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Compiling QT from source literally takes hours on a i7 6700...

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  • 3
    Bet it wouldn't on my Ryzen 7 with 8 cores and 16 threads >=)
    But in all seriousness that's pretty intense.
  • 1
    Remember to use:
    make -j8 Or make -j9
    (depends on your philosophical inclinations)
  • 0
    I thought I had to do j-17 because it was thread based. I vaguely remember setting that up. Shrug
  • 2
    If you're compiling the full package, of course

    I tried compiling it on my 4x2.3GHz CPU

    Build failed after ~5h...
  • 1
    Nothing compared to Gentoo stage 1 dist-cc (10mBit/s) compilation time on two rusty Pentium II.

    However, good progress. I recommend one booze each obj-file. Does not help on time, but you might stop caring. Cheers.
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