[Interest] Building Qt from Sources

Harri Pasanen harri at mpaja.com
Wed Feb 22 22:07:01 CET 2012


A new user account is a bit drastic...

A guess: clean up  ~/.config/Nokia and all .user files you may have.

Better than guess, run "strace qtcreator 2>tmp.log" and look
in tmp.log to see what is being accessed and clean up accordingly.

Just my 2 cents.

Harri

On 02/22/2012 07:31 PM, Jason H wrote:
> I'm just joining this, but my guess is you have settings in your user 
> profile.
> Try from a new user account.
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* "Szalata, Zenon M." <zms at slac.stanford.edu>
> *To:* "kai.koehne at nokia.com" <kai.koehne at nokia.com>; "thiago at kde.org" 
> <thiago at kde.org>; "interest at qt-project.org" <interest at qt-project.org>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 22, 2012 1:12 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Interest] Building Qt from Sources
>
> Hello again,
> I have removed from this computer all previous attempted installations 
> of Qt SDK, qt 4.8.0, and qt creator.
> Created directories on a local disk, unpacked
>
> qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.0.tar.gz
> and
> qt-creator-2.4.1-src.tar.gz.
>
> Finally build the qt 4.8.0 first then qt creator.  Both built without 
> errors.  Designer works fine.  When I start creator I still get 
> messages as before.  It still seems to know about the Qt SDK.  How 
> could that be?
> No matter.  Trying to remove (clean up) references to these in 
> tools/Options/Build & Run/Qt Versions.
> Apparently I don't know how to do this.  I assume that I should 
> highlight one of the broken items and then press Remove button.  
> Unfortunately, Remove remains stubbornly disabled.  The "Clean up" 
> button has no effect.
> Also, /opt/qt/qt-4.8.0/bin/qmake, which I used to build this qt 
> creator was not listed there.  I added it manually.  Attached is a 
> snapshot of the dialog.
> My feeling is that the installation (build) procedures became so 
> automatic and so smart that they no longer work correctly.
> Do I need to reinstall the RHEL6 operating system on this computer to 
> have a chance of a clean installation of the qt 4.8.0 and qt creator 
> 2.4.1?
> This is frustrating!
> Thanks,
> Zen
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: kai.koehne at nokia.com <mailto:kai.koehne at nokia.com> 
> [mailto:kai.koehne at nokia.com <mailto:kai.koehne at nokia.com>]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 4:51 AM
> > To: Szalata, Zenon M.; thiago at kde.org <mailto:thiago at kde.org>; 
> interest at qt-project.org <mailto:interest at qt-project.org>
> > Subject: RE: [Interest] Building Qt from Sources
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: interest-bounces+kai.koehne=nokia.com at qt-project.org 
> <mailto:nokia.com at qt-project.org>
> > > [mailto:interest-bounces+kai.koehne=nokia.com at qt-project.org 
> <mailto:nokia.com at qt-project.org>] On Behalf
> > > Of ext Szalata, Zenon M.
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 12:00 AM
> > > To: Thiago Macieira; interest at qt-project.org 
> <mailto:interest at qt-project.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [Interest] Building Qt from Sources
> > >
> > > Hi Thiago,
> > > I am replying to this since I have some new information.
> > > I started all over, removed all environment variables that might have
> > > anything to do with QT.  Unpacked both qt-everywhere-opensource-src-
> > > 4.8.0.tar.gz and qt-creator-2.4.1-src.tar.gz and built both 
> successfully.
> > > Designer is working in qt-4.8.0.
> > > Creator also seems to work but I get these troubling messages when 
> I start it
> > > up:
> > >
> > > zms at esaanal2 $ bin/qtcreator
> > > Cannot update Qt version information:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Madde/targets/harmattan_10.2011.34-1/bin/qmake cannot be
> > > run.
> > > Cannot update Qt version information:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Simulator/Qt/gcc/bin/qmake cannot be run.
> > > Cannot update Qt version information:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Desktop/Qt/474/gcc/bin/qmake cannot be run.
> > > Cannot update Qt version information:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Desktop/Qt/4.8.0/gcc/bin/qmake cannot be run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Desktop/Qt/4.8.0/gcc/bin/qmake cannot be run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Desktop/Qt/4.8.0/gcc/bin/qmake cannot be run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version: /opt/qt/qt/Simulator/Qt/gcc/bin/qmake
> > > cannot be run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version: /opt/qt/qt/Simulator/Qt/gcc/bin/qmake
> > > cannot be run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version: /opt/qt/qt/Simulator/Qt/gcc/bin/qmake
> > > cannot be run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Desktop/Qt/4.8.0/gcc/bin/qmake cannot be run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version: /opt/qt/qt/Simulator/Qt/gcc/bin/qmake
> > > cannot be run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Desktop/Qt/4.8.0/gcc/bin/qmake cannot be run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version: /opt/qt/qt/Simulator/Qt/gcc/bin/qmake
> > > cannot be run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version: /opt/qt/qt/Simulator/Qt/gcc/bin/qmake
> > > cannot be run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Madde/targets/harmattan_10.2011.34-1/bin/qmake cannot be
> > > run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version: /opt/qt/qt/Simulator/Qt/gcc/bin/qmake
> > > cannot be run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Madde/targets/harmattan_10.2011.34-1/bin/qmake cannot be
> > > run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version: /opt/qt/qt/Simulator/Qt/gcc/bin/qmake
> > > cannot be run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Desktop/Qt/4.8.0/gcc/bin/qmake cannot be run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version: /opt/qt/qt/Simulator/Qt/gcc/bin/qmake
> > > cannot be run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Desktop/Qt/4.8.0/gcc/bin/qmake cannot be run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Desktop/Qt/474/gcc/bin/qmake cannot be run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version: /opt/qt/qt/Simulator/Qt/gcc/bin/qmake
