Use devel-package to build KDE apps from source?

[Patrick Spendrin]

Am 12.06.2012 16:11, schrieb Andre Heinecke:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tuesday 12 June 2012 15:14:56 Andreas Pakulat wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm wondering wether it should be possible to install the Devel packages
>> from kde-win-installer and use the installed stuff to build KDE apps from
>> source?
> Theroretically yes. Bit its not practical I do not know of anyone who does 
> this and it is neither documented nor really tested. At least you would also 
> need some dev utils like a compiler or cmake, perl etc. and then you would 
> have to manually set up an environment. Make sure you use the right build 
> options so that everything is found etc. etc. 

Don't forget to change the hardcoded paths that do exist in the packages
from the kde installer which do contain the path from build location.
Also it probably gets hard to change the buildtype due to cmake
restrictions and the Microsoft runtimes (if you would use msvc).

>>
>> Or does emerge these days support installing a complete KDE development
>> environment without compiling anything?
> No Emerge is mostly a source distribution with some binary packages added for 
> convineance. But emerge is the way to go if you want to compile a KDE 
> Application from source. It is specifically designed for the task of setting 
> up a development environment with all necessary tools and the dependencies 
> you need. I even would encourage you to use EMERGE_SOURCE_ONLY=True because 
> the binary packages are often a bit outdated.
> 
> Regards,
> Andre
> 
> 


regards,
Patrick