I can't get qt to work on Debian Linux
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Hello,
I have installed QT create to my Debian Linux PC through their package manager but cant see the examples. The package manager selected all qt packages for me. What directory should QT been installed in because i don't think that it has its own directory ie qt -
@sparkie
BTW, have you tried a command likelocate | grep -i qtso you don't have to guess where likely files might be?
This would give you so many false positives, you wouldn't want to even consider it. However, after installing the
qtbase5-examplespackage you can query the package manager where these files went (which is what I did, as I don't install the examples).Read and abide by the Qt Code of Conduct
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This would give you so many false positives, you wouldn't want to even consider it. However, after installing the
qtbase5-examplespackage you can query the package manager where these files went (which is what I did, as I don't install the examples).This would give you so many false positives, you wouldn't want to even consider it.
Nonsense! That's what
grepis for. Of course you can use this to discover where Qt has been installed, if you think guessing or doing a manual look-around is better, good luck! -
This would give you so many false positives, you wouldn't want to even consider it.
Nonsense! That's what
grepis for. Of course you can use this to discover where Qt has been installed, if you think guessing or doing a manual look-around is better, good luck! -
@kshegunov
That's because I never said you would do it in onegrep. It was a start, fgs! For example, maybeqt5would be better thanqt? What aboutqt5$? Orqt[^/]*$? What aboutqt5/examples? Or do you think it's better to manually browse around the whole machine, or try to search the web for a post telling you exactly where this version of Qt will have put what on your machine? Sheesh, come on.... -
@kshegunov
That's because I never said you would do it in onegrep. It was a start, fgs! For example, maybeqt5would be better thanqt? What aboutqt5$? Orqt[^/]*$? What aboutqt5/examples? Or do you think it's better to manually browse around the whole machine, or try to search the web for a post telling you exactly where this version of Qt will have put what on your machine? Sheesh, come on....Dude, that's what the package manager is for. You installed it through it, it already knows where the stuff is. Here:
$> dpkg -L qtbase5-examplesThat's much harder than guessing the correct reg exp, right?
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Dude, that's what the package manager is for. You installed it through it, it already knows where the stuff is. Here:
$> dpkg -L qtbase5-examplesThat's much harder than guessing the correct reg exp, right?
@kshegunov
I wouldn't have known that the package was namedqtbase5-examples. I have done what I always do,apt-get install qt5-default. Output fromdpkg -L qtbase5-examplesisdpkg-query: package 'qtbase5-examples' is not installed. Just saying. Other than that, I agree for a known package it gives much simpler output, I will try to remember that in future. It remains the case thatlocateis useful to know for all sorts of purposes though, IMHO; if nobody else finds it --- or the principle of searching by whatever means --- useful that's fine by me.BTW, your
locate grep -i qt | wc -lgives 0.5 million, mine gives 9,000. Why Qt needs half million files no matter what you install is quite beyond me. The whole of my Ubuntu is only 350,000 files... -
@kshegunov
I wouldn't have known that the package was namedqtbase5-examples. I have done what I always do,apt-get install qt5-default. Output fromdpkg -L qtbase5-examplesisdpkg-query: package 'qtbase5-examples' is not installed. Just saying. Other than that, I agree for a known package it gives much simpler output, I will try to remember that in future. It remains the case thatlocateis useful to know for all sorts of purposes though, IMHO; if nobody else finds it --- or the principle of searching by whatever means --- useful that's fine by me.BTW, your
locate grep -i qt | wc -lgives 0.5 million, mine gives 9,000. Why Qt needs half million files no matter what you install is quite beyond me. The whole of my Ubuntu is only 350,000 files...@JonB said in I can't get qt to work on Debian Linux:
BTW, your locate grep -i qt | wc -l gives 0.5 million, mine gives 9,000. Why Qt needs half million files no matter what you install is quite beyond me. The whole of my Ubuntu is only 350,000 files...
I have at least four different Qt builds for one. Also this matches other files on my system, which is pretty full (4TB mostly junk).
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@JonB said in I can't get qt to work on Debian Linux:
BTW, your locate grep -i qt | wc -l gives 0.5 million, mine gives 9,000. Why Qt needs half million files no matter what you install is quite beyond me. The whole of my Ubuntu is only 350,000 files...
I have at least four different Qt builds for one. Also this matches other files on my system, which is pretty full (4TB mostly junk).
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@kshegunov 4TB??? My whole machine (Ubuntu OS, Qt, work) fits well inside 20GB. My original Sys V Unix box, with GUI, fitted inside 20MB (1MB RAM, multi-user). Wtf are you doing? ;-)
Don't ask me no questions, I won't tell you no lies. Compulsively hoarding stuff I don't need I suppose. I have files 14+ years old ...
