Re: New QT6 components

[Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 9 Mar 2024 at 23:57, Benoît Minisini <
benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Le 10/03/2024 à 00:50, Bruce Steers a écrit :
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 9 Mar 2024 at 23:34, Benoît Minisini
> > <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > <mailto:benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi,
> >
> >     New Qt6 components are now available in the "master" branch.
> >
> >     Only the "ubuntu-lunar" build of the GitLab pipeline tries to compile
> >     qt6. I will update the other systems as soon as I find then name of
> the
> >     needed Qt6 packages.
> >
> >     At the same time, a new problem arises with clang that could not
> >     compile
> >     Gambas anymore. It breaks the "archlinux-clang" build, and so the
> >     pipeline will be in failed state until I understand how I must
> rewrite
> >     the C code so that clang accepts it.
> >
> >     Regards,
> >
> >     --
> >     Benoît Minisini.
> >
> >
> > I was looking into it.
> >
> > It seems previous qt6 versions (and the one my mint21 (ubuntu jammy)
> > installs) do not create the .pc package files. the newer versions do.
> >
> > So it might not be possible if using pkg config method.
> >
> > I downloaded latest qtcore git and compiled/installed.
> > i had to use...
> > PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/Qt-6.8.0/lib/pkgconfig ./reconf
> > PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/Qt-6.8.0/lib/pkgconfig ./configure -C
> >
> >
> > it almost worked, it failed with only qt6 svg
> > I've not worked out how to get latest qt6 svg installed yet
> >
> > Respects
> > BruceS
> >
>
> The QT6 components are for system using KDE6. At the moment, I don't see
> that they bring anything useful to Gambas in regards to Qt5 (except an
> obvious bug when you launch the IDE).
>
> So you don't really need it unless you use KDE6.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Benoît Minisini.
>

Aah i see.

Well i'm on a roll now, i made an account at qt.io and am using the online
installer to get the latest version installed.  only a 900mb download :-\
lol :)

Point noted though good sir, thanks for the advice will keep it in mind.

BruceS