_first-ordered] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/cpatterson/Downloads/qt-creator-2.8.0-src/build/src'
make: *** [sub-src-make_first-ordered] Error 2

SGaist · wrote on 7 Aug 2013, 20:57

Don't you have other lines that contains "error" ?