14 DAY TRIAL // Canonical's Zoltán Balogh published a very interesting article for all Ubuntu Touch and Ubuntu Phone app developers, informing them about the upcoming, next-generation version of the Ubuntu SDK (Software Development Kit) software.
According to Mr. Balogh, the new kind of Ubuntu SDK has been designed with a single goal in mind, to offer the same experience to all Ubuntu Touch developers no matter the version of the Ubuntu Linux OS they use. Therefore, the software used by all Ubuntu app developers will no longer depend on any external Qt libraries and will be distributed as a standalone package. Additionally, the next major version of Ubuntu SDK will feature improvements to the Kit creation by using static chroots.
"Life could have been easier by sticking to one stable Qt and QtCreator and base our SDK on it," says Zoltán Balogh. "The only option we had was to decouple the SDK from the archive release of Qt and build it as a standalone package without any external Qt dependencies. That way we could provide the same experience and tools to all developers regardless if they are playing safe on Trusty/LTS or enjoy the cutting edge of the daily developed release of Wily."
Here's how to install the next-gen Ubuntu SDK
Ubuntu Touch developers who are eager to get a sneak peek at the new features implemented in the next-generation Ubuntu SDK software can install it right now in their supported Ubuntu Linux operating system by running the following commands in a Terminal window, one by one, hitting the Enter key after each one.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-sdk-ide ubuntu-sdk-api-tools
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-sdk-api-15.04-armhf ubuntu-sdk-api-15.04-i386