How to fix installer file while installing

hfinger · 5 Sept 2019, 07:54

Ubuntu 18 .404.3 LTS Bionic Beaver

I am installing Qt5.13.0 with the *.run file. During installation it threw this error:

"Error while extracting archive "installer://qt.tools.qtcreator/4.9.1-0qtcreator.7z": Cannot open file "/usr/share/qt5/Qt5.13.0/Tools/QtCreator/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/commands/statepreviewimagechangedcommand.h" for writing: Permission denied"

As far as I can see the problem file is within the *.run archive. Has anybody else had this error and what solution did you find?

Regards,
Hedley

sierdzio · 5 Sept 2019, 22:08

Don't install to /usr, install locally ($HOME) for your local users. This way you won't have permission troubles and won't pollute your OS with many Qt installations.

If you still want to install to /usr, then - are you running the installer with root permissions?

hfinger · wrote on 5 Sept 2019, 07:54

@hfinger I checked the .../commands directory but the file was not copied into it. The other files in this directory were successfully copied, so I can't understand why this file could not be copied.

hfinger · 6 Sept 2019, 05:21

@sierdzio Do you mean something like /home/.qt5/? (This is Ubuntu.) Or something like /home/myhome/.qt5/? Note sure what you mean by local directory. I am a newbie.

hfinger · wrote on 5 Sept 2019, 22:43

@sierdzio Run with root permissions. Started from my account, then installer asks for sudo password to complete installation.

hfinger · wrote on 5 Sept 2019, 22:56

@hfinger After I dismissed the error dialogue, the installer asked if I wanted to retry. Installation roared through without a pause!

sierdzio · wrote on 6 Sept 2019, 05:21

@hfinger said in How to fix installer file while installing:

@sierdzio Do you mean something like /home/.qt5/? (This is Ubuntu.) Or something like /home/myhome/.qt5/? Note sure what you mean by local directory. I am a newbie.

I usually install to /home/username/qt.