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From: barcaroller on 20 Feb 2010 11:13 Has anyone here tried to install KDE (with Qt) on Snow Leopard? I'm not interested in using KDE as my desktop (I prefer Aqua); I just need to run some KDE/Qt-based applications on Snow Leopard. Some of the aforementioned applications work only under KDE3/Qt3, while others need KDE4/Qt4. Under Linux, this was easily done; all I had to do was install the development and run-time environments of both KDE3/Qt3 and KDE4/Qt4 (they install in different directories). I could then compile/build/run any KDE/Qt-based application, even under the GNOME desktop. Would this work on a Mac (without causing problems for other components of Snow Leopard)?
From: Jolly Roger on 20 Feb 2010 12:49 In article <hlp1q5$b9a$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, "barcaroller" <barcaroller(a)music.net> wrote: > Has anyone here tried to install KDE (with Qt) on Snow Leopard? > > I'm not interested in using KDE as my desktop (I prefer Aqua); I just need > to run some KDE/Qt-based applications on Snow Leopard. > > Some of the aforementioned applications work only under KDE3/Qt3, while > others need KDE4/Qt4. Under Linux, this was easily done; all I had to do > was install the development and run-time environments of both KDE3/Qt3 and > KDE4/Qt4 (they install in different directories). I could then > compile/build/run any KDE/Qt-based application, even under the GNOME > desktop. > > Would this work on a Mac (without causing problems for other components of > Snow Leopard)? I haven't done it myself, but it certainly seems possible: <http://mac.kde.org/> -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Jeffrey Goldberg on 20 Feb 2010 14:33 On 2010-02-20 10:13 AM, barcaroller wrote: > Has anyone here tried to install KDE (with Qt) on Snow Leopard? > > I'm not interested in using KDE as my desktop (I prefer Aqua); I just need > to run some KDE/Qt-based applications on Snow Leopard. You may wish to look at either MacPorts http://www.macports.org/ or The Fink Project http://www.finkproject.org/ This are both package managers and sets of ports of Unix software for OS X. MacPorts packaging is similar to the ports system on FreeBSD, while Fink is similar to the apt-get package management system from Debian. OS X comes with a working X11 server. (Before Leopard I think you had to specifically elect to install Apple's X11, but in Snow Leopard, I believe it is installed by default.) > Would this work on a Mac (without causing problems for other components of > Snow Leopard)? It certainly should. For some things you might find that you need a "developer" version of X11 for OS X. http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki -j -- Jeffrey Goldberg http://goldmark.org/jeff/ I rarely read HTML or poorly quoting posts Reply-To address is valid
From: Paul Floyd on 20 Feb 2010 14:55 On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:13:48 -0500, barcaroller <barcaroller(a)music.net> wrote: > Has anyone here tried to install KDE (with Qt) on Snow Leopard? Qt 3 will not build on current Mac OS X, and probably needs 10.4 or possibly earlier. Porting would be not a simple matter. So if you need it, you'll have to build it for an old version. For Qt 4, you can just download and install the dmg file from Nokia. Can't comment on the kde apps. As already said, try one of the ports systems. A bientot Paul -- Paul Floyd http://paulf.free.fr
From: Jeffrey Goldberg on 20 Feb 2010 21:42
On 2010-02-20 1:55 PM, Paul Floyd wrote: > Qt 3 will not build on current Mac OS X, and probably needs 10.4 or > possibly earlier. Porting would be not a simple matter. So if you need > it, you'll have to build it for an old version. Are you talking about an Aqua Qt or Qt for Apple's X11? I presume that the original poster is thinking of running on X11 which may be easier to get running. Cheers, -j -- Jeffrey Goldberg http://goldmark.org/jeff/ I rarely read HTML or poorly quoting posts Reply-To address is valid |