By default, Qt libraries will be compiled 32 bit PowerPC-only unless you explicitly pass other -arch or -universal flags to configure. It takes 498 minutes (about 8 hours) to build on dual G5 2Ghz. configure & make, then install and update PATH. Given that patch releases of the library are supposed to be forward compatible both on source and binary level, this looks like an arbitrary requirement.īuilding Qt is straightforward.
I recommend picking most resent snapshot of Qt, or you may not be able to build the latest versions of QtCreator - I picked Qt 4.7.3 source tarball and was not able to compile QtCreator 2.3, let alone master branch, which both require minimum 4.7.4. If you have installed (like I did, having been mislead by "universal binaries" notion, which seem to mean x86/圆4 "universality" only) pre-built SDK, you'll need to get rid of it with /Developer/Tools/uninstall-qt.py script (needs root) first. Since the team behind Qt does not support PowerPC OS X anymore, everything (including Qt SDK) needs to be build from sources. I assume that XCode 3.1.4 (the last one available for the OS) is installed on the machine (as of now, you can still download it at Apple ADC site - search for "3.1.4" on Developer Tools page).
POWERPC DOWNLOAD FOR MAC MAC OS X
I decided to document problems that I encountered when trying to compile relatively recent QtCreator under Mac OS X 10.5.8, the last OS X available for PowerPC.
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