Does QT for X11 include QT Creator?

andre

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

It should work, then. This is what I usually do to build QtC:
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cd /my/extracted/qtcreator
mkdir build
cd build
qmake ../qtcreator.pro
make -j9
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That's it. So far it has worked every time, also when building with QBS enabled.

cpatterson

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

What does your qmake --version return ?

cpatterson

Qmake version: 1.07a (Qt 3.3.8b)

SGaist

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 What system are you running that uses such an outdated Qt ?

cpatterson

rehl 6

SGaist

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

cpatterson

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

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

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

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

cpatterson

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

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

cpatterson

No. Unless there are some that have rolled off the command window (which retains 680 lines).

SGaist

You can redirect the output to a file and inspect it to see where the error happened

cpatterson

You are right. There are several errors. Here are some of them:

g++ -c -pipe -Werror -O2 -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -Wall -W -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -DQT_CREATOR -DQML_BUILD_STATIC_LIB -DQBS_LIBRARY -DSRCDIR="/home/cpatterson/Downloads/qt-creator-2.8.0-src/src/shared/qbs/src/lib" -DQBS_VERSION="1.0.1" -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_XML_LIB -DQT_CONCURRENT_LIB -DQT_TESTLIB_LIB -DQT_SCRIPT_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_TESTCASE_BUILDDIR="/home/cpatterson/Downloads/qt-creator-2.8.0-src/build/src/shared/qbs/src/lib" -I/usr/local/Qt-5.1.0/mkspecs/linux-g++ -I/home/cpatterson/Downloads/qt-creator-2.8.0-src/src/shared/qbs/src/lib -I/home/cpatterson/Downloads/qt-creator-2.8.0-src/src/shared/qbs/src/lib -I/home/cpatterson/Downloads/qt-creator-2.8.0-src/src/shared/qbs/src -I/usr/local/Qt-5.1.0/include -I/usr/local/Qt-5.1.0/include/QtXml -I/usr/local/Qt-5.1.0/include/QtConcurrent -I/usr/local/Qt-5.1.0/include/QtTest -I/usr/local/Qt-5.1.0/include/QtScript -I/usr/local/Qt-5.1.0/include/QtCore -I. -I. -o project.o /home/cpatterson/Downloads/qt-creator-2.8.0-src/src/shared/qbs/src/lib/api/project.cpp
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cc1plus: warnings being treated as errors
/usr/local/Qt-5.1.0/include/QtCore/qbytearray.h:433: error: dereferencing pointer ‘<anonymous>’ does break strict-aliasing rules
/usr/local/Qt-5.1.0/include/QtCore/qbytearray.h:438: error: dereferencing pointer ‘<anonymous>’ does break strict-aliasing rules
/usr/local/Qt-5.1.0/include/QtCore/qarraydata.h:104: error: dereferencing pointer ‘<anonymous>’ does break strict-aliasing rules
/usr/local/Qt-5.1.0/include/QtCore/qgenericatomic.h:96: error: dereferencing pointer ‘<anonymous>’ does break strict-aliasing rules
/usr/local/Qt-5.1.0/include/QtCore/qbytearray.h:395: note: initialized from here
make[3]: *** [project.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
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/usr/local/Qt-5.1.0/include/QtCore/qstring.h:918: note: initialized from here
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/cpatterson/Downloads/qt-creator-2.8.0-src/build/src/shared/qbs/src/lib'
make[2]: *** [sub----shared-qbs-src-lib-make_first] Error 2
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

sierdzio

You need to add it to PATH, or use directly:
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either

export PATH=/path/to/qmake:$PATH

or

/path/to/qmake/qmake myProject.pro
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