Re: Building C++ program with QT under cygwin

["Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>]

hce wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin)
> <reply-to-list-only-lh...> wrote:
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Again, <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>.  We discourage feeding
spammers around here.

> > hce wrote:
> >  > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin)
> >  > <reply-to-list-only-lh....> wrote:
> >    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >  <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>.  Thanks.
> >
> >  <snip>
> >
> >
> >
> >  >>  If you can live with QT3, just go to kde-cygwin.sourceforge.net and install
> >  >>  the pre-packaged version using 'setup.exe'.
> >  >
> >  > I am using QT 4.3 under linux, so I guess have to download the same
> >  > version QT to the cygwin. I guess you said yes I should install the QT
> >  > 4.3 for Linux package under Cygwin. Please correct me.
> >
> >  If you must have QT 4.3, then you need to pull the source for that over and
> >  try to build it under Cygwin.
>
> I actually tried QT 4.3 linux packaget, but could not build it could
> not find cygwin-g++ in makespec directory. The QT seems only support
> minGW on Windows.

I expect there is some porting effort involved here, though I don't know
how much.

> I then tried to installed QT 3 as you suggested from setup.exe,  it
> got an error "QMAKSPEC" is not defined when calling "gmake -unix -o
> Makefile project.pro" which was the same command I was running on
> linux machine.
>
> Any advice how to use QT 3 under cygwin?

I'm not a QT guru.  I haven't dealt with QT for years and even then it
was only on the periphery.  I guess the first question to ask is whether
your project will build against QT 3 under Linux.


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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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