Re: Debs for latest Qt version
S. C. Linnenbringer wrote:
Is there an apt source which has the latest debs for Qt (3.0.5) and generally
keeps up to date? Do debs for Qt 3.0.5 exist, or should I compile it from
source? Will compiling from source cause problems with my Debian package
management system?
Do what I just did if you're using woody (as I presume you are, it's
already in unstable) - pull the QT 3.0.5 source from unstable, and
compile it on your woody system. It works perfectly for me so far as I
can tell. I also removed the mysql/pgsql/odbc crap too as I'm unlikely
to ever use it. (just remove those sections from the debian/control and
debian/rules files).
Get the three source packages off http://packages.debian.org and unpack
with the command:
dpkg-source -x foo.dsc
Make any changes necessary to debian/control or debian/rules, and as
regular user run:
dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -rfakeroot
Have a cup of tea, and hey presto, you have woody qt packages. I just
mentioned in my package descriptions what I'd done, to differentiate it
from the stock debian packages. Likewise, I've been busy compiling i686
optimized kde3 packages in the same manor, it's really dead easy :) No
more packageless files scattered everywhere. Oh, before compiling kde I
built vorbis/lame packages in the same manor. iirc the vorbis ones come
already debian0rized off vorbis.com
--
dan.
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