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mars21al
mars21al

Reputation: 21

Qt version in centos7

I am using centos 7. To check the version of qt installed I am using the command qmake --version which returns 

Qmake version: 1.07a (Qt 3.3.8b).
Qmake is free software from Trolltech ASA.

However when I give the command yum install qt, I get the message 

Package 1:qt-4.8.5-13.el7.x86_64 already installed and latest version.
Nothing to do.

I am not sure which version of qt is installed in my system! I need to have a qt version > 4.7.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 12618

Answers (3)

mars21al
mars21al

Reputation: 21

I edited the file .bash_profile as export QTDIR=/usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.8.2 export PATH=$QTDIR/bin:$PATH after removing qt3 and now its working fine.

Upvotes: 0

Kuba hasn't forgotten Monica
Kuba hasn't forgotten Monica

Reputation: 98425

Qt is designed to support multiple parallel installations. I usually have dozens on my systems - multiple versions, targets, configurations.

It's on you to select the version of qmake that represents the Qt installation you're wishing to use. There's a 1:1 mapping between a qmake binary and a Qt installation.

To find all qmake binaries on your system, you can e.g. $ locate qmake | grep bin

The version of qmake present in your PATH is of no consequence, generally speaking, since for any given project you only need to invoke qmake directly once - you do so by giving the full path to the qmake in the install of Qt you're using in the build. Subsequent invocations are done via make qmake_all. I personally find no need for qmake in the PATH at all - it's too easy to run wrong one by mistake.

To recap, for any given project, you'd do:

set CPUS=$(grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo)
mkdir build-projectFoo
cd build-projectFoo
/path/to/Qt/bin/qmake ../projectFoo-src
# no need to call qmake directly from this point onwards
make -j$CPUS
... (modifications to sources, project files, etc.)
make qmake_all && make -j$CPUS

Upvotes: 1

Danyright
Danyright

Reputation: 426

You should check what Qt packages are installed with: # yum list qt*

This will give you the list of Qt packages actually installed on your system (and the ones available for installation). Make sure you don't have any older qt package installed.

@tambre is right, qt-4.8.5-13.el7.x86_64 is Qt 4.8.5.

You can the also use: $ whereis qmake to get the location of the qmake that is accessed via your $PATH (it will most likely be /usr/bin/qmake).

Then, check if the qmake actually installed by your package matches the previous result with: # rpm -ql qt

Are you using CentOS as a workstation (with GUI) or as a server (without GUI) ?

Because if, after the previous steps, you still get the wrong qmake, and you're using QtCreator in a you can manually set a new "Qt Version" in QtCreator linked to the qmake you want (v4.8.5).

To do that, go to QtCreator > Tools > Options...; then Build & Run > Qt Versions tab. Check if the Qt version you're looking for has already been detected automatically. If not, choose "Add" on the left, and navigate to the qmake of the wanted version.

Now check if a Kit exists for the Qt version you added (in the "Kits" tab) and if not, add a new kit linked to the Qt version you want, device type you need, etc.

You can then use this kit to configure existing projects and build then with it. To do so, go in the Projects tab in QtCreator (Ctrl+5) and select the wanted kit for your project.

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Upvotes: 0

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