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
  

  <br />src/editors/creator-clang-codemodel.qdoc<br />
  

  
  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
   

   <br />dpkg-deb -v -D -b clang<br />
   

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

<br />Source: clang<br />Section: unknown<br />Priority: optional<br />Package: clang<br />Architecture: amd64<br />Maintainer: Example (example

example.com)
Version: 3.2
Conflicts: libclang-common-dev, libclang-dev, libclang1
Description: Clang personal package
No description
.

<br />For 32-bit binaries<br />

Source: clang
Section: unknown
Priority: optional
Package: clang
Architecture: i386
Maintainer: Example (exampleexample.com)
Version: 3.2
Conflicts: libclang-common-dev, libclang-dev, libclang1
Description: Clang personal package
No description
.