Wip-clang-setting-up

Getting the sources

Clang code-model integration is now part of the master branch, and the 3.1 release branch. No special steps are needed after you clone the regular qt-creator repository.

Building from sources

• Ensure that your have installed LLVM (with clang), minimal LLVM version is 3.2, but it is advised to use the latest release.
• Build instructions can be found in

src/editors/creator-clang-codemodel.qdoc

or "on the web":http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qtcreator-3.1/creator-clang-codemodel.html

• After running compiled IDE, open menu Help / About Plugins and turn on ClangCodeModel plugin.

Creating Ubuntu/Debian package from clang 3.2 binaries

Download binaries for clang 3.2 here: http://llvm.org/releases/download.html#3.2 or compile sources manually and make-install with custom prefix (not to /usr directory!).

1. Select some folder and create subfolders clang/, clang/DEBIAN/, clang/usr/
2. Unpack or install (with make install) binaries to folder clang/usr/
3. Create text file clang/DEBIAN/control with content listed below
4. In selected folder, build package with terminal command

dpkg-deb -v -D -b clang

Content of clang/DEBIAN/control file for 64-bit binaries

Source: clang
Section: unknown
Priority: optional
Package: clang
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Example (example@example.com)
Version: 3.2
Conflicts: libclang-common-dev, libclang-dev, libclang1
Description: Clang personal package
 No description
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For 32-bit binaries Source: clang Section: unknown Priority: optional Package: clang Architecture: i386 Maintainer: Example (example@example.com) Version: 3.2 Conflicts: libclang-common-dev, libclang-dev, libclang1 Description: Clang personal package

No description
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