Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of BuildingQtOnLinux

Timestamp:

Jun 4, 2007 3:43:09 AM (17 years ago)

Author:

bero@arklinux.org

Comment:

Add Ark Linux build instructions where they differ from *ubuntu's (different dependency package names, different QTDIR)

BuildingQtOnLinux

@@ -9 +9 @@
 The code should be easily built on any Linux distribution which has development packages for Qt installed. 
 
-The Qt port requires Qt version 4, and 4.2 is recommended. To install required dependencies on Ubuntu edgy, do
+The Qt port requires Qt version 4, and 4.2 is recommended. 
+
+=== Installing dependencies on Ubuntu Edgy ===
+To install required dependencies on Ubuntu edgy, do
 
 {{{
@@ -22 +25 @@
 }}}
 
+=== Installing dependencies on Ark Linux ===
+On Ark Linux, install the required dependencies using
+{{{
+apt-get install devel-core qt4-devel gperf libxslt-devel bison sqlite-devel
+}}}
+
+Alternatively, install the needed packages (see list above) through Mission Control -> Install Software.
+
+== Build WebKit ==
 You'll then need to [http://webkit.org/building/checkout.html check out the source code from Subversion]. The Qt port is part of the WebKit source tree, so you don't need anything extra.
 
-Finally, build WebKit and the Qt test browser with
+Finally, set the QTDIR environment variable to Qt 4.x's installation path (`/usr/lib/qt4` on Ark Linux, `/usr/share/qt4` on *Ubuntu), and build WebKit and the Qt test browser with
 
 {{{
-QTDIR=/usr/share/qt4/ WebKit/WebKitTools/Scripts/build-webkit
+WebKit/WebKitTools/Scripts/build-webkit
 }}}