qt4 compile for vlc

[LIsLinuxIsSogood]

I'm interested in compiling (because of the many configuration options available in vlc) the latest source code. The problem for some reason it failes to compile at some point, looks like some issue with qt4 or qt5 normally would be handled with a USE flag if I were using the merge function. Since my system is a gentoo system that I recently installed, see output of emerge --info here https://paste.pound-python.org/show/9hi1WVqJ4dyn8vUGmJtD/

The problem which I don't know what to show for the issue itself, is somehow related to qt4 looking at qt5 in local file tree for the qtwidget and returning many errors in the process. Since I have previously not been aware of any way to do so, could someone please explain the general method (not the developer one if possible, but the user method) for selecting a single qt format and compiling with based on that?

[fedeliallalinea]

But you're trying to compile from source manually (without emerge)?
Because vlc-9999 (present in portage tree) use latest code from git, you can use this.

For handling qt version manually read here
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[LIsLinuxIsSogood]

Yes, I was included emerge --info, but the purpose is to compile from source.

The reason is so I can configure the specific aspects available through the build of the software. Is that somehow an options with what is made available through portage tree to me as a user? How? I want to tell emerge to download but not install the ebuild and then take an intermediate step to configure the source for the correct approach to building the software of my choice.

Ty for the link by the way, it was helpful and somewhat informative but I really don't know much what I'm doing when it comes to gui. And hence, with qtchooser and qmake those tools go way beyond me. I was hoping to just find out if the qt libraries are all working on my machine. It seems like the two commands that are available for that validate it. But somehow the compiling of software in this instance continues to fall through at the point of calling on qt5 widgets (library).

As for that issue, I haven't tested it with other software, but will try and hopefully will know if the problem exists with one of the packages currently installed on my machine. Other things I've tried is changing use flags or installation options for other packages like cmake, and one other I can't recall.

Working on trying to build up the courage to have enough to elicit a response from this forum. With regards to this one, if all else fails, I have a previously built and fully functional version of the software (several actually) already on my system. This is an effort to continue modifying the install and eventually I will be able to remove some of the previous versions of vlc. (FYI - feel free if interested to move this to the Multimedia Topic if reading and thinking it belons there.)

[ct85711]

The tool you would want to read up on, is the ebuild command (This is also a command, not just a file describing a package), which is the low level tool that portage calls to perform the various steps, of unpack, configure, compile and stuff.

[LIsLinuxIsSogood]

After having read up a bit on the topic of using commands for interacting with the ebuild...it appears it has the capability to be useful. What would help me at this time is to gain better awareness of if the purpose of such a tool (ebuild or emerge for that matter) is also meant to completely replace either git or some other source code and build methods. Is it possible to do what I want with ebuild? I am interested in having some access to (either interactively or through a preset defined method) all the builds options available when building from scratch, so to speak?

Much thanks in advance.

[charles17]

[ct85711]