[Interest] QT for Asus Tinker

[Roland Hughes]

Ultimately that was going to be the goal for most of the posts in the 
"Raspberry Pi" category on logikalblog.com. The post series was going to 
be used as the basis for formal work instructions setting up an 
environment for cross compiling Qt to both Raspberry Pi and Android targets.

I have yet to find Qt cross compile configuration instructions which 
weren't pure unadulterated shit. All of them I've found are a shining 
example of why AGILE is a completely fraudulent methodology. The 
developer may have "solved the user story" in their mind, but the house 
of cards only works once.

Given the number of distros dropping 32-bit support and the fact 
Canonical is dropping Linux for Fuchsia (sp?) the number of unidentified 
32-bit hosts one could potentially use dwindles. All of the YABUs will 
disappear when Canonical switches within the next 18 months.


On 10/11/2017 01:30 AM, Ben W wrote:
>
> Thank you Roland for your email.
>
>
> You are certainly correct in thinking that I was trying a 64bit OS, I 
> was using Ubuntu 16.04 on a VM.
>
>
> I have to agree with your statement as I certainly dislike the lack of 
> patch level of the host OS used for the build environment, this 
> statement is also true for the Qtbase version branch to download 
> (which is either the 5.10 or dev).
>
>
> I will certainly try your suggestion of using an older 32-bit system 
> and will post the results. I’ll read up on the PostgreSQL message 
> thread, to cover some other possible mistakes.
>
>
> My plan if successful is to create another blog with 100% clear and 
> understandable build instructions to help others, so they won’t have 
> to waste day’s trying to figure this find.
>
>
> Thank you for your time.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Ben W
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 4:52 PM, Roland Hughes 
> <roland at logikalsolutions.com <mailto:roland at logikalsolutions.com>> wrote:
>
>     Your link has some incredibly telling text.
>
>     ====
>
>     As usual, we are going to cross-compile. The steps are pretty
>     similar to the Raspbian guide in the Wiki. I have been using this
>     TinkerOS 1.8 image as the rootfs. To get a suitable ARM (32-bit)
>     cross-compiler for x64, try this Linaro toolchain.
>     ====
>
>     You may wish to follow the PostgreSQL message thread as well
>     because the Raspbian guide is bad and it keeps snowballing out to
>     other really bad things.
>
>     The last sentence of the quote is most telling. They didn't try
>     this on a 64-bit machine so _ALL_ of their configuration issues
>     were masked.
>
>     Are you trying to build on a 64-bit OS? I would guess you are, but
>     information like that would be most helpful.
>
>     Just like the Raspbian Wiki post, they don't identify the version
>     and patch level of the host OS used for the build environment.
>     This means _everyone_ assumes it is the same version they are
>     currently using, which is wrong.
>
>     My first suggestion would be to set up a 32-bit distro (as a VM if
>     necessary) and make sure it is not current. Even though Ubuntu
>     16.x was out on May 3, 2017 when that post was created, I would
>     search for a Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 32-bit version. Following the
>     instructions with an older 32-bit Debian based distro will provide
>     a higher probability of success.
>
>
>
>     On 10/10/2017 10:39 AM, interest-request at qt-project.org
>     <mailto:interest-request at qt-project.org> wrote:
>>     Has anyone tried and successfully installed and used QT creator on the Asus
>>     Tinker?
>>
>>
>>
>>     As it is very little to no information on doing such a thing.
>>
>>
>>
>>     I?ve found this QT blog but sadly I get 200+ errors when trying to build a
>>     very simple program when following this post.
>>
>>
>>
>>     http://blog.qt.io/blog/2017/05/03/qt-git-tinkerboard-wayland/#comments
>>     <http://blog.qt.io/blog/2017/05/03/qt-git-tinkerboard-wayland/#comments>
>>     I hope someone can assist me.
>
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