[SOLVED] Packages cannot locate QT5 (BLFS 8.4)

SINISTER750 · 11-06-2020, 10:46 AM

I'm trying to install BLFS 8.4
I've installed QT5 but somehow other packages that need QT5 cannot find it.

E.g. while installing highlight, after the command 'make gui', it says ' qmake command not found'. Similarly 'extra-cmake-modules-5.55.0' and 'oxygen-icons5-5.55.0' couldn't find "qcollectiongenerator, linguist, qcore, etc."

These packages are present in "/opt/qt-5.12.1/bin"
Which command shows output:

Code:

which qmake-qt5
/usr/bin/qmake-qt5

I installed QT5 in /opt directory.

spiky0011 · 11-06-2020, 11:38 AM

Is qt in your PATH
echo $PATH

SINISTER750 · 11-06-2020, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spiky0011

Is qt in your PATH
echo $PATH

Code:

echo $PATH
/bin:/usr/bin

SINISTER750 · 11-06-2020, 11:49 AM

SOLVED
Follow this link https://www.blogetcetera.com/2017/qm...and-not-found/

All I had to do was create a symlink.
What I did not understand is I had to create a symlink for /usr/bin/qmake-qt5 to /usr/bin/qmake where as I installed QT5 in /opt!

spiky0011 · 11-06-2020, 11:51 AM

Did you create the
/etc/profile.d/qt5.sh file and add to /etc/ld.so.conf

SINISTER750 · 11-06-2020, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spiky0011

Did you create the
/etc/profile.d/qt5.sh file and add to /etc/ld.so.conf

I'm quite sure that I did it but now I have redone it and checked that all the echo outputs are correct and the previous packages have detected QT5.