Qt

Qt is a C++ toolkit for platform-independant application development.
Qt provides a platform-independent API to all central platform functionality: GUI, database access, networking, file handling, etc. The Qt library encapsulates the different APIs of different operating systems, providing the application programmer with a single, common API for all operating systems.

Documentation

Trolltech Home Page (producer)
Qt Reference Documentation

Usage
To create your own Qt-Applications, it's helpful to create Makefiles with qmake. Before using qmake, some environment variables have to be set. This can be done using the script qtenv.
Qt has been compiled with g++ for all supported platforms. One some platforms further static Qt libraries are provided for additional compilers (see qtenv -help).

You have to specify one of the following options:
g++-sharedUse g++ with the shared qt library
g++Use g++ with the static qt library
xlCUse the xlC with the static qt library

Example:
  . qtenv g++

A big amount of example applications can be found in the directory /usr/local/qt/examples.

Problems
If you have problems with qt tools and search pathes, delete $HOME/.qt.

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last change 02.03.2011 | Anke Visser | Print