If I may suggest joining the KDE Windows channel on Matrix. You can
discuss there with KDE developers who are familiar with compiling KDE
software on Windows. https://go.kde.org/matrix/#/#kde-windows:kde.org
On 19/2/24 13:05, Aaron Rainbolt wrote:
Oof, I didn't realize you were on Windows. I have no clue how Qt and
KDE development works there since I don't use Windows anymore. If
you're trying to code an application for Windows specifically, you'll
probably need help from someone who knows how KDE app development
works on Windows.
On 2/18/24 20:05, Eric Ribble wrote:
Hi Aaron,
Thanks for the quick response. Unfortunately, I am not familiar with
distro or Ubuntu or Debian. My laptop is running Windows 11. A few
weeks ago I download and installed Qt6 and have been able to build a
few simple Qt Windows applications. I studied your email, googled
'how to', etc., but finding it very difficult to simply download the
KArchive library (KF6Archive (instead of KF5Archive)) and the
"kzip.h" header file for usage with Qt6.
Any other suggestions? Or do I need to figure out how to install/use
Ubuntu on my Windows 11 laptop?
If you can't be of further help, I understand.
Eric
On Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 06:38:43 PM EST, Aaron Rainbolt
<arraybo...@gmail.com> wrote:
On 2/18/24 13:30, Eric Ribble wrote:
I am a new user of Qt (using version 6.6) and Qt Creator I would
like to use KArchive to extract all folders and files from a zip
file. I found the example "karchive/examples/unzipper/main.cpp"
source code. However, I don't know how to download and install KArchive.
What distro are you using?
In order to install a library in such a way that you can use it in
new programs, you have to install both it and its development header
files. There are generally two ways to do this:
* The easy way - install the development header package for your
library of choice through your distro's package manager.
* The hard, dangerous way that you probably don't want yet - build
the library from source and then either install it directly or figure
out how to point your build system to it.
Obviously I'd recommend the former if you're just getting started. On
Ubuntu, the package you want is called "libkf5archive-dev", and can
be installed with "sudo apt install libkf5archive-dev". This will
probably work on Debian too. If you're on some other distro, you'll
need to find and install the right package.
I added the following to my project's "CMakeLists.txt" as described
on the web page
https://marketplace.qt.io/pages/karchiveinstructionspage
<https://marketplace.qt.io/pages/karchiveinstructionspage> :
find_package(KF5Archive)
target_link_libraries(Example4 KF5::Archive)
Attached is my "CMakeLists.txt" file and "Main.cpp" file.
In my "Main.cpp" the syntax-checker indicates that it can't find
"kzip.h" (probably because I don't know how to download/install it).
Here is a screenshot after trying to build:
Inline image
Please advise on how to properly download/install KArchive so that
this simple program will build. Thanks for your help!
Eric Ribble
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