Appendix A. Installation

How to Obtain QBrew

The current version of QBrew can be found at <http://www.usermode.org/code/qbrew.tar.gz>. QBrew's homepage is at <http://www.usermode.org/code.html>.

Requirements

QBrew requires the Qt 3.2 or greater library. If this is not already installed, it can be obtained at the Trolltech website, <http://www.trolltech.com>. The latest stable version of Qt is always recommended. As of this date, Qt builds and runs fine under Qt 3.3.4

Building Under Unix

Make sure that the prerequisite Qt library is installed.

Unzip and untar the QBrew package into its own directory. Change into this directory, and read the INSTALL, README and LICENSE files. The instructions in the INSTALL file always supersede those in this handbook

Type ./configure to configure the package for your system.

Type make to compile the package.

Type make install to install the program and documentation. Use sudo if you are not logged in as root.

Run QBrew from the command line by typing qbrew.

Building Under Macintosh

Instructions for building under Mac OSX are given in the file mac/INSTALL.mac. These instructions are not complete, but they should be sufficient to get you started.

Building Under Windows

Instructions for building under Windows are given in the file win/INSTALL.windows. These instructions are not complete, but they should be sufficient to get you started.