Needs non-QtCreator build system

[linas]

Current version of papagayo requires the QTCreator IDE.

QtCreator is not fully supported on Ubunutu 14.04 LTS (trusty) -- starting it generates an error message on 'import QtQuick 2.1' and it appears that QtQuick version 2.1 is not avaiable for Ubuntu.

Anyway: as a matter of principle, a build system should never require an IDE; that makes it impossible to automate on a buildbot or in docker.

[notklaatu]

Strictly speaking, you do not need Qt Creator to build. You can build it from the shell by creating a GNU Makefile with qmake.

Here are instructions, which I've added to the README file and issued a pull request.

This builds on Slackware for me. I haven't tested it on Ubuntu but as long as Qt5 and qmake are installed, everything should work the same:

If you want to build from the shell (without the GUI), then use qmake (this may be called qmake-qt5 on your system, depending on what Qt libraries you have installed).

First, make sure you have Qt5 libraries and headers installed!

Next, use qmake-qt5 to generate a build file from the Qt .pro file:

$ mkdir build
$ qmake-qt5 DESTDIR=bld Papagayo.pro

Then make it as usual:

$ make -j4 

Test what you have built; the binary is inside the build folder you made. After you confirm that this works, you can install it with checkconfig or makepkg or just make install, depending on your distribution and personal preference.

[linas]

thanks, that sounds reasonable. I guess this bug should be closed when pull req #6 gets merged, then.