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<sect1 id="qt" xreflabel="Qt-&qt-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
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<title>Qt-&qt-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Qt</application></title>

<para>The <application>Qt</application> package contains a
<application>C++</application> <acronym>GUI</acronym> library. This is useful 
for creating graphical applications or executing graphical applications that
are dynamically linked to the <application>Qt</application> library. One of the
major users of <application>Qt</application> is <application>KDE</application>.
</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&qt-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&qt-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>MD5 Sum: &qt-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &qt-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &qt-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time: &qt-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>Qt</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="x-installing"/></para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Recommended</title>
<para><xref linkend="libjpeg"/> and <xref linkend="libmng"/></para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="nas"/>, <xref linkend="cups"/>, <xref linkend="mysql"/>,
<xref linkend="postgresql"/>, <ulink url="http://sqlite.org/">SQLite</ulink>, 
<ulink url="http://firebird.sourceforge.net/">Firebird</ulink> 
and <ulink url="http://www.unixodbc.org/">unixODBC</ulink></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Qt</application></title>

<para>There are several ways to install a complicated package such as 
<application>Qt</application>. The files are not completely position 
independent. Installation procedures execute the program 
<command>pkg-config</command> to determine the location of package executables, 
libraries, headers, and other files. For <application>Qt</application>, 
<command>pkg-config</command> will look for the file 
<filename>lib/pkgconfig/qt-mt.pc</filename> which must be modified if 
relocating the package. This file is set up correctly by the build process.
</para>

<para>The default installation places the files in 
<filename class='directory'>/usr/local/qt/</filename>. Many commercial 
distributions place the files in the system's 
<filename class='directory'>/usr</filename> hierarchy. The package can also be 
installed in an arbitrary directory.</para>

<para>This section will demonstrate two different methods.</para>

<note><para>The build time for <application>Qt</application> is quite long. If 
you want to save some time and don't want the tutorials and examples, change 
the first make line to:</para>

<para><userinput><command>make sub-tools</command></userinput></para>
</note>

<sect3>
<title>Method 1 - Installing in the 
<filename class='directory'>/usr</filename> hierarchy</title>
 
<para>The advantage of this method is that no updates to the 
<filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> or <filename>/etc/man.conf</filename> 
files are required. The package files are distributed within several 
subdirectories of the <filename class='directory'>/usr</filename> hierarchy. 
This is the method that most commercial distributions use.</para>

<screen><userinput><command>sed -i "s:cp -f:install:" mkspecs/linux-g++/qmake.conf &amp;&amp;
bash
export PATH=$PWD/bin:$PATH &amp;&amp;
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH &amp;&amp;
./configure -prefix /usr -docdir /usr/share/doc/qt \
    -headerdir /usr/include/qt -plugindir /usr/lib/qt/plugins \
    -datadir /usr/share/qt -translationdir /usr/share/qt/translations \
    -sysconfdir /etc/qt -qt-gif -system-zlib -system-libmng \
    -no-exceptions -thread -plugin-imgfmt-png \
    -system-libjpeg -system-libpng &amp;&amp;
find -type f -name Makefile | xargs sed -i "s@-Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib@@g" &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install &amp;&amp;
ln -sf libqt-mt.so /usr/lib/libqt.so &amp;&amp;
rm /usr/bin/qmake &amp;&amp;
install -m755 -oroot -groot qmake/qmake /usr/bin &amp;&amp;
cp -r doc/man /usr/share &amp;&amp;
cp -r examples /usr/share/doc/qt &amp;&amp;
exit</command></userinput></screen>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>Method 2 - Installing in  <filename class='directory'>/opt</filename></title>

<para>This is the method recommended by the <application>Qt</application> 
developers. It has the advantage of keeping all the package files consolidated 
in a dedicated directory hierarchy. By using this method, an update can be made 
without overwriting a previous installation and users can easily revert to a 
previous version by changing one symbolic link.</para>

<para>The <application>Qt</application> developers use a default location of 
<filename class='directory'>/usr/local/qt/</filename>, however this procedure 
puts the files in <filename class='directory'>/opt/qt-&qt-version;/</filename> 
and then creates a symbolic link to <filename>/opt/qt/</filename>.</para>

<screen><userinput><command>bash
export QTDIR=$PWD &amp;&amp;
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH &amp;&amp;
export PATH=$PWD/bin:$PATH &amp;&amp;
./configure -prefix /opt/qt-&qt-version; -qt-gif -system-libpng \
    -system-libmng -system-zlib -system-libjpeg -no-exceptions \
    -thread -plugin-imgfmt-png &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install &amp;&amp;
ln -sfn qt-&qt-version; /opt/qt &amp;&amp;
ln -s libqt-mt.so /opt/qt/lib/libqt.so &amp;&amp;
rm /opt/qt-&qt-version;/bin/qmake &amp;&amp;
install -m755 -oroot -groot qmake/qmake /opt/qt-&qt-version;/bin &amp;&amp;
cp -r doc/man /opt/qt/doc &amp;&amp;
cp -r examples /opt/qt/doc
exit</command></userinput></screen>

