              
Platform and Compiler Notes - X11This page contains information about the X11 platforms Qt is currently known to run on, with links to platform-specific notes. More information about the combinations of platforms and compilers supported by Qt can be found on the Supported Platforms page. AIX - 5.2Qt has been tested on AIX 5.2, using the xlC compiler.
IBM xlCThe makeC++SharedLib utility must be in your PATH and be up to date to build shared libraries. From IBM's C and C++ Application Development on AIX Redbook:
VisualAge C++ for AIX, Version 6.0Make sure you have the latest upgrades installed. FreeBSD - 6.0-RELEASENote: FreeBSD is a community supported platform. See the Supported Platforms page for more information. The system compiler on FreeBSD 4.x is GCC 2.95.4, which is not officially supported by Qt 4. We develop using and recommend ports/lang/gcc34. You will need to run configure with the -platform freebsd-g++34 arguments. Optionally, you may use ports/lang/icc. The system compiler on FreeBSD 5.x and 6.x is GCC 3.4.4, which should be sufficient to build Qt. You do not need to add any special arguments when running configure. Optionally, you may use ports/lang/icc. Note that we do not actively test FreeBSD 4.x and 5.x. Our developers migrated to 6.x after the Qt 4 launch. FreeBSD-CURRENT is not supported. HP-UXQt supports HP-UX on both PA-RISC and the Itanium (IA64) architectures. PA-RISC - B.11.11 or laterYou can configure Qt for aCC in 32 and 64 bit mode (hpux-acc-64 or hpux-acc-32), or GCC in 32 bit mode (hpux-g++). The default platform is hpux-acc-32. The minimum required version for aCC (HP ANSI C++) on PA-RISC is A.03.57. The supported GCC compiler is GCC 3.4.3. Itanium - B.11.23 or laterYou can configure Qt for aCC in 32 and 64 bit mode (hpuxi-acc-64 or hpuxi-acc-32). GCC is currently unsupported. The default platform is hpuxi-acc-64. The minimum required version for aCC (HP ANSI C++) on Itanium is A.06.12. HP ANSI C++ (aCC)The hpux-acc-32 and hpux-acc-64 platforms are tested with aCC A.03.57. The hpuxi-acc-32 and hpuxi-acc-64 platforms are tested with aCC A.06.10. GCCThe hpux-g++ platform is tested with GCC 3.4.4. OpenGL SupportQt's OpenGL module requires GLX 1.3 or later to be installed. This is available for HP-UX 11i - see the Graphics and Technical Computing Software section of the release notes for more information. IRIX - 6.5.xIRIX is an unsupported platform. See the Supported Platforms page and Qt's Software's online Platform Support Policy page for details. Unpackaging and IRIX tar: Because of long filenames some files will be cut off incorrectly with IRIX tar. Please use GNU tar to unpack Qt packages. MIPSproQt 4.4.x requires MIPSpro version 7.4.2m. Note that MIPSpro version 7.4.4m is currently not supported, since it has introduced a number of problems that have not yet been resolved. We recommend using 7.4.2m for Qt development. However, please note the unsupported status of this platform. LinuxThere are no known problems with using Qt on production versions of Linux/x86, Linux/ppc, Linux/amd64 and Linux/ia64 (including Altix(R)). For the GCC compiler, please also see the relevant General Compiler Notes. Installation problemsSee also the Installation FAQ. If you experience problems when installing new open source versions of Qt versions, try to use the open source Qt archives (e.g., RPM) provided by your Linux distribution. If you need to install the source (.tgz) archive, be aware that you will probably end up with two different versions of the Qt library installed on your system, which will probably lead to link errors, like this: undefined reference to `_vt.11QPushButton' Fix this by removing the old version of the library. If you have problems installing open source versions of Qt provided by your Linux distribution (e.g., RPM), please consult the maintainers of the distribution, not us. Some RPM versions have problems installing some of the Qt RPM archives where installation stops with an error message warning about a "Failed Dependency". Use the --nodeps option to rpm to workaround this problem. Intel C++ Compiler for LinuxNokia currently tests the following compilers:
We do not currently test the IA-64 (Itanium) compiler. Known Issues with Intel C++ Compiler for Linux
Solaris - 9 or laterUnpackaging and Solaris tarOn some Solaris systems, both Solaris tar and GNU tar have been reported to truncate long filenames. We recommend using star instead (http://star.berlios.de). Please note that WebKit is not supported for Solaris, regardless of which compiler is used. CCSee the notes for Forte Developer / Sun Studio. GCCPlease use GCC 3.4.2 or later. Do not use GCC with Sun's assembler/linker, this will result in link-time errors in shared libraries. Use GNU binutils instead. GCC 3.2.* is known to miscompile Qt due to an optimizer bug that will cause the resulting binaries to hang. Forte Developer / Sun StudioQt is tested using Sun Studio 12 (Sun CC 5.9). Go to Sun Studio Patches page on Sun's Web site to download the latest patches for your Sun compiler. Please note that Qt 4.6 is stricter in its STL requirements and that the default STL implementation used by Sun CC does not pass those requirements. This does not affect binary compatibility and you can continue to use STL in your own code, but Qt's STL-compatibility functions will be disabled. Sun CC ships with a secondary STL implementation (called stlport4) which is standards-compliant and can be used by Qt. You can enable it by passing the -library=stlport4 option to the compiler. Note that this does not affect Qt's binary compatibility, but it may affect that of other libraries and programs that use STL. Sun WorkShop 5.0Sun WorkShop 5.0 is not supported with Qt 4. |
