Ubuntu – Is it possible to install the Ubuntu SDK in Gentoo?

The trick is to use WebKit's remote inspector. Here's how I got it working in QtCreator 3.0:

• Download Google Chrome if you don't already have it. (I believe Safari also works.)
• In QtCreator, click "Projects" in the left column, then click the "Run" tab at the top.
• Next to "Run Environment", click the "Details" drop-down.
• Click "Add" to add a new environment variable.
• Set a variable named QTWEBKIT_INSPECTOR_SERVER and set the value to any unused local port number, for example 9999
• Run your project
• Open Chrome and enter the following URL: http://127.0.0.1:9999

It may take a moment to come up. If the URL isn't working you can use a tool like Microsoft TCPView (on Windows) to make sure your process has the port open.

The trick to enabling the remote inspector in Qt comes from this post: https://lists.webkit.org/pipermail/webkit-qt/2012-April/002646.html

There's nothing stopping it from working on Debian except somebody doing the packaging work. You will need the SDK components and all their dependencies (upstream qt5, for example). You also won't be able to use things like the Ubuntu Online Accounts and Ubuntu One APIs unless the desktop services backing them are also ported.