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== Download ==

Download [http://www.trolltech.com/downloads/opensource/appdev/linux-x11-cpp Qt sources]

== Build steps ==

Untar the archive:

  tar xvfz qt-x11-opensource-src-4.4.3.tar.gz

Configure Qt:

  cd qt-x11-opensource-src-4.4.3
  ./configure -prefix /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.4.3

Accept the license offer GPLv2 or v3. Running the configuration script takes at least a few minutes. Compile Qt:

  make

Log in as 'root' to get permissions to write to /usr/local/Trolltech:

  su

Once logged in as 'root':

  make install
  exit

Alternatively, you can use sudo:

  sudo make install

Or, if you cannot log in as 'root', change the '-prefix' option to a path where you have write permissions.

== Missing packages ==

You may encounter several errors if some required packages are not installed, especially development extension not present in default setups. Here follows lists of packages to install for Ubuntu and Fedora. ''Edit this document if you have experience with other distributions.''

=== Ubuntu ===

''TODO''

=== Fedora ===

Under Fedora Core 7, the following packages were installed before Qt:

  glibc-headers
  kernel-headers
  glibc-headers
  glibc-devel
  gcc
  libstdc++-devel
  gcc-c++
  glib2
  glib
  libXau-devel
  libXdmcp-devel
  xorg-x11-proto-devel
  mesa-libGL-devel
  libX11-devel
  libXext-devel
  libXext
  freetype-devel
  fontconfig-devel
  libXcursor-devel
  libXrender
  libXrender-devel
  zlib-devel

To summarize: g++ and headers for X11 libraries. libXext and libXrender did not exist in this default installation of Fedora Core 7.