Can qtwebglplugin be installed with aqt?
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wrote on 24 Jun 2025, 15:21 last edited by
I'm trying to develop a Devcontainer Feature for installing Qt and the VSCODEEXT. The only thing missing is a QPA that will allow tests and applications to be run. qtwebglplugin looks like the best fit, but despite being listed in the official documentation for aqtinstall, it isn't listed as one of the modules for Qt 6.8. Am I missing something?
Sorry for the basic sentences. I'm typing on my phone and something is off with the keyboard. -
Hi,
Did you consider using the vnc platform plug-in ? It might be simpler.
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wrote on 24 Jun 2025, 20:56 last edited by nxctr
@SGaist yes. However, devcontainers have no built-in support for VNC. That's just not how they're intended to be used.
Is there anything wrong with the webgl platform right now? The Qt Wiki lists it as one of the official backends.
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One other possible solution would be to forward your Xorg session through the container so you could use the xcb backend. It might be the easier way.
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wrote on 25 Jun 2025, 22:17 last edited by
That will also require special tools, won't work in every situation, and could run into problems when run over the internet. Running an HTTP server and forwarding a port is what containers were made for.
Most people won't bother trying to get GUI apps running if it takes effort to get it to work correctly. I just want developers to be able to create a new Codespace on GitHub, compile the application, and then see it running in a new tab. I can do that with the webgl QPA: I just set the environment variable through the Devcontainer Feature, and everything should "just work." The only thing missing is a way to install the webgl plugin without building it from source.
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wrote 29 days ago last edited by
Speaking from my own past experience with the person/team managing
aqt, you can expect a helpful reply by interacting with that project here: https://github.com/miurahr/aqtinstall/issues
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