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  • SPlattenS Offline
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    #12

    So now having installed Qt from that link, Qt Creator itself will not launch. Any suggestions on how to fault find?

    Kind Regards,
    Sy

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    • KroMignonK KroMignon

      @artwaw said in Installation on Ubuntu 20.04:

      But this is ubuntu, you never know if it will behave like a proper Linux should.

      Why do you say this? It sounds like Ubuntu bashing?!?

      I use Ubuntu and/or Debian since many years, it works as it should.
      Most of the time system error occurred when I force something what the system did not allow ;)

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      @KroMignon Bashing might be a bit of a strong word but I detest *buntu deeply. Having to work with those over the years I become very cautious as it tends to break in the least suitable moments. Maybe for purely desktop use it is ok, I admit to lack of experience in that regard. In every other aspect it is... Full of surprises, let's say. Of course, still better than most other distros. [/rant ends here]

      For more information please re-read.

      Kind Regards,
      Artur

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      • SPlattenS SPlatten

        So now having installed Qt from that link, Qt Creator itself will not launch. Any suggestions on how to fault find?

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        @SPlatten what exactly happens? Have you tried to run it from the icon, menu, console? Any messages?

        For more information please re-read.

        Kind Regards,
        Artur

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        • SPlattenS SPlatten

          So now having installed Qt from that link, Qt Creator itself will not launch. Any suggestions on how to fault find?

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          jsulm
          Lifetime Qt Champion
          wrote on last edited by jsulm
          #15

          @SPlatten Try to start it from the terminal and see whether there are any errors.
          Also try to start it with "-noload all" parameter to see whether it makes a difference.
          https://doc.qt.io/qtcreator/creator-cli.html

          https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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          • jsulmJ jsulm

            @SPlatten Try to start it from the terminal and see whether there are any errors.
            Also try to start it with "-noload all" parameter to see whether it makes a difference.
            https://doc.qt.io/qtcreator/creator-cli.html

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            @artwaw , @jsulm , dam it, Virtualbox isn't new and still seems buggy as hell, Shared Clipboard & Drag'n'Drop both set to Bidirectional, neither work.

            I've opened a terminal and typed in:

            sy@sy-VirtualBox:~/.local/share/applications$ ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 1: [Desktop: command not found
            ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 3: fg: no job control
            ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 4: Creator: command not found
            ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 5: IDE: command not found
            ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 9: IDE: command not found
            ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 10: text/x-c++hdr: No such file or directory
            ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 10: text/x-xsrc: No such file or directory
            ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 10: application/x-designer: No such file or directory
            ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 10: application/vnd.qt.qmakeprofile: No such file or directory
            ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 10: application/vnd.qt.xml.resource: No such file or directory
            ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 10: text/x-qml: No such file or directory
            ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 10: text/x-qt.qml: No such file or directory
            ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 10: text/x-qt.qbs: No such file or directory
            

            Obviously from the list above there are prerequisites required that are not present. Is there a guide on how to get up and running? I was following an online guide by Qt, but I didn't think I had to manually go through the huge list of downloads?

            Kind Regards,
            Sy

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            • SPlattenS SPlatten

              @artwaw , @jsulm , dam it, Virtualbox isn't new and still seems buggy as hell, Shared Clipboard & Drag'n'Drop both set to Bidirectional, neither work.

              I've opened a terminal and typed in:

              sy@sy-VirtualBox:~/.local/share/applications$ ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 1: [Desktop: command not found
              ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 3: fg: no job control
              ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 4: Creator: command not found
              ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 5: IDE: command not found
              ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 9: IDE: command not found
              ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 10: text/x-c++hdr: No such file or directory
              ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 10: text/x-xsrc: No such file or directory
              ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 10: application/x-designer: No such file or directory
              ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 10: application/vnd.qt.qmakeprofile: No such file or directory
              ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 10: application/vnd.qt.xml.resource: No such file or directory
              ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 10: text/x-qml: No such file or directory
              ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 10: text/x-qt.qml: No such file or directory
              ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 10: text/x-qt.qbs: No such file or directory
              

              Obviously from the list above there are prerequisites required that are not present. Is there a guide on how to get up and running? I was following an online guide by Qt, but I didn't think I had to manually go through the huge list of downloads?

