A problem with executing Qt 4.5.0

[Dante]

Hi people
for my first post here,I configured and made(with make command) Qt 4.5.0 on fedora core 4.but i don't know how to execute it.there is no icon or sth in desktop or in menus.
could you help?
thanks

[Boron]

Apart from the "executables" in the bin directorie (e.g. designer or assistant) and the executables of the examples and demos, can Qt not be "executed".
You can use the Qt library for building own applications (with or without GUI).

[Dante]

Hey let me remind that it's not Qt's librarys its the whole Qt
and if there is no difference,please tell how to use the librarys!
thanks again

[Boron]

I suggest you start the Qt Assistant and go through the Qt tutorials in the Qt Reference Documentation.
That is a very good point to start.

Quoting from the Qt Software web page:
"Qt is a cross-platform application and UI framework. Using Qt, you can write applications once and deploy them across many desktop and embedded operating systems without rewriting the source code."

So Qt is not a program like OpenOffice. It is a compilation of libraries, documentation and supporting tools for application development.

[Dante]

So please tell me how to access those documentations.
thanks

[lyuts]

Let's assume you have QTDIR environment variable that holds Qt's directory. (By the way what arguments did you use to configure Qt?)

Then run $QTDIR/bin/assistant.

[Dante]

there was no such directory QTDIR.

[lyuts]

What is the location of your Qt installation?

[Dante]

I just entered configure and make commands.nothing more.
I think it must be in its default place.
where is that?

[lyuts]

Looks like /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.5.0. Ok, there are two ways:
1. run /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.5.0/bin/assistant
or
2. add /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.5.0/bin to your PATH environment variable
add /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.5.0/lib to your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable
run assistant

Honestly, I would choose the 2nd way.

[Dante]

there were no Trolltech directory,too.