[gentoo-user] QT4 Development

[gentoo-user] QT4 Development

[Marco]

Hi all

I want to install QT4 for development. Since the QT4 meta ebuild is
masked, I am not sure what split packages are needed.
http://dev.gentoo.org/~yngwin/qt4-split-ebuilds.xml only tells me what
to install for applications depending on QT4.

Thanks for your help!

--
Regards,
 Marco

Re: [gentoo-user] QT4 Development

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

On Donnerstag 24 September 2009, Marco wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I want to install QT4 for development. Since the QT4 meta ebuild is
> masked, I am not sure what split packages are needed.
> http://dev.gentoo.org/~yngwin/qt4-split-ebuilds.xml only tells me what
> to install for applications depending on QT4.
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> 
> --
> Regards,
>  Marco
> 

just install the qt4 set. Meta packages are being phased out.

Or unmask the meta package. /etc/portage/package.unmask.

Re: [gentoo-user] QT4 Development

[Marco]

On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
<volkerarmin@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Donnerstag 24 September 2009, Marco wrote:
[...]
> just install the qt4 set. Meta packages are being phased out.

Not sure if I understand what you mean. I thought sets only exist for
world and system?

> Or unmask the meta package. /etc/portage/package.unmask.

That's what I want to avoid since apparently this meta package gets
removed in the future.

--
Regards,
 Marco

Re: [gentoo-user] QT4 Development

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

On Donnerstag 24 September 2009, Marco wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
> 
> <volkerarmin@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > On Donnerstag 24 September 2009, Marco wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> > just install the qt4 set. Meta packages are being phased out.
> 
> Not sure if I understand what you mean. I thought sets only exist for
> world and system?
> 
> > Or unmask the meta package. /etc/portage/package.unmask.
> 
> That's what I want to avoid since apparently this meta package gets
> removed in the future.
> 
> --
> Regards,
>  Marco
> 

so what? it really does not matter if it is there or not. And no - with 2.2* 
portage there are many more sets than just world and system. You can even 
easily create your own.

Re: [gentoo-user] QT4 Development

[Marco]

On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
<volkerarmin@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Donnerstag 24 September 2009, Marco wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
>>
>> <volkerarmin@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> > On Donnerstag 24 September 2009, Marco wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> > just install the qt4 set. Meta packages are being phased out.
>>
>> Not sure if I understand what you mean. I thought sets only exist for
>> world and system?
>>
>> > Or unmask the meta package. /etc/portage/package.unmask.
>>
>> That's what I want to avoid since apparently this meta package gets
>> removed in the future.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>  Marco
>>
>
> so what? it really does not matter if it is there or not. And no - with 2.2*
> portage there are many more sets than just world and system. You can even
> easily create your own.

Well, I try to avoid installing such packages to not have migration
issues later.

And, yes, portage 2.2* apparently supports many more sets, but portage
2.2* is still masked and I don't know if there is a potental risk to
use it already.

Re: [gentoo-user] QT4 Development

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

On Donnerstag 24 September 2009, Marco wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
> 
> <volkerarmin@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > On Donnerstag 24 September 2009, Marco wrote:
> >> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
> >>
> >> <volkerarmin@googlemail.com> wrote:
> >> > On Donnerstag 24 September 2009, Marco wrote:
> >>
> >> [...]
> >>
> >> > just install the qt4 set. Meta packages are being phased out.
> >>
> >> Not sure if I understand what you mean. I thought sets only exist for
> >> world and system?
> >>
> >> > Or unmask the meta package. /etc/portage/package.unmask.
> >>
> >> That's what I want to avoid since apparently this meta package gets
> >> removed in the future.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards,
> >>  Marco
> >
> > so what? it really does not matter if it is there or not. And no - with
> > 2.2* portage there are many more sets than just world and system. You can
> > even easily create your own.
> 
> Well, I try to avoid installing such packages to not have migration
> issues later.

you won't. The meta package is just a wrapper around splits. If it goes away - 
so what? the splits still remain and are still updated. Only depclean might 
screw you - in that case just install them via set.

> 
> And, yes, portage 2.2* apparently supports many more sets, but portage
> 2.2* is still masked and I don't know if there is a potental risk to
> use it already.
> 

and as long as portage 2.2 is masked, metas will stay around ;)

[gentoo-user] Re: QT4 Development

[Nikos Chantziaras]

On 09/24/2009 01:01 PM, Marco wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I want to install QT4 for development. Since the QT4 meta ebuild is
> masked, I am not sure what split packages are needed.
> http://dev.gentoo.org/~yngwin/qt4-split-ebuilds.xml only tells me what
> to install for applications depending on QT4.

Just start with qt-gui.  It will become obvious later if you need 
something else.  For example if you try to use the sql features of Qt 
and you get "not found" errors about headers from GCC, you then install 
qt-sql.  If you do OpenGL in Qt and get errors again, install qt-opengl, 
etc, etc.