QT4 minimum requirements Debian GNU/Linux Sarge

[dimitri]

I followed the instructions in the "INSTALL" file that came with the sources. I didn't use any options like -prefix.

OK, but where do you build Qt?

I can see some files are present in both my /home and /usr/local/ directories.Any suggestions on how to minimize hard disk space for installation?

I don't know, what's in /home? Which files are present in both directories?

[Everall]

I decompressed the tar.gz file in /home/me/QT4/qt-x11-opensource-src-4.1.1-snapshot-20060215.
This is where I used ./configure and make.

In /usr/local/Trolltech I get the same map qt-x11-opensource-src-4.1.1-snapshot-20060215

in /home 1.3 GB is used
in /etc/local/Trolltech : 616 MB

the file structure in both is almost identical.
For instance I can start designer from both paths.
The demo's and examples can be found twice too.
In /home i can find the makefiles, but not in /etc/local

I guess it would be better to untar and install in /etc/local/trolltech directly if disk space is an issue. (In my case this is not a problem)

Cheers

[wysota]

You can delete the whole tree from your Home directory. It's just for compilation purposes there. Or if you don't want to delete it, call "make distclean" in the directory where the top level Makefile resides. It should decrease its volume "a little".

[Everall]

Thanks Wysota, Dimitri.

That's a good tip to clean up your hard disk afterwards. I will rather stick with the temporary files, to experiment with.

Just for completeness another question :
If we untar and compile in /etc/local/Trolltech/qt-x11-opensource-src-4.1.1-snapshot-20060215t directly,
will all those duplicate files be avoided? (this could be interesting, because one would need less disk space during compilation)

Cheers

[wysota]

They'll be avoided but you won't be able to 'make install' and clean all unneeded files, so it's not worth it. If one lacks HD space, one just takes a binary distribution of Qt.

[Everall]

Thanks Wysota,

I was going to test it when I install another snapshot later on.

You saved me a lot of time.

Cheers