> > > cannot be run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Desktop/Qt/474/gcc/bin/qmake cannot be run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version: /opt/qt/qt/Simulator/Qt/gcc/bin/qmake
> > > cannot be run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version: /opt/qt/qt/Simulator/Qt/gcc/bin/qmake
> > > cannot be run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Desktop/Qt/4.8.0/gcc/bin/qmake cannot be run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version: /opt/qt/qt/Simulator/Qt/gcc/bin/qmake
> > > cannot be run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Desktop/Qt/4.8.0/gcc/bin/qmake cannot be run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Madde/targets/harmattan_10.2011.34-1/bin/qmake cannot be
> > > run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Madde/targets/harmattan_10.2011.34-1/bin/qmake cannot be
> > > run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Desktop/Qt/474/gcc/bin/qmake cannot be run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Desktop/Qt/4.8.0/gcc/bin/qmake cannot be run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Desktop/Qt/474/gcc/bin/qmake cannot be run.
> > > Cannot determine the Qt version:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Desktop/Qt/4.8.0/gcc/bin/qmake cannot be run.
> > > Cannot update Qt version information:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Madde/targets/harmattan_10.2011.34-1/bin/qmake cannot be
> > > run.
> > > Cannot update Qt version information:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Madde/targets/harmattan_10.2011.34-1/bin/qmake cannot be
> > > run.
> > > Cannot update Qt version information:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Madde/targets/harmattan_10.2011.34-1/bin/qmake cannot be
> > > run.
> > > Cannot update Qt version information:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Simulator/Qt/gcc/bin/qmake cannot be run.
> > > Cannot update Qt version information:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Simulator/Qt/gcc/bin/qmake cannot be run.
> > > Cannot update Qt version information:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Desktop/Qt/474/gcc/bin/qmake cannot be run.
> > > Cannot update Qt version information:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Desktop/Qt/474/gcc/bin/qmake cannot be run.
> > > Cannot update Qt version information:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Desktop/Qt/4.8.0/gcc/bin/qmake cannot be run.
> > > Cannot update Qt version information:
> > > /opt/qt/qt/Desktop/Qt/4.8.0/gcc/bin/qmake cannot be run.
> >
> > This just says that you've a couple of Qt versions registered in Qt 
> Creator that
> > are either broken, or simply not there any more . This isn't a 
> problem per se,
> > unless you want to use them :) You can clean up the list of 
> registered versions
> > in Qt Creator 2.4.1 under Options, Build & Run, Qt Versions .
> >
> > > I did not try to create anything with it so it might work.  It 
> looks like it really
> > > wants the Qt_SDK package.
> >
> > You probably had a Qt SDK install before, or copied part of your Qt 
> Creator
> > settings from another machine?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Kai
> >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Zen
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: interest-bounces+zms=slac.stanford.edu at qt-project.org 
> <mailto:slac.stanford.edu at qt-project.org>
> > > > [mailto:interest-bounces+zms=slac.stanford.edu at qt-project.org 
> <mailto:slac.stanford.edu at qt-project.org>] On
> > > > Behalf Of Thiago Macieira
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 12:27 AM
> > > > To: interest at qt-project.org <mailto:interest at qt-project.org>
> > > > Subject: Re: [Interest] Building Qt from Sources
> > > >
> > > > On segunda-feira, 20 de fevereiro de 2012 21.38.28, Szalata, 
> Zenon M.
> > > wrote:
> > > > > I am working at a Laboratory where RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 or 6
> > > > > are the only Unix OS used on desktop computers.  Presently,
> > > > > installing qt
> > > > > 4.8 from SDK package fails.  So I am trying to install from 
> sources.
> > > > > I have successfully installed qt 4.8.0 from
> > > > > qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.0.tar.gz.  This works. I have
> > > > > configured this to install in non standard location.  The designer
> > > > > seems to
> > > > work fine.
> > > > >  Examples are also working.  The only problem is that this
> > > > > installation does not include qtcreator. So, I found
> > > > > qt-creator-2.4.1-src.tar.gz.  I can't build it because it seems to
> > > > > want the SDK installation, which I can't have.
> > > >
> > > > Why do you think it wants the SDK installation? Are you getting an
> > > > error message? I have qt-creator built here from sources and 
> have done
> > > > so for 3 years, before the SDK was invented.
> > > >
> > > > > Is it possible to have both qt 4.8 built from sources and 
> qtcreator
> > > > > also built from sources so that they work together?
> > > >
> > > > Yes. That's how both Qt and Qt Creator are themselves developed :-)
> > > >
> > > > > If the answer is yes, I
> > > > > need some guidance as to how this can be done. Are there other
> > > > > source packages that might include qt 4.8 and qtcreator?
> > > >
> > > > There is no extra guidance because this should be quite simple. The
> > > > commands you listed below should have worked. You need to tell 
> us why
> > > they didn't.
> > > >
> > > > > Unpacked qt-creator-2.4.1-src.tar.gz in the third directory and cd
> > > > > /opt/qt/qtc-2.4.1 qmake /opt/qt/qt-creator-2.4.1-src/qtcreator.pro
> > > > > and this last command fails and I suspect that it needs the SDK
> > > > > installation of qt 4.7.4 or higher.
> > > >
> > > > Qt Creator requires a recent Qt to build. Check that you ran the 
> qmake
> > > > from the Qt 4.8.0 that you've just compiled, not a previous, older
> > > > version of Qt that you might have in your system.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Thiago Macieira - thiago (AT) macieira.info - thiago (AT) kde.org
> > > >    Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center
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