Qt 5 Base for OS/2
14.08.2019
This is a port of the QtBase module of the Qt software development framework version 5 to the OS/2 operating system (and its derivants). This port is carefully crafted and maintained by bww bitwise works GmbH (also referred as bitwiseworks).

The current version of the port implements all major parts of the QtBase module and is suitable to compile and run a large amount of Qt 5 applications on OS/2. It, however, carries a beta status and has the following limitations compared to versions of Qt 5 for officially supported platforms (Linux, macOS and Windows):
  • OpenGL and IPv6 support is absent.
  • Drag and drop support is not implemented.
  • Application-defined mouse pointer shapes are not supported.
  • Some aspects of the desktop integration are missing.
  • Some bugs are still there.
These limitations will be addressed in future versions of the OS/2 port (except OpenGL and IPv6 which are unlikely to be supported in the near future due to limitations of OS/2 itself).

Please refer to CHANGELOG.md for a list of changes from release to release.

Installation
The easiest and the only officially supported way to install Qt 5 is to use binary builds provided by bitwiseworks. This requires the RPM/YUM environment for OS/2 to be installed. Note that all recent distributions of ArcaOS already have it, so nothing needs to be done if you have one of these. In the RPM/YUM environment, there is no need to install Qt 5 libraries explicitly - it will be done automatically as long as an application that needs them is about to be installed. However, if you want to play around with Qt 5 without installing any real Qt application, the best way to do so is to install official Qt 5 example and demo applications. This can be done by issuing the following command from the command line prompt:
yum install qt5-qtbase-examples
If you have ArcaOS and prefer a GUI installer, then you should launch Arca Noae Package Manager located in the Computer > Install/Remove folder on your desktop, select YUM > Quick install.. from the main menu, type qt5-qtbase-examples in the entry field and press Enter.

Once successfully installed, all Qt 5 example applications may be found in the Programs > bitwiseworks Apps and Ports > Qt5 Base Examples folder on your desktop.

Help and Support
You will find a lot of useful information about Qt 5 for OS/2 on the Wiki pages of the project's main github repository. There you may also watch the progress of our work on this port. Please read these pages carefully if you need any help or want to report a problem.

Sponsoring
To be able to finish our goals we need your support. Please sponsor as much as possible via our webshop or via our Patreon page.
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16.08.2018
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We estimated that we need around 42000 €.
As of 20.08.2019 we collected 28810 €.

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More on the Qt 5 Port can be found here.