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[http://trolltech.com/products/qt QT] is a GUI software development toolkit used by MythTV as a framework for development.
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[http://qt.nokia.com/products Qt] is a software development toolkit used by MythTV as a framework for development.
  
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Prior to version 0.22, MythTV was built using QT3.  0.22 [http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-dev/2008-March/061196.html will require] QT version 4.3 as a minimum.
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Prior to version 0.22, MythTV was built using Qt3. Since then, various versions of Qt4 are required;
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0.15=Qt3.3
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  0.22=Qt4.4 (or trunk from March 25th, 2008)
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HEAD=Qt4.6 (May 22nd, 2011)
  
 
Most Linux distributions include a package manager, like [[yum]] which can install these libraries, and for those that compile from source, the development libraries.  A typical command might be
 
Most Linux distributions include a package manager, like [[yum]] which can install these libraries, and for those that compile from source, the development libraries.  A typical command might be
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  yum install qt4 qt4-devel
 
  yum install qt4 qt4-devel
  
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Please refer to your OS specific instructions for installing packages or you can get it [http://trolltech.com/developer/downloads/qt/x11 direct from the source]
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Please refer to your OS specific instructions for installing packages or you can get it [http://qt.nokia.com/downloads direct from the source] (look for the "Qt library" tar.gz. Nigel thinks configuring with these flags:
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./configure -fast -no-accessibility -qt-sql-mysql -no-sql-sqlite -no-sql-odbc -no-libtiff -no-libmng -nomake examples -nomake demos -no-nis -no-cups -no-phonon -no-svg
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reduces the compile time and disk space.
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Isaac offers these suggestions on the mythtv-dev mailing list for those updating
 
Isaac offers these suggestions on the mythtv-dev mailing list for those updating
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  - The database updates will take a couple minutes to churn through and convert
 
  - The database updates will take a couple minutes to churn through and convert
 
  the DB over to the new format.
 
  the DB over to the new format.
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Further notes from my experience.  1.  Qt4.4 works - the min is 4.3, rather than requiring exactly 4.3. The lists don't make this clear, many distros now have 4.4.  2.  Some people are getting a problem with a segfault after the scaling screen comes up.  Delete all myth libs and bin files from your /usr or /usr/local, then rebuild, things come good.  3.  OpenGL painter giving problems on many setting screens, use qt instead (may have to update db directly if you can't get to settings pages - table name is settings).
 
  
 
== Temporary note for upgrading to QT4 from QT3 on Ubuntu ==
 
== Temporary note for upgrading to QT4 from QT3 on Ubuntu ==
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NOTE: I will update this as I go thru the process.  This is a placeholder.
 
NOTE: I will update this as I go thru the process.  This is a placeholder.
  
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  apt-get install libqt4-core libqt4-debug libqt4-dev libqt4-gui libqt4-sql qt4-dev-tools qt4-qtconfig qt4-doc  qt4-designer
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  apt-get install libqt4-core libqt4-dbg libqt4-dev libqt4-gui libqt4-sql qt4-dev-tools qt4-qtconfig qt4-doc  qt4-designer
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== Temporary note for upgrading to QT4 from QT3 on Debian (Unstable) ==
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NOTE: This should be enough.
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apt-get install libqt4-core libqt4-dbg libqt4-dev libqt4-gui libqt4-sql qt4-dev-tools qt4-qtconfig qt4-doc qt4-designer
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[[Category:Developer Documentation]]

Revision as of 22:19, 20 October 2011

Qt is a software development toolkit used by MythTV as a framework for development.

Prior to version 0.22, MythTV was built using Qt3. Since then, various versions of Qt4 are required; 

0.15=Qt3.3
0.22=Qt4.4 (or trunk from March 25th, 2008)
HEAD=Qt4.6 (May 22nd, 2011)

Most Linux distributions include a package manager, like yum which can install these libraries, and for those that compile from source, the development libraries. A typical command might be 

yum install qt4 qt4-devel

Please refer to your OS specific instructions for installing packages or you can get it direct from the source (look for the "Qt library" tar.gz. Nigel thinks configuring with these flags: 

./configure -fast -no-accessibility -qt-sql-mysql -no-sql-sqlite -no-sql-odbc -no-libtiff -no-libmng -nomake examples -nomake demos -no-nis -no-cups -no-phonon -no-svg

reduces the compile time and disk space.


Isaac offers these suggestions on the mythtv-dev mailing list for those updating 

A few tips for those updating:

- make sure you have the qt4 mysql library installed.

- do a distclean first, then remove any stray Makefiles that didn't get
removed by the distclean.  It may use the wrong qmake (ie, qt3's qmake)
otherwise.  I just did a 'find . -name "Makefile" -exec rm -f {} \;' from the
top level checkout dirs to fix this.

- The database updates will take a couple minutes to churn through and convert
the DB over to the new format.

Temporary note for upgrading to QT4 from QT3 on Ubuntu

NOTE: I will update this as I go thru the process. This is a placeholder. 

apt-get install libqt4-core libqt4-dbg libqt4-dev libqt4-gui libqt4-sql qt4-dev-tools qt4-qtconfig qt4-doc  qt4-designer

Temporary note for upgrading to QT4 from QT3 on Debian (Unstable)

NOTE: This should be enough. 

apt-get install libqt4-core libqt4-dbg libqt4-dev libqt4-gui libqt4-sql qt4-dev-tools qt4-qtconfig qt4-doc qt4-designer
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