Mac installation issue with .profile

Hello,
I am pretty new with the mac, so the question might be dumb.. but here it goes.
I have successfully installed qt 4.1.4.
I found the .profile file using the terminal in /Users/<yourUsername>/
and the .profile file now contains:

Code:

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# Your previous .profile  (if any) is saved as .profile.dpsaved
# Setting the path for DarwinPorts.
export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
PATH=/usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.1.4/bin:$PATH
export PATH

---

when I type qmake in the terminal, I am getting:
-bash: qmake: command not found
when I go to the directory /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.1.4/bin and I type qmake there same answer... I must be missing something obvious

Thanks helping me out.

I'm not a Mac user (unfortunately), but did you install precompiled Qt or just its sources?

I downloaded from qtcenter.org front page and did:
./configure
make
sudo make install

What files do you have in /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.1.4/bin?

cd /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.1.4/bin
ls -al
returns:
drwxr-xr-x 16 root wheel 544 Jul 10 00:58 .
drwxr-xr-x 13 root wheel 442 Jul 10 00:58 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Jul 10 00:57 Designer.app
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Jul 10 00:56 Linguist.app
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Jul 10 00:56 assistant.app
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 130976 Jul 10 00:56 lrelease
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 189880 Jul 10 00:56 lupdate
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 723252 Jul 10 00:55 moc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 109396 Jul 10 00:56 qm2ts
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9909656 Jul 10 00:58 qmake
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1144708 Jul 10 00:56 qt3to4
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Jul 10 00:57 qtconfig.app
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Jul 10 00:57 qtdemo.app
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1081604 Jul 10 00:55 rcc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1565712 Jul 10 00:55 uic
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 891296 Jul 10 00:56 uic3

thanks for your help!

Quote:

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Originally Posted by jcr

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9909656 Jul 10 00:58 qmake

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What happens when you run:

Code:

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cd /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.1.4/bin
./qmake -help

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?

qmake -help returns
-bash: qmake: command not found
but
./qmake -help returns
Usage: ./qmake [mode] [options] [files]
QMake has two modes, one mode for generating project files based on
some heuristics, ...

the './' is pretty useful

Now, I have this folder with a finance.pro file and
qmake finance.pro from that folder returns
-bash: qmake: command not found
but
./qmake /ventures/finance/finance.pro from the qt bin folder
works fine (actually it fails but for good reason since I have to make a few changes to the .pro file)

So the problem is probably with the .profile file...
Thanks!

Quote:

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Originally Posted by jcr

So the problem is probably with the .profile file...

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AFAIR .profile is read when bash starts, so you will have to either open another terminal or re-login to see the changes.

I restarted bash Terminal, logget out and no improvement
I rewrote the .profile as
export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.1.4/bin:$P$
I logged out
but no luck yet

Quote:

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Originally Posted by jcr

I rewrote the .profile as
export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.1.4/bin:$P$
I logged out but no luck yet

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What happens when you run:

Code:

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echo $PATH

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and

Code:

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export PATH="/usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.1.4/bin:$PATH"
qmake -help

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?

Jacek
Thanks you very much.

echo $PATH returns
/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.1.4/bin:$
and
qmake -path
works!!!

(by the way, I must have done something wrong because command like ls or nano do not work any more)... It is getting messy.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by jcr

echo $PATH returns
/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.1.4/bin:$

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There shouldn't be "$" at the end. Check your .profile file again.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by jcr

I must have done something wrong because command like ls or nano do not work any more

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You can always use absolute paths, like "/bin/ls".

If you use prefix /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.1.4/bin

Yo dont see the bin QT on Mac finder .....

./configure -prefix /Developer/qt -qt-zlib -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -universal -sdk /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -static && make sub-src

remove -static if you dont have 55GB free!

and xcode & qt is on parent dir to enable Finder.... to see /Developer/

cat .profile

Code:

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#
# Your previous .profile  (if any) is saved as .profile.dpsaved
# Setting the path for DarwinPorts.
export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
PATH=/Developer/qt/bin:$PATH
QTDIR=/Developer/qt
QMAKESPEC=macx-g++
export PATH
export QMAKESPEC
export QTDIR

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/opt/ from http://darwinports.opendarwin.org/ libs mysql ......

