[Qt-interest] Issues with Configure - Assistance request for configure

[Albert E. Whale]

Thiago Macieira wrote:
> Albert E. Whale wrote:
>   
>> However, when I issue the command:
>>
>> ./configure help
>>
>> I am greeted with the following:
>>
>> This is the Qt/X11 Open Source Edition.
>>
>> help: unknown argument
>>     
>
> This is because you passed "help" as argument, without the leading dash. 
> See above.
>
> You wanted ./configure -help.
>
>   
Ah ha.  I see.
>> /usr/share/src/qt-x11-opensource-src-4.4.3/config.tests/unix/fvisibility
>> .test: CC: not found
>>
>> However, when I examine the source tar file, the file is there!
>>
>> # /usr/local/bin/tar tvzf qt-x11-opensource-src-4.4.3.tar.gz | grep
>> fvisibility.test
>> -rwxrwxr-x qt/qt           856 2008-09-27 04:58
>> qt-x11-opensource-src-4.4.3/config.tests/unix/fvisibility.test
>>     
>
> It's complaining that CC isn't found. That's not part of the Qt source 
> tarball: you have to install Sun Studio yourself.
>
> Note that you ran configure without -platform solaris-g++, so configure 
> defaulted to solaris-cc. This error was also caused by the missing dash 
> before "help" above.
>
>   
OK, well then this issue is resolved.  I have a follow-up issue on
compiling problems, where I have used the -platform solaris-g++ used in
the configure.

I would really like to complete the compilation of this package so that
I can move forward and use the firewall builder software on this machine.

I sincerely appreciate your assistance.

-- 
Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP
Sr. Security, Network and Systems Consultant
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