On Apr 3, 2013, at 4:24 AM, Phil Thompson wrote: >> Again, at least for OS X, still a problem. The "standard" binary Qt >> install has no root, QTDIR is not defined as far as I can see, and parts >> are scattered around the system. "qmake -query QTDIR" returns > **Unknown**. >> In PyQt I get '/' for qt_dir in pyqtconfig.py. > > You are still missing the point that QTDIR is just how configure.py refers > to the Qt root directory in its help text (before it's able to report the > actual value that will be used). > >> As installed, frameworks are in /Library/Frameworks. Plugins, > development >> apps, language files, ... are in /Developer/Applications/Qt. Command > line >> tools are in /usr/bin. dev libraries & headers (clucene & uitools) in >> /usr/lib & /usr/include. mkspecs are in /usr/local/Qt4.8. > > That is that particular binary installer. A standard installation will put > everything under a single directory. Creators of binary installers are free > to put things anywhere they want. configure.py should have enough flags to > allow the locations of the different components to be specified explicitly. > Well, it IS the "official" binary distribution. I haven't had the need to compile Qt from source on OS X, so I don't know if that's the way it normally compiles for OS X.
>> qmake -query QT_INSTALL_DATA >> >> returns /usr/local/Qt4.8, same place as the mkspecs. >> >> No real root other than the root of the HD, so QTDIR/qsci misses >> /usr/local/Qt4.8/qsci completely. > > I think using QT_INSTALL_DATA/qsci in the help message rather than > QTDIR/qsci would avoid your confusion. > If the Qt data dir is what it uses, then this will certainly help the average user. I'm reading "QTDIR" as something specific when I see it, and something not the same as other software uses, so I didn't even think to try letting it do its thing which might have been correct. ----- William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com> http://www.kyngchaos.com/ "Oh, look, I seem to have fallen down a deep, dark hole. Now what does that remind me of? Ah, yes - life." - Marvin _______________________________________________ PyQt mailing list PyQt@riverbankcomputing.com http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/mailman/listinfo/pyqt
