Qtopia2.2 on redhat

[Yayati6260]

Hi guys,

I am using Redhat enterprise edition. But the questionis about makefile.
I wanted to confirm whether we have to write our own makefiles if we are using old versions of Qt. Currently i am using Qtopia 2.2.0 which comes with the friendlyARM mini2440 device. It is quite old one and has no SDK. I wrote the header file, project file, implementation file and main file in text editor. But when i say

qmake -o Makefile myproject.pro

the it gives an error. So i wanted to ask whether we have to write the makefile, coz in versions after Qt3.3 which comes with redhat enterprise edition 5.3, as per my knowledge, i didn't ever write makefile....

Please guide!!

[wildpossum]

I too use friendlyarm mini2440's and like you, I am interested in using Qtopia (hopefully the latest release) to have QT4 or later running under the mini2440's PCBs.

On your question on make files: Normally you use the build associated with your target CPU. As there where no builds for ARM's last time I looked, when you will have to compile the Qt sources for the particular target platform (CPU type) you want Qt to run on. Built source generates the necessary makfiles in composing that favour of the Qt release for you automagically.

If your trying to build your own, and your not relatively knowledgeable about how to do so, then you will probaby end like I have at a loss.

It is always better to get the latest Qt source that applicable to ARM cpus, and do a complete source build. Be aware that dependant on your build machine speed, memory etc. it can take many many hours. In my case on a middle of the road laptop it took 10 hours, that is right 10 (ten), but your mileage may vary.

On Qt for the mini2440, I have seen on several related sites (originally from the friendlyarm.com forum site, that there have been people who have done Qt for the mini2440 successfully. I suggest you follow up those write-ups/authors to get you started - I also will do so, in the next week or so.


Hope this assists you.
Cheers.