Unsolved Installing Qt 5 on Debian
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Hello
I want to install Qt 5 on my brand new Debian 10 but I'm a bit confused. There is an online linux installer on this site and there are many qt5* packages available on the Debian repository and they are a lot. What is the best way to install Qt 5 on Debian? I guess that the best one is to use the online installer but am afraid that it could affect my current installation (KDE).
These are the available packages for installation:
(note that already most libqt5* packages are already installed by default required by KDE)qt5-assistant qt5-default qt5-doc qt5-doc-html qt5-flatpak-platformtheme qt5-gtk-platformtheme qt5-gtk2-platformtheme qt5-image-formats-plugins qt5-qmake qt5-qmake-bin qt5-qmltooling-plugins qt5-quick-demos qt5-style-kvantum qt5-style-kvantum-l10n qt5-style-kvantum-themes qt5-style-plugin-cleanlooks qt5-style-plugin-motif qt5-style-plugin-plastique qt5-style-plugins qt5-xdgdesktopportal-platformtheme qt5ct qt5dxcb-plugin qt5keychain-dev qt5qevercloud-dev qt5serialport-examples libqt53danimation5 libqt53dcore5 libqt53dextras5 libqt53dinput5 libqt53dlogic5 libqt53dquick5 libqt53dquickanimation5 libqt53dquickextras5 libqt53dquickinput5 libqt53dquickrender5 libqt53dquickscene2d5 libqt53drender5 libqt5bluetooth5 libqt5bluetooth5-bin libqt5charts5 libqt5charts5-dev libqt5concurrent5 libqt5core5a libqt5datavisualization5 libqt5datavisualization5-dev libqt5dbus5 libqt5designer5 libqt5designercomponents5 libqt5gamepad5 libqt5gamepad5-dev libqt5glib-2.0-0 libqt5gstreamer-1.0-0 libqt5gstreamer-dev libqt5gstreamerquick-1.0-0 libqt5gstreamerui-1.0-0 libqt5gstreamerutils-1.0-0 libqt5gui5 libqt5gui5-gles libqt5help5 libqt5hunspellinputmethod5 libqt5keychain1 libqt5location5 libqt5location5-plugins libqt5multimedia5 libqt5multimedia5-plugins libqt5multimediagsttools5 libqt5multimediaquick5 libqt5multimediawidgets5 libqt5network5 libqt5networkauth5 libqt5networkauth5-dev libqt5nfc5 libqt5opengl5 libqt5opengl5-dev libqt5pas-dev libqt5pas1 libqt5positioning5 libqt5positioning5-plugins libqt5positioningquick5 libqt5printsupport5 libqt5qevercloud3 libqt5qml5 libqt5quick5 libqt5quickcontrols2-5 libqt5quickparticles5 libqt5quickshapes5 libqt5quicktemplates2-5 libqt5quicktest5 libqt5quickwidgets5 libqt5scintilla2-designer libqt5script5 libqt5scripttools5 libqt5scxml5 libqt5scxml5-bin libqt5scxml5-dev libqt5sensors5 libqt5sensors5-dev libqt5serialbus5 libqt5serialbus5-bin libqt5serialbus5-dev libqt5serialbus5-plugins libqt5serialport5 libqt5serialport5-dev libqt5sql5 libqt5sql5-ibase libqt5sql5-mysql libqt5sql5-odbc libqt5sql5-psql libqt5sql5-sqlite libqt5sql5-tds libqt5svg5 libqt5svg5-dev libqt5test5 libqt5texttospeech5 libqt5texttospeech5-dev libqt5virtualkeyboard5 libqt5virtualkeyboard5-dev libqt5waylandclient5 libqt5waylandclient5-dev libqt5waylandcompositor5 libqt5waylandcompositor5-dev libqt5webchannel5 libqt5webchannel5-dev libqt5webengine-data libqt5webengine5 libqt5webenginecore5 libqt5webenginewidgets5 libqt5webkit5 libqt5webkit5-dev libqt5websockets5 libqt5websockets5-dev libqt5webview5 libqt5webview5-dev libqt5widgets5 libqt5x11extras5 libqt5x11extras5-dev libqt5xdg-dev libqt5xdg3 libqt5xdgiconloader-dev libqt5xdgiconloader3 libqt5xml5 libqt5xmlpatterns5 libqt5xmlpatterns5-dev
[Edit: Put the long list in code tags ~kshegunov]
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I want to install Qt 5 on my brand new Debian 10
That's debian stable? Do you intend to develop with Qt?
If you only want the client binaries, then stick to what the repo gives you. If you want to develop with Qt, then you'd probably want the online installer from the QtC website. The stable flavor debian comes with somewhat outdated versions of Qt. If you decide to stick to what the repo has, then you need the libqt5*-dev packages to pull the headers for development.
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Hi,
To add to @kshegunov, unless you try to mess with your system installed libraries, you will not have troubles. The online installer proposes by default either your home folder or /opt which is outside what your system uses by default for loading system libraries.
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@kshegunov I am planning to develop... Then it will be better to use the online installer... Does it setup the system to the new (online) Qt paths to binaries and libraries or I must do it manually? Thanks!
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No, your system is left untouched. If you use Qt Creator, that handling will be done for you.
If you want to develop in a terminal, use the full path to the tools.
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@SGaist I will try the online installer then... Does it fix the system paths to the new Qt binaries and libraries or just downloads the files and I must set them manually? Thanks!
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@kanito73 said in Installing Qt 5 on Debian:
@kshegunov I am planning to develop... Then it will be better to use the online installer...
I guess.
Does it setup the system to the new (online) Qt paths to binaries and libraries or I must do it manually? Thanks!
None of the above. The installer doesn't touch system paths, and it really shouldn't. As @SGaist said it's up to
qmake
to set it up for you, so using the correctqmake
binary, assumedly configured in QtCreator' kits is enough to get you started.