Hello,
I managed to install Qt Creator but I think I'm actually missing Qt5?
Not being shown in kits?
How does one install QT5 via command line in PuppyLinux
Moderator: Forum moderators
@ rockedge/moderator. Please move this post to the User's Section. This Section is supposed to be for Instructions and tips, not questions.
@ wdx12 READ THIS POST, viewtopic.php?t=218. Only my mother could read minds; and she died years ago. Always tell us which fricken Puppy. There are over 5,000 of them.
And tell us EXACTLY How did you install Qt Creator? starting with where did you get it.
And why 'command line'? Missing libraries may be available via Puppy Package Manager. If not, they can usually be downloaded using a Web-browser after following links from pkgs.org to them.
Do you know how to file-browse to an application's binary and use listDD (list dynamic dependencies) to find out what's missing?
Moved from "Instructional How-to section: Install" to "Users".
More appropriate location.
@wdx12 :- Puppy doesn't tend to install stuff via the command-line. You used to using Synaptic & stuff?
We sometimes install the odd item via the terminal, though this is not common; most will come from either the PPM, the "Additional Software" section here, or places like /ubuntu/pool/ or pkgs.org, as t'other Mike says.
Qt5 can almost always be found via the PPM, which will be reading the repos of the pup's 'parent' distro.....thus, you will have the tried & tested version of Qt5 that ships with the 'parent'. It won't necessarily be the very newest, mind you; remember that most major Puppies tend to be based on LTS releases, meaning "stable", as opposed to "bleeding-edge".
@mikeslr :- Why command-line? Maybe for the same reason I used to do this myself, Mike; it was a darned sight quicker to install stuff from the terminal in Ubuntu or Mint with "sudo apt-get install" than it was to struggle with Synaptic's unfathomable GUI. (I never could get the hang of Synaptic, but "sudo apt-get, etc", gave you the same back-end functionality, especially if you already knew what you wanted to install.)
Mike.
rockedge wrote: ↑Sat Dec 25, 2021 2:17 amIn a terminal:
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pkg repo-update pkg add qt5-default
Heh. I keep forgetting about pkg....(you can tell I don't use it very often, can't you? )
Merry Xmas!
Mike.
@mikewalsh And A very Merry Christmas to you!
Remember to check:
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pkg help
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root# pkg help
Usage: pkg [OPTION(S)] COMMAND PKGNAME|SEARCH|FILE|-
OPTIONS:
These options MUST go before (or after) all other commands:
--ask|-a ask before doing stuff (give as 1st option)
--quiet|-q suppress some output, like download progress
--force |-f force downloading, installing and uninstalling
--no-colour|-nc disable ANSI colours in pkg output
COMMANDS:
These commands can be used with the options above, but not each other:
search|s [SEARCH] search all package info in CURRENT repo
search-all|sa [SEARCH] search all package info in ALL repos
names|n [PKGNAME] list package name matches in the CURRENT repo
names-all|na [PKGNAME] list package name matches in ALL repos
add|a PKGNAME download & install matching package and deps
remove|rm PKGNAME uninstall a package and any left over deps
get|g PKGNAME alias of add (see the command above)
get-only|go PKGNAME same as get, but don't install
download|d PKGNAME