<note><para>If you pass the 
<option>-plugin-sql-<replaceable>[driver]</replaceable></option> switch to the 
<command>configure</command> command, you must also pass 
<option>-I<replaceable>[/path/to/sql/headers]</replaceable></option> so 
<command>make</command> can find the appropriate header files.</para></note>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><command>sed -i "s:cp -f:install:" mkspecs/linux-g++/qmake.conf</command>:
<command>install</command> is safer than <command>cp</command> when
libraries are in use.</para>

<para><command>bash</command>: This command enters a sub-shell to isolate 
environment changes.</para>

<para><command>export QTDIR=$PWD</command>: This command defines where the root 
of the <application>Qt</application> directory is located.</para>

<para><command>export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH</command>: This 
command allows the not yet installed <application>Qt</application> libraries to 
be used by the not yet installed <application>Qt</application> programs.</para>

<para><command>export PATH=$PWD/bin:$PATH</command>: This command 
allows the build process to find supporting executables.</para>

<para><parameter>-qt-gif</parameter>: This switch adds support for 
<filename>gif</filename> files to the libraries.</para>

<para><parameter>-system-zlib -system-libpng</parameter>: This switch
forces the build instructions to use the shared libraries that are on your 
system instead of creating a custom set of support libraries for these
functions.</para>

<para><parameter>-plugin-imgfmt-png</parameter>: This switch enables 
<application>libpng</application> to be linked to at runtime.</para>

<para><parameter>-no-exceptions</parameter>: This switch disables
the exceptions coding generated by the <application>C++</application> compiler.
</para>

<para><parameter>-thread</parameter>: This switch adds
support for multi-threading.</para>

<para><command>find -type f -name Makefile | xargs sed -i
"s@-Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib@@g"</command>: This command removes hardcoded run-time
paths. Otherwise, <command>uic</command> always tries to run with 
<application>Qt</application> libraries in <filename>/usr/lib</filename>.</para>

<para><command>ln -s libqt-mt.so /usr/lib/libqt.so</command>: This command 
allows <command>configure</command> scripts to find a working 
<application>Qt</application> installation.</para>

<para><command>rm .../qmake; install -m755 -oroot -groot qmake/qmake .../bin</command>: 
The <command>qmake</command> program is installed incorrectly by 
<command>make install</command>. These two commands install the program
correctly.</para>

<para><command>cp -r doc/man /usr/share (or /opt/qt/doc)</command>: This command
installs the man pages which are missed by <command>make install</command>.
</para>

<para><command>cp -r examples /usr/share/doc/qt (or /opt/qt/doc)</command>: 
This command installs the examples which are missed by 
<command>make install</command>.</para>

<para><command>exit</command>: This command returns to the parent shell
and eliminates environment variables set earlier.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>Qt</application></title>

<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
<para>If you installed <application>Qt</application> using Method 2, you need
to update some configuration files so that <application>Qt</application> is
correctly found by other packages and system processes.</para>

<para>Update the <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> and
<filename>/etc/man.conf</filename> files:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/ld.so.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"
# Begin qt addition to /etc/ld.so.conf

/opt/qt/lib

# End qt addition
EOF
ldconfig

cat &gt;&gt; /etc/man.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"
# Begin qt addition to man.conf

MANPATH /opt/qt/doc/man

# End qt addition to man.conf
EOF</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Update the <envar>PKG_CONFIG_PATH</envar> environment variable in your
<filename>~/.bash_profile</filename> or <filename>/etc/profile</filename> with
the following:</para>

<screen><userinput>PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:/opt/qt/lib/pkgconfig</userinput></screen>

<para>The <envar>QTDIR</envar> environment variable needs to be set when
building packages that depend on <application>Qt</application>. Add the
following to the <filename>.bash_profile</filename> initialization script for
each user that builds packages using the <application>Qt</application>
libraries. Alternatively, the variable can be set in the system wide
<filename>/etc/profile</filename> file.</para>

<screen><userinput>export QTDIR=/opt/qt</userinput></screen>

<para>If you want the <application>Qt</application> executables in your shell
search path, update the <envar>PATH</envar> environment variable in your
<filename>~/.bash_profile</filename> or <filename>/etc/profile</filename> to
include <filename class='directory'>/opt/qt/bin</filename>.</para>

<para>As with most libraries, there is no explicit configuration to do. After
updating <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> as explained above, run
<command>/sbin/ldconfig</command> so that <command>ldd</command> can find the
shared libraries.</para>

</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>Qt</application>/<application>X11</application>
library contains <acronym>API</acronym>s necessary to use
programs based on the <application>Qt</application> <acronym>GUI</acronym> 
toolkit.</para>

<para>The <application>Qt</application> package contains 
<command>assistant</command>,
<command>designer</command>,
<command>linguist</command>,
<command>lrelease</command>,
<command>lupdate</command>,
<command>moc</command>,
<command>qm2ts</command>,
<command>qmake</command>,
<command>qtconfig</command>,
<command>uic</command>, and the
<filename class="libraryfile">libqt-mt</filename> and 
<filename class="libraryfile">libqui</filename> libraries.</para>

</sect2>
</sect1>