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Building Qt Creator for Plugin Development

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    Joseph K
    wrote on 14 Feb 2019, 20:32 last edited by
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    Dear community,

    I have my first QtCreator instance, and I want to build a second in order to develop plugins. I'm guessing the process is something like:
    (a) Clone the repo
    (b) Set environment variables or pass parameters to qmake, such that QtCreator is installed to a location I specify (eg. if I was using configure, I'd configure --prefix=/usr/local)
    (c) Install

    Have I missed or misunderstood any steps?

    Many thanks.

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      SGaist
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      wrote on 14 Feb 2019, 20:45 last edited by
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      Hi,

      You can use one instance of Qt Creator and build the development version with it. No need for installation of your development version of Qt Creator, you just do it like for any other application.

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      Please read the Qt Code of Conduct - https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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      • S SGaist
        14 Feb 2019, 20:45

        Hi,

        You can use one instance of Qt Creator and build the development version with it. No need for installation of your development version of Qt Creator, you just do it like for any other application.

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        Joseph K
        wrote on 14 Feb 2019, 21:21 last edited by
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        @SGaist

        Thanks for the quick reply. I don't quite follow. I use my single instance of Qt Creator for developing plugins?

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          SGaist
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          wrote on 14 Feb 2019, 21:23 last edited by
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          This allows to debug your plugin more easily.

          Interested in AI ? www.idiap.ch
          Please read the Qt Code of Conduct - https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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