[Qt-creator] Qt Creator 2.8 on Linux - g++ version

[Ziller Eike]

On 02.07.2013, at 11:22, Peter Pearson <peter at thefoundry.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi,

Hi,

> While trying the beta of 2.8 on Linux 64, I notice it now needs a 
> libstdc++ for g++ 4.6 or greater.
> 
> This is slightly annoying, as for platforms like RHEL / CentOS 6.4, they 
> come with g++ 4.4, so it's not possible to run Qt Creator 2.8 without 
> building a new g++ from source using either setting the LD_LIBRARY_PATH 
> to the newer libstdc++ location, or symb-linking it.
> 
> Was this decision by design?

Qt Creator 2.7 packages were built on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
Qt Creator 2.8 packages are built on Ubuntu 11.10, which puts it in line with the Qt 5 packages.
(And also support for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS has ended in May this year.)

> Does Qt Creator need to be built with g++ 
> 4.6 or above for say newer C++ features?

No. You should have no problems building Qt Creator yourself.

Br, Eike

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