QtCreator RC not in community

xephinx · 2011-01-01 19:00:20

Hey guys,

I just wanted to ask why the QtCreator 2.1 RC isn't in the Community repo.
I'm just scared to destroy something if I download the .bin file from Qt's website: http://qt.nokia.com/developer/qt-qtcrea … e#download - Is there something to be scared or could I install it carefree?

just a question from a newbie

thanks and happy new years

graysky · 2011-01-01 19:08:12

Never install anything carefree as you put it. One of the Arch's crown jewels is its package management: pacman, ABS, and the AUR.

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=44250 <-- here is the PKGBUILD for the software you want.

Read some wiki pages: pacman, PKGBUILD, ABS, AUR.

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xephinx · 2011-01-01 20:11:12

hey

I saw the entry in the AUR, but it downloads also the qt 4.7.1 package which I already have (and its also in the community repo).
there are many rc-packages in the repos, why isn't qtcreator-rc in?

karol · 2011-01-01 20:18:26

xephinx wrote:

I saw the entry in the AUR, but it downloads also the qt 4.7.1 package which I already have (and its also in the community repo)

It shouldn't download any packages you already have.

xephinx wrote:

there are many rc-packages in the repos, why isn't qtcreator-rc in?

Can you name a few?

Maybe the maintainer thought it's a good idea to wait a bit.

xephinx · 2011-01-01 20:23:47

karol wrote:

xephinx wrote:
I saw the entry in the AUR, but it downloads also the qt 4.7.1 package which I already have (and its also in the community repo)
It shouldn't download any packages you already have.

but it does
oh hell it also wants to compile the whole qt 4.7.1 package...

karol wrote:

xephinx wrote:
there are many rc-packages in the repos, why isn't qtcreator-rc in?
Can you name a few?

sudo pacman -Sl | grep rc

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karol · 2011-01-01 20:28:15

xephinx wrote:

sudo pacman -Sl | grep rc

Think again. Hint: arch.

Look, I wouldn't ask if I could find them myself, but I'm obviously missing sth: http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?sort … =&limit=50
Neither of them is an -rc package.

Last edited by karol (2011-01-01 20:30:09)

wonder · 2011-01-01 20:31:14

in archlinux repositories you will find only latest stable versions.

It happens sometimes to package git/svn/rc version just because upstream said so or if the stable so broken and can be fixed easily by backporting some fix

karol · 2011-01-01 20:36:13

Maybe the qt source is needed to enable qml designer - you need to add QT_PRIVATE_HEADERS=/path/to/your/qt/source/include to the qmake command.

xephinx · 2011-01-01 20:41:15

karol wrote:

xephinx wrote:
sudo pacman -Sl | grep rc
Think again. Hint: arch.

community sshguard 1.5rc4-1
community pychess 0.10rc1-2
community ekg2 0.3.0rc4-2
extra speex 1.2rc1-1
extra ftgl 2.1.3rc5-1
extra ftjam 2.5.3rc2-2
extra filelight 1.9rc3-1
extra aalib 1.4rc5-7
core dmraid 1.0.0.rc16+CVS-2

or does rc mean something different?

@wonder: thanks. but qtcreator-rc is stable. do you recommend a download from the qt-website?

Last edited by xephinx (2011-01-01 20:41:44)

wonder · 2011-01-01 20:44:24

@xephinx i recommend to use abs to get the package build and modify the PKGBUILD to accommodate your needs and create a new arch package

karol · 2011-01-01 20:47:20

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24396 also downloads the .bin from Nokia so I guess it's not dangerous, but I'm not a Qt expert.

I didn't mean to annoy you, but weeding through hundreds of packages is not fun:

pacman -Sl | grep [0-9]rc

is indeed much better.

Last edited by karol (2011-01-01 20:51:07)

Yannick_LM · 2011-01-02 15:30:14

>> Is there something to be scared or could I install it carefree?

No.

"Install" it somewhere in you $HOME (not in root), you're sure to not break anything

qtcreator installer comes with qt already packaged, so you can use qtcreator with qt from
the installer, or from the system.

I use qtcreator rc on an old ubuntu at work, it works like a charm.

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