Problem installing qt5 on ubuntu running on a chromebook

[Frozsht]

I am running ubuntu on a samsung chromebook through crouton. I tried installing qt5 32 bit for linux but I get the "cannot execute binary file" error.

I tried chmod u+x on the file and I get the same error.

My laptop is running on an ARM processor. Does this have something to do with it? I know there are limitations with the ARM architecture but I am not really sure how that all works. If so how would I got about installing qt5 on ubuntu using an ARM processor?

Thank you for your help.

[SGaist]

Hi and welcome to devnet,

AFAIK, the installers are build for x86/x86_64 processors. You'll need to build Qt yourself, unless Ubuntu provides packages for ARM

[Frozsht]

Thank you. I have one more question. I am going over the building qt 5 from git instructions:

http://qt-project.org/wiki/Building_Qt_5_from_Git

It says I need a working compiler. Do I need a specific one since I am using and ARM processor? If so, what should I use?

Thanks again.

[SGaist]

Just install the dev tools on your chromebook. The instructions are the same as for x86

[agocs]

Bit late response, but we finally have some instructions in the Wiki on how to build Qt 5 from git on ARM (and Mali) based Chromebooks: https://wiki.qt.io/Chromebook2