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= Prerequisites: Build Qt statically =


== Qt 4.7.4 ==

=== Linux ===

=== Mac ===
* Download the source
 cd Dashboards/Support
 curl -O http://get.qt.nokia.com/qt/source/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.4.tar.gz
 tar -xzvf qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.4.tar.gz

* Configure
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./configure -prefix /Users/kitware/Dashboards/Support/qt-everywhere-opensource-static-build-4.7.4/ -confirm-license -arch x86_64 -static -release -opensource -no-largefile -no-exceptions -no-egl -no-accessibility -no-sql-db2 -no-sql-ibase -no-sql-mysql -no-sql-oci -no-sql-odbc -no-sql-psql -no-sql-sqlite -no-sql-sqlite2 -no-sql-sqlite_symbian -no-sql-tds -no-qt3support -no-xmlpatterns -no-multimedia -no-audio-backend -no-phonon -no-phonon-backend -no-svg -no-webkit -no-javascript-jit -no-script -no-scripttools -no-declarative -no-gif -no-libtiff -no-libmng -no-openssl -no-nis -no-cups -no-dbus -no-opengl -nomake demos -sdk /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk/
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* Build and install
 make sub-src -j3 && make install

* Remarks
** 10.6.8: <code>-no-stl</code> flag shouldn't be used. See http://qt-project.org/forums/viewthread/9716/#55456

=== Windows ===

== Qt 4.7.0 ==

=== Linux ===
* Download the latest source
 cd Dashboards/Support
 wget http://get.qt.nokia.com/qt/source/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.0.tar.gz
 tar -xzvf qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.0.tar.gz

* Configure
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./configure -prefix /home/jchris/Dashboards/Support/qt-static-release-4.7.0 -confirm-license -static -release -opensource -no-largefile -no-stl -no-exceptions -no-accessibility -no-sql-db2 -no-sql-ibase -no-sql-mysql -no-sql-oci -no-sql-odbc -no-sql-psql -no-sql-sqlite -no-sql-sqlite2 -no-sql-sqlite_symbian -no-sql-tds -no-qt3support -no-xmlpatterns -no-multimedia -no-audio-backend -no-phonon -no-phonon-backend -no-svg -no-webkit -no-javascript-jit -no-script -no-scripttools -no-declarative -no-gif -no-libtiff -no-libmng -no-openssl -no-nis -no-cups -no-dbus -no-opengl -no-openvg -nomake tools -nomake demos -no-gtkstyle
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* Build and install
 make sub-src && make install

=== Mac ===

* Download the latest source
 cd Dashboards/Support
 wget http://get.qt.nokia.com/qt/source/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.0.tar.gz
 tar -xzvf qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.0.tar.gz

* Configure
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./configure -prefix /Users/jjomier/Workspace/qt-static-release-4.7.0 -confirm-license -cocoa -universal -static -release -opensource -no-largefile -no-stl -no-exceptions -no-egl -no-accessibility -no-sql-db2 -no-sql-ibase -no-sql-mysql -no-sql-oci -no-sql-odbc -no-sql-psql -no-sql-sqlite -no-sql-sqlite2 -no-sql-sqlite_symbian -no-sql-tds -no-qt3support -no-xmlpatterns -no-multimedia -no-audio-backend -no-phonon -no-phonon-backend -no-svg -no-webkit -no-javascript-jit -no-script -no-scripttools -no-declarative -no-gif -no-libtiff -no-libmng -no-openssl -no-nis -no-cups -no-dbus -no-opengl -no-openvg-nomake tools -nomake demos
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* Build and install
 make && make install

=== Windows ===
* Download the latest source: http://get.qt.nokia.com/qt/source/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.0.zip
* Extract archive into C:\Dashboards\Support\qt-static-release-4.7.0
** Note: ''On windows, the library is built in the source tree. To avoid confusion, let's make sure the source directory is properly named''
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 cd C:\Dashboards\Support\qt-static-release-4.7.0
 configure.exe -confirm-license -static -release -opensource -arch windows -no-stl -no-exceptions -no-accessibility -no-sql-db2 -no-sql-ibase -no-sql-mysql -no-sql-oci -no-sql-odbc -no-sql-psql -no-sql-sqlite -no-sql-sqlite2 -no-sql-ibase -no-sql-tds -no-qt3support -no-xmlpatterns -no-multimedia -no-audio-backend -no-phonon -no-phonon-backend -no-webkit -no-script -no-scripttools -no-declarative -no-gif -no-libtiff -no-libmng -no-openssl -no-dbus -no-opengl -no-openvg -nomake tools -nomake demos
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* Build
<pre>
 nmake
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= Build the launcher =

== Linux ==
 cd ~/Projects
 git clone git://github.com/commontk/AppLauncher.git
 mkdir AppLauncher-Release
 cd AppLauncher-Release
 cmake -DQT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=/home/jchris/Dashboards/Support/qt-static-release-4.7.0/bin/qmake -DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL=ON -DBUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release ../AppLauncher

== Mac ==
 cd ~/Projects
 git clone git://github.com/commontk/AppLauncher.git
 mkdir AppLauncher-Release
 cd AppLauncher-Release
 cmake -DQT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=/home/jchris/Dashboards/Support/qt-static-release-4.7.0/bin/qmake -DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL=ON -DBUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release -DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES:STRING="i386"../AppLauncher

* Note that an extra cmake variable has been specified: '''-DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES:STRING="i386"'''

== Windows ==

= Package the launcher =
== Linux ==
== Mac ==
== Windows ==
Don't build the package via Visual Studio, but from the command line
 "c:\Program Files\CMake 2.8\bin\cpack.exe" -G TGZ