How to Build TDE Core Modules - Revision history

Blu256: + Category:Building from source code

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Suggested Build Order: explain what is tqscintilla

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Suggested Build Order: Remove mention of Qt3 (deprecated since R14.1.0)

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About QT3: update to About TQt

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Added to "Packagers" category

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replace mentions of QT4 and KDE4 to QT5 and KDE Plasma

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Performing a cmake Build with Ninja

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Performing a cmake Build with Ninja

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Performing a cmake Build with Ninja

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Performing a cmake Build with Ninja

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 [[Category:Developers]]
 [[Category:Packagers]]
+[[Category:Building from source code]]
 This HowTo provides detailed notes and explanations for building the Trinity Desktop Environment base
 packages.

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 #pytdeextensions
 #python-trinity
-#tqscintilla
+#tqscintilla (if you want thr Scintilla editor component)
 The following build order seems to work well for the remaining core packages when building the stable release.

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 Start with the required core packages:
+#tqt3
-#tqt3 (replaces Qt3; Qt3 without the tqtinterface layer remains available)
 #cmake-trinity
 #tqtinterface

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-===About QT3===
+===About TQt===
-Trinity uses the QT3 widget toolkit.  Since Trolltech, the original owners, dropped support for QT3
-several years ago, the Trinity Project has taken over QT3's maintenance.  In other words, we're now
-QT3 upstream, and you should be obtaining your QT3 sources from the Trinity package tarballs or GIT repository.
-The version of QT3 used with Trinity 3.5.13 and later incorporates numerous patches.  If you're trying to
-use an old QT3/KDE3 packaging build setup for your distribution with Trinity's QT3, don't be too surprised
-if some patches don't apply.  Unless the patch is distribution-specific, chances are that it's been added
-to the main source tree.
+Trinity uses the TQt widget toolkit. TQt is a fork of the last version of Qt3, with a significant amount of
+bug-fixes and improvements. Since Trolltech, the original developer of Qt, dropped support for Qt3,
+the Trinity Project has forked it and continued its maintenance and development.
 ===About libart===

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 [[Category:Installation]]
 [[Category:Developers]]
+[[Category:Packagers]]
 This HowTo provides detailed notes and explanations for building the Trinity Desktop Environment base
 packages.

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-===Coexisting with QT4/KDE4===
+===Coexisting with QT5/KDE Plasma===
-Trinity is intended to be able to run on computers that also have KDE4 installed.  Originally, a lot of
+Trinity is intended to be able to run on computers that also have KDE Plasma installed.  Originally, a lot of
 Trinity applications had the same names as their KDE4 counterparts, which was problematic.  All of
 those have been renamed.  In general, this was accomplished by changing the old KDE "K" prefix to a
-"T" ("kwin" -> "twin").  Applications that don't match anything currently part of KDE4 have retained their
+"T" ("kwin" -> "twin").  Applications that don't match anything currently part of KDE Plasma have retained
-old names.
+their old names.
-To avoid stepping on KDE4's toes, we ''strongly'' suggest picking a specific subdirectory prefix to install Trinity
+To avoid stepping on KDE Plasma's toes, we ''strongly'' suggest picking a specific subdirectory prefix to install Trinity
 to--the one used in these directions is $PREFIX=/opt/trinity.

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     -DBUILD_ALL="ON" \
     -DWITH_ALL_OPTIONS="ON" ..
-  cmake --build . -- VERBOSE=1
+  cmake --build . -- -v
 ====Notes====

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  # for lib64:
  # export LIBDIRSUFFIX=64
+ #
  from the Trinity module:
  mkdir -p build && cd build

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     -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS="ON" \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE="ON" \
     -DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH="OFF" \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${PREFIX} \
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     -DMAN_INSTALL_DIR=${MANDIR} \
     -DBUILD_ALL="ON" \
-    -DWITH_ALL_OPTIONS="ON" ../
+    -DWITH_ALL_OPTIONS="ON" ..
-  cmake --build .
+  cmake --build . -- VERBOSE=1
 ====Notes====