Qt 6 in Debian bullseye

As announced some time ago on Debian Backport’s mailing list I will be backporting Qt 6 to Debian 11 “Bullseye”. This comprises the (so far) 29 source packages that compose Qt 6 and libassimp. The Qt Company wanted to let us Debian users also enjoy Qt 6 on Bullseye …



CMake toolchain files with Debian's cross compilers

Almost a year ago I added a script made by Helmut Grohne that is able to create a CMake toolchain file pre-filled with Debian-specifics ross compilers. The tool is installed by the cmake package and located at /usr/share/cmake/debtoolchainfilegen. It's usage is simple: debtoolchainfilegen (arch) > cmake_toolchain_.cmake …



Creating an app with QML: a heater control

Last week I took the ICS course "Building an Embedded Application with Qt" and now it's time to put the gained knowledge into action. I decided to create an application to (simulate?) a heater control. Why? Because I have a very basic one at home, and I always dreamed of …



Firsts steps into QML

After years of using and maintaining Qt there was a piece of the SDK that I never got to use as a developer: QML. Thanks to ICS I've took the free (in the sense of cost) QML Programming — Fundamentals and Beyond. It consists of seven sessions, which can be easily …