[Qt-creator] QT Creator autotools project plugin NOT in QT Creator 2.4.1 from source

[eike.ziller at nokia.com]

On 23 Feb 2012, at 09:38, ext Pedro Silva Vicente wrote:

> Thanks, Eike
> I was able to build it from the git master branch;
> QT Creator is looking great.
>  
> btw, is there a "stable" branch?

Latest stable is 2.4 at the moment.

> and why not enabling the plugin by default?

It's deemed not a main use case for Qt Creator. We start to become pretty bulky and we'd like to keep startup snappy.

>  also, I think these README instructions need to be revised
>  
>  
> mkdir $BUILD_DIRECTORY
> cd $BUILD_DIRECTORY
> qmake $SOURCE_DIRECTORY/qtcreator.pro
> make (or mingw32-make or nmake or jom, depending on your platform)
>  
> this creates the Makefile in the $SOURCE_DIRECTORY

Did you forget to "cd" to the build directory?

> I had to build it there and then
> $ make install INSTALL_ROOT=/<my absolute install path >
>  
> Pedro
>  
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: eike.ziller at nokia.com
> To: psilvavicente at gmail.com
> Cc: qt-creator at qt-project.org
> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 1:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [Qt-creator] QT Creator autotools project plugin NOT in QT Creator 2.4.1 from source
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On 23 Feb 2012, at 05:46, ext Pedro Silva Vicente wrote:
> 
> > Hello everyone
> >  
> > I built Qt 4.8 and QT Creator 2.4.1 from source , but the QT Creator autotools project described here  is not available
> >  
> > http://doc.qt.nokia.com/qtcreator-snapshot/creator-projects-autotools.html
> 
> That's the documentation snapshot for the upcoming next release of Qt Creator. So it contains documentation for things not available in earlier versions.
> The autotools project manager is not part of Qt Creator 2.4.
> 
> >  I used the sources at
> >  
> > Qt libraries 4.8.0 for Linux/X11 (228 MB)
> > Qt Creator 2.4.1 for Linux/X11 64-bit (82 MB)
> >  
> > downloaded from
> >  
> > http://qt.nokia.com/downloads
> >  
> >  
> > I tried building the same some weeks ago (another version maybe ? ) and the QT Creator autotools project  *was* available
> 
> You need to build the current unstable development version of Qt Creator (which will become 2.5), you can get the sources e.g. from gitorious here:
> http://qt.gitorious.org/qt-creator/qt-creator/trees/master
> (the link "Download master as .tar.gz), or use git to fetch it.
> 
> What the documentation does not explain (I'll prepare a fix for that), is that the autotools project manager is disabled by default, and you need to first enable it:
> Help > About Plugins (or Qt Creator > About Plugins on Mac), enable Build Systems > AutotoolsProjectManager, and restart Qt Creator.
> 
> Br, Eike
> 
> 
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> 
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> 
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Eike Ziller
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Nokia, Qt Development Frameworks

Nokia gate5 GmbH
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Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, Berlin: HRB 106443 B
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