I have write a small howto .. install on mac....

http://wiki.qtcentre.org/index.php?t...t4_install_MAC

PS: thanks to People which correct the grammar.

I guess I am going to have to reinstall Qt 4.1.4 on my system. At this point, I have a couple of questions:

1. To uninstall Qt, is it enough to delete the folder Qt-4.1.4? Is a better way to do that? Under Windows there is a utility "uninstall Qt..." but I have not found it on Mac...

2. 55 GB for static, that's a lot. Is the static option essential for a Mac application?

Thanks to patrik08 for the note.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by jcr

I guess I am going to have to reinstall Qt 4.1.4 on my system. At this point, I have a couple of questions:

1. To uninstall Qt, is it enough to delete the folder Qt-4.1.4? Is a better way to do that? Under Windows there is a utility "uninstall Qt..." but I have not found it on Mac...

2. 55 GB for static, that's a lot. Is the static option essential for a Mac application?
.

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2 - no the static method is only to share application to other wo not have QDIR envoirment...
the are other way to put library inside ***app dir http://doc.trolltech.com/4.1/deployment-mac.html


You can check what other libraries your application links to using the otool:
# otool -L plugandpaint.app/Contents/MacOs/plugandpaint

1- yes QT take only one dir
# rm -rf /location/dir is enough ...


IMO: 1- i test next week-end a build -static whitout demo & example universal ppc & intel to become GB of qt4 buildet.... & i update the wiki if i found a smaller way....
2 - I hope one amministrator from this forum Axeljager (mac experience) write other way to install on mac & insert libraries to app /Contents/ ....

I completely reinstalled qt4
I downloaded from qtcenter the mac file, created the folder/Developer/qt, unpacked there the downloaded stuff
in the terminal, I moved to the /developer/qt folder and typed:
./configure -prefix /Developer/qt -qt-zlib -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -universal -sdk /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk
After a while, I am getting the following message:
"
Qt is now configured for building. Just run 'make'.
Once everything is built, Qt is installed.
You should not run 'make install'.
To reconfigure, run 'make confclean' and 'configure'.
"
I ran make and it compiled fine. My ~/.profile is like this:
"
#
# Your previous .profile (if any) is saved as .profile.dpsaved
# Setting the path for DarwinPorts.
export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
PATH=/Developer/qt/bin:$PATH
QTDIR=/Developer/qt
QMAKESPEC=macx-g++
export PATH
export QMAKESPEC
export QTDIR
"
I can compile programs without any issue (Qt's claim that the same code works both under windows and mac is so true!).
The only problem is that I must explicitly type the full path to qmake:
/developer/qt/bin/qmake finance.pro works while qmake finance.pro returns
"
-bash: qmake: command not found
"

If I may add two pieces of advice to mac newbies trying to install qt:
1. To learn the basics of bash unix:
http://osxfaq.com/Tutorials/LearningCenter/index.ws
2. To install boost the best way is to go to darwinports.com and follow the instructions. Easier than through the boost website.

I'm having pathing problems on Mac, as well.

For instance, under my home directory, I have a 'bin' directory. (using tcsh) in my .cshrc file I set the path

Code:

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setenv PATH $PATH:~/bin

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if I "echo $PATH", it looks right. But, if I try to run something in there, it doesn't find it.

Curious. This works under other xNIXes (and Cygwin, for that matter) just fine.

I got around it temporarily by setting a command alias, but I'd like to figure out how to set the path properly.

rickb

Ok, cancel above. Include problems - got it fixed.

However, '~' doesn't seem to be getting expanded in the .cshrc included file, for whatever reason. Maybe I already knew that at one time...

Anyway, $HOME works just fine.

Onward,
rickb