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              KroMignon
              wrote on last edited by KroMignon
              #17

              @SPlatten said in Installation on Ubuntu 20.04:

              Shared Clipboard & Drag'n'Drop both set to Bidirectional, neither work.

              Did you install VirtualBox extensions?
              I use Ubuntu 20.04 in a VirtualBox VM on Windows7 and Windows10 host and copy/past or shared clipboard just work.

              I hope you did not install Qt as administrator on your Ubuntu VM?

              It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. (Sherlock Holmes)

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              • KroMignonK KroMignon

                @SPlatten said in Installation on Ubuntu 20.04:

                Shared Clipboard & Drag'n'Drop both set to Bidirectional, neither work.

                Did you install VirtualBox extensions?
                I use Ubuntu 20.04 in a VirtualBox VM on Windows7 and Windows10 host and copy/past or shared clipboard just work.

                I hope you did not install Qt as administrator on your Ubuntu VM?

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                SPlatten
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                #18

                @KroMignon said in Installation on Ubuntu 20.04:

                t as administrat

                It could be the macOS variant of Oracle VirtualBox. The user I'm using on Ubuntu is a standard user not super user.

                Kind Regards,
                Sy

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                • SPlattenS SPlatten

                  @KroMignon said in Installation on Ubuntu 20.04:

                  t as administrat

                  It could be the macOS variant of Oracle VirtualBox. The user I'm using on Ubuntu is a standard user not super user.

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                  KroMignon
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                  @SPlatten said in Installation on Ubuntu 20.04:

                  It could be the macOS variant of Oracle VirtualBox.

                  Sorry, I never used macOS, can not really help you :(

                  It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. (Sherlock Holmes)

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                  • KroMignonK KroMignon

                    @SPlatten said in Installation on Ubuntu 20.04:

                    It could be the macOS variant of Oracle VirtualBox.

                    Sorry, I never used macOS, can not really help you :(

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                    SPlatten
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #20

                    @KroMignon, apart from the GUI, its Linux.

                    Kind Regards,
                    Sy

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                    • SPlattenS SPlatten

                      @KroMignon, apart from the GUI, its Linux.

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                      wrote on last edited by
                      #21

                      @SPlatten said in Installation on Ubuntu 20.04:

                      apart from the GUI, its Linux.

                      I have done nothing special:

                      • download the installer from Qt (was an older one 3.1.1)
                      • set execution bit: chmod a+x qt-unified-linux-x64-3.1.1-online.run
                      • launch installer: ./qt-unified-linux-x64-3.1.1-online.run
                      • install required packages: sudo apt-get install build-essential libstdc++6:i386 libgcc1:i386 zlib1g:i386 libncurses5:i386

                      that's it

                      It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. (Sherlock Holmes)

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                      • KroMignonK KroMignon

                        @SPlatten said in Installation on Ubuntu 20.04:

                        apart from the GUI, its Linux.

                        I have done nothing special:

                        • download the installer from Qt (was an older one 3.1.1)
                        • set execution bit: chmod a+x qt-unified-linux-x64-3.1.1-online.run
                        • launch installer: ./qt-unified-linux-x64-3.1.1-online.run
                        • install required packages: sudo apt-get install build-essential libstdc++6:i386 libgcc1:i386 zlib1g:i386 libncurses5:i386

                        that's it

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                        SPlatten
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #22

                        @KroMignon , perhaps its an issue with the version of Qt I'm trying to use?

                        Kind Regards,
                        Sy

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                        • SPlattenS SPlatten

                          @KroMignon , perhaps its an issue with the version of Qt I'm trying to use?

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                          KroMignon
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                          @SPlatten said in Installation on Ubuntu 20.04:

                          perhaps its an issue with the version of Qt I'm trying to use?

                          Maybe, I don't know, you could try to download an older one here => https://download.qt.io/archive/online_installers/3.2/

                          It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. (Sherlock Holmes)

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                          • SPlattenS SPlatten

                            @artwaw , @jsulm , dam it, Virtualbox isn't new and still seems buggy as hell, Shared Clipboard & Drag'n'Drop both set to Bidirectional, neither work.

                            I've opened a terminal and typed in:

                            sy@sy-VirtualBox:~/.local/share/applications$ ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 1: [Desktop: command not found
                            ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 3: fg: no job control
                            ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 4: Creator: command not found
                            ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 5: IDE: command not found
                            ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 9: IDE: command not found
                            ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 10: text/x-c++hdr: No such file or directory
                            ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 10: text/x-xsrc: No such file or directory
                            ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 10: application/x-designer: No such file or directory
                            ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 10: application/vnd.qt.qmakeprofile: No such file or directory
                            ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 10: application/vnd.qt.xml.resource: No such file or directory
                            ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 10: text/x-qml: No such file or directory
                            ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 10: text/x-qt.qml: No such file or directory
                            ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 10: text/x-qt.qbs: No such file or directory
                            

                            Obviously from the list above there are prerequisites required that are not present. Is there a guide on how to get up and running? I was following an online guide by Qt, but I didn't think I had to manually go through the huge list of downloads?

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                            JonB
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                            @SPlatten said in Installation on Ubuntu 20.04:
                            I haven't done any of this download stuff, just looking at your output.

                            ./org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop: line 1: [Desktop: command not found

                            Obviously from the list above there are prerequisites required that are not present.

                            I don't know why you think this is to do with missing prerequisites. It looks like that is being executed as a shell script file where something is wrong? Is it really supposed to be executable??

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                            • SPlattenS SPlatten

                              @KroMignon , perhaps its an issue with the version of Qt I'm trying to use?

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                              mrjj
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                              wrote on last edited by mrjj
                              #25

                              @SPlatten

                              Hi
                              I had some issues with creator and newest ubuntu
                              and had to do
                              sudo apt-get install libxcb-randr0-dev libxcb-xtest0-dev libxcb-xinerama0-dev libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-xkb-dev

                              But the error i got was "Failed to load platform plugin "xcb".

                              In the Qt install folder in tool/QtCreator there should be a
                              qtcreator.sh

                              can you try that one ?

                              also try the actual binary in that folder and try to run .desktop as not sure it works from shell.

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                                @SPlatten

                                Hi
                                I had some issues with creator and newest ubuntu
                                and had to do
                                sudo apt-get install libxcb-randr0-dev libxcb-xtest0-dev libxcb-xinerama0-dev libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-xkb-dev

                                But the error i got was "Failed to load platform plugin "xcb".

                                In the Qt install folder in tool/QtCreator there should be a
                                qtcreator.sh

                                can you try that one ?

                                also try the actual binary in that folder and try to run .desktop as not sure it works from shell.

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                                SPlatten
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                                @mrjj said in Installation on Ubuntu 20.04:

                                sudo apt-get install libxcb-randr0-dev libxcb-xtest0-dev libxcb-xinerama0-dev libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-xkb-dev

                                Just tried that and reporting exactly the same.

                                Kind Regards,
                                Sy

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                                • SPlattenS SPlatten

                                  @mrjj said in Installation on Ubuntu 20.04:

                                  sudo apt-get install libxcb-randr0-dev libxcb-xtest0-dev libxcb-xinerama0-dev libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-xkb-dev

                                  Just tried that and reporting exactly the same.

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                                  mrjj
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                                  wrote on last edited by
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                                  @SPlatten

                                  ok when running the binary from the folder directly and also the .sh file ?

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                                  • mrjjM mrjj

                                    @SPlatten

                                    ok when running the binary from the folder directly and also the .sh file ?

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                                    SPlatten
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #28

                                    @mrjj , I'm in the folder:
                                    /home/sy/Qt/Tools/QtCreator/bin

                                    Then ran:
                                    ./qtcreator.sh &

                                    And it works, thank you!

                                    Kind Regards,
                                    Sy

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