[webkit-dev] Compiling webkit

[Alexander Cohen]

I'm guessing i need QT installed since that installing it fixed the  
problem. I should have seen that. Is there anyway to build WebKit  
without QT or is it a required tool?

thx

AC

On Oct 21, 2009, at 4:00 PM, Alexander Cohen wrote:

>
> On Oct 21, 2009, at 3:33 PM, Evan Martin wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Alexander Cohen <naftaly at me.com>  
>> wrote:
>>> I've been fiddling with WebKit a bit but for the life of me, i  
>>> can't seem to
>>> get it to compile on Mac. I've followed all the instructions on webkit.org 
>>> .
>>> Are there any dependencies or tools that might not be mentionned  
>>> on the
>>> building webkit pages? I can include the build errors but i  
>>> thought best to
>>> just ask first about anything that might not be mentionned on the  
>>> website.
>>
>> I built WebKit on a Mac for my first time a couple of weeks ago.  I
>> followed the instructions and ran into no problems.
>
> Ok. So here's my process:
>
> 1- Download the source snapshot.
> 2- run update-webkit to update my source tree
> 3- run build-webkit --debug to build
>
> here's the output:
>
> -- begin output --
> devbook-2:~ alex$ build-webkit --debug
> Use of uninitialized value $defaults in pattern match (m//) at / 
> Users/alex/Documents/Dev/Code/webkit/WebKitTools/Scripts/ 
> webkitdirs.pm line 785.
> Can't exec "qmake": No such file or directory at /Users/alex/ 
> Documents/Dev/Code/webkit/WebKitTools/Scripts/webkitdirs.pm line 1207.
> Use of uninitialized value $mkspec in scalar chomp at /Users/alex/ 
> Documents/Dev/Code/webkit/WebKitTools/Scripts/webkitdirs.pm line 1207.
> Calling 'qmake -r OUTPUT_DIR=/Users/alex/Documents/Dev/Code/webkit/ 
> WebKitBuild/Debug /Users/alex/Documents/Dev/Code/webkit/WebKit.pro  
> CONFIG-=release CONFIG+=debug' in /Users/alex/Documents/Dev/Code/ 
> webkit/WebKitBuild/Debug
>
> Can't exec "qmake": No such file or directory at /Users/alex/ 
> Documents/Dev/Code/webkit/WebKitTools/Scripts/webkitdirs.pm line 1363.
> Failed to setup build environment using qmake!
> -- end output --
>
> Any idea what's wrong here?
>
> thx
>
> AC
>
>
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