14 DAY TRIAL // Ubuntu SDK developers Benjamin Zeller and Zoltán Balogh are announcing the release of the Ubuntu SDK 4.1.0 IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for the Ubuntu Linux operating system.
As its version number suggests, Ubuntu SDK 4.1.0 is based on the recently released Qt Creator 4.1 IDE developed by The Qt Company, which came only a couple of weeks ago, at the end of August 2016, with two new themes, editor improvements, better CMake support, and many other goodies that you can read about in our initial report.
"The testing phase took longer than we have expected but finally we are ready. To compensate this delay we have even upgraded the IDE to the most recent 4.1.0 QtCreator," says Benjamin Zeller in the announcement. "We have based the new IDE on the most recent QtCreator upstream release, which brings a lot of new features and fixes."
Another change in the Ubuntu SDK 4.1.0 IDE is the addition of a new backend based on the next-generation LXD container hypervisor for Linux. It replaces the click chroot-based builders, and lets the Ubuntu SDK devs to fetch and use pre-built SDK images when a new build target is generated.
Here's how to install Ubuntu SDK 4.1.0 on your Ubuntu box
Of course, the Ubuntu SDK 4.1.0 release also includes many fixes for some of the bugs reported by users since the previous stable update. If you want to enjoy this new version of the Ubuntu SDK IDE on your Ubuntu installation, we recommend to install it right now using the next instructions.
Below are two commands that you'll need to run in the Terminal app on your supported Ubuntu OS. While the first one will add the official Ubuntu SDK in your system, so you'll receive future updates as well, the second one lets you update the software repositories and install Ubuntu SDK 4.1.0. Enjoy!
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-sdk-team/ppa
sudo apt update && sudo apt install ubuntu-sdk-ide