Location to download Qt Linguist?

Perdrix

Is there somewhere that a current version of Linguist can be downloaded from (for use by a translator).

Thanks, David

mzimmers

@Perdrix is it not already supplied in your Qt installation? Mine is in C:\Qt\6.5.3\mingw_64\bin.

Perdrix

@mzimmers Yes of course I have it. This is to DL Qt Linguist without the rest of Qt just for use by a translator.

SGaist

Hi,

AFAIK, no. That said, on which OS do you need that ? If on Linux, it can be installed using the package manager of the distribution.

Paul Colby

@Perdrix said in Location to download Qt Linguist?:

Is there somewhere that a current version of Linguist can be downloaded from (for use by a translator).

Qt Linguist is part of the Qt Tools module, so you should be able to install that module (along with its dependencies) a few different ways.

The hard way (not recommended):

download the *.7z archive from download.qt.io/online/qtsdkrepository, for example, this one for Linux: 6.6.1-0-202311210527qttools-Linux-RHEL_8_8-GCC-Linux-RHEL_8_8-X86_64.7z
extract, and apply patches for your host (do-able, but not recommended)

The easier way (untested, but is definitely where I would start): Use Another Qt installer (aqt) to do the above two steps for you, like, for example:

aqt install-qt linux desktop 6.6.1 gcc_64 --archives qttools`

This will install just the qttools module. See Installing a subset of Qt archives [Advanced] (and read the Note there).
Depending on the host, you might need to include the qtbase module too. Try it and see.

Tip: this site is invaluable for building the aqt command line for you - https://ddalcino.github.io/aqt-list-server/ (saves me a lot of effort on a regular basis)

The easiest way (if available): install the Qt Tools module, or Qt Linguist itself, via your OS's package manager. Obviously not available on all operating systems, but for Ubuntu, for example:

apt install linguist-qt6
# or
apt install qttools5-dev-tools # Includes Qt Linguist.

As @SGaist asked, let us know the OS, and we might be able to help further.

Cheers.

Perdrix

@Paul-Colby I would expect that the translator will be running a Windows system.

SGaist

In that case, the likely easier path would be to follow the deployment steps for the Linguist you want to share and provide it as an archive (or use the QIF for that)