Linux install failure

wgreene

Hi,

I've been trying for the past couple of days to install Qt 5.3.2 on Debian/wheezy, i386. I've tried both the net
install and the full download. I've tried installing in the home directory of an ordinary user and as root.
In all the cases I've tried the install fails mid-way through with an error message about being unable to
create some particular directory. The directory name given in the error message seems to be completely bogus.

If the only way to install Qt on this OS is to build from source, that's fine. It would be helpful if someone could
confirm that so I wouldn't have to waste anymore time with these install files.

Thanks.

Bill

andreyc

Could you post the error message here.
What is file name of the installer?

vivelu

I'm not sure if this helps at all, because I don't have Debian, but once I also had problems with installation. I noticed, that I didn't have big enough /tmp directory. My distro uses tmpfs, so it is possible to adjust the size on the fly:

@
su
mount -o remount,size=1G /tmp@

makes it grow to 1 gig. Previous size was something like 100MB, and it was already full before installation.

Hope this helps.

wgreene

I've tried these two install files:

qt-opensource-linux-x86-1.6.0-5-online.run
qt-opensource-linux-x86-5.3.2.run

When I try to install in /home/whg/Qt5.3.2
I get this error in a dialog box issued by the installer:
@
Error during installation process (qt.53.gcc):
Execution failed(Unexpected exit code: 3): "/home/whg/Qt5.3.2//Tools/QtCreator/bin/sdktool addQt --id qt.53.gcc
--name Qt 5.3 GCC 32bit --type Qt4ProjectManager.QtVersion.Desktop --qmake /home/whg/Qt5.3.2/5.3/gcc/bin/qmake"
@
In the terminal window where I started the install there is this error message:
@
Warning: Error: Could not create directory /home/whe/wh.
@
Regarding tmp space, I have more than 100 GB available so don't
think that is the problem.

I'll appreciate any suggestions on what to try next.

Bill

hskoglund

Hmmm, could you post Qt's installation log, it should be in
/home/whg/Qt5.3.2/InstallationLog.txt ?

wgreene

No, unfortunately I couldn't find this file-- or any log-file-- in the
/home/whg/Qt5.3.2 directory tree. I searched the whole file system and
couldn't find a file with this name ;-(

Bill

SGaist

Hi,

@Warning: Error: Could not create directory /home/whe/wh.@

Is it a typo ? Your user is whg and there you have whe

wgreene

No, that "whe" in the path name is not a typo. I have no idea how
the install program created this bogus path name ;-(

Bill

SGaist

Got any non latin1 char in your path ?

wgreene

No.

Bill

hskoglund

Hmm interesting with that failed install, could you check how much QtCreator stuff that was created in /home/whg/Qt5.3.2/Tools/QtCreator/share/qtcreator?
For example, is there a QtProjects directory, if yes, could you post the QtCreator.ini file. Also if there is (probably not) a subdirectory under it called qtcreator? If yes, post the qtversion.xml file.

wgreene

At the time of failure, the
/home/whg/Qt5.3.2
directory contains these entries:
@
drwxr-xr-x 3 whg whg 4096 Sep 21 08:12 5.3
-rw-r--r-- 1 whg whg 2957 Sep 21 08:12 components.xml
drwxr-xr-x 3 whg whg 4096 Sep 21 08:12 Examples
drwxr-xr-x 3 whg whg 4096 Sep 21 08:11 Docs
drwxr-xr-x 3 whg whg 4096 Sep 21 08:10 Tools
drwxr-xr-x 2 whg whg 4096 Sep 21 08:10 Licenses
-rw-r--r-- 1 whg whg 5442 Sep 12 17:13 README.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 whg whg 115 Jun 29 2012 qt-project.org.html
@
The QtCreator.ini file contains these two lines:
@
[Help]
InstalledDocumentation=/home/whg/Qt5.3.2/Docs/Qt-5.3/
@
That is all there is in the

/home/whg/Qt5.3.2/Tools/QtCreator/share/qtcreator/QtProject

directory.

[andreyc EDIT]: Added @ around code.

andreyc

Let make sure that the installers are correct.
Could you check if check sums are correct for the files that you have downloaded.

Here is info from download page

for "qt-opensource-linux-x86-1.6.0-5-online.run":http://download.qt-project.org/official_releases/online_installers/qt-opensource-linux-x86-1.6.0-5-online.run.mirrorlist
@
Filename: qt-opensource-linux-x86-1.6.0-5-online.run
Size: 23M (23963697 bytes)
Last modified: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 07:54:56 GMT (Unix time: 1410767696)
SHA-256 Hash: a58df8504b6d81cbbacec61774d26102494cd35c05ef414d6e9e278c13012795
SHA-1 Hash: d8a8c6f03a9e98412439a003493f6262b3c09d57
MD5 Hash: b971e89d0bacefe551aea77a76d86449
@
for "qt-opensource-linux-x86-5.3.2.run":http://download.qt-project.org/official_releases/qt/5.3/5.3.2/qt-opensource-linux-x86-5.3.2.run.mirrorlist
@
Filename: qt-opensource-linux-x86-5.3.2.run
Size: 449M (471115221 bytes)
Last modified: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 07:10:04 GMT (Unix time: 1410765004)
SHA-256 Hash: 02951c1949a34e80b887675e069392455e389281bfa43a8ec58f9d4f230c8589
SHA-1 Hash: cbd78b1fc0f6bce6ac12e8c6f419ed79745ce42f
MD5 Hash: cf5846b8ba99a4db3c0e19bdbc525350
@

hskoglund

Good idea about verifying the checksums, also 2 more questions:

Please post the components.xml file, or if it's too big, just grep Title components.xml and post that.
The README.txt file should be 5597 bytes big and dated July 1 last year. did you edit it?

debugger99

Hi all!

Any news about this subject?
I ran in the same using the 5.4.0 installer (UBUNTU, fresh install).
This time "exit code" is 1.

When seeking for an answer I noticed the message above:
"/home/whg/Qt5.3.2//Tools/ [...]"
There are two '/' between QT<version> and tool path.
Using 5.4.0 the same double "/" occurs.
Other bug reports (windows) even shows "/" (backslash-slash).
IF this is NOT just a typo in the debug message- maybe something to look after.

MK

debugger99

Hi all!

Any news about this subject?
I ran in the same using the 5.4.0 installer (UBUNTU, fresh install).
This time "exit code" is 1.

When seeking for an answer I noticed the message above:
"/home/whg/Qt5.3.2//Tools/ [...]"
There are two '/' between QT<version> and tool path.
Using 5.4.0 the same double "/" occurs.
Other bug reports (windows) even shows "/" (backslash-slash).
IF this is NOT just a typo in the debug message- maybe something to look after.

MK

debugger99

Hi again,

I solved it.

Double slash seems to be just a typo...
A newer gcc/g++ made it work!
Before: 4.4; now 4.8 - updated via apt-get - error gone.
Care has to be taken which newer packet to choose. Some remove half of your system during update process...
see: "http://qt-project.org/forums/viewthread/41145":http://qt-project.org/forums/viewthread/41145

Perhaps the information saves some headache.

MK

debugger99

Hi again,

I solved it.

Double slash seems to be just a typo...
A newer gcc/g++ made it work!
Before: 4.4; now 4.8 - updated via apt-get - error gone.
Care has to be taken which newer packet to choose. Some remove half of your system during update process...
see: "http://qt-project.org/forums/viewthread/41145":http://qt-project.org/forums/viewthread/41145

Perhaps the information saves some headache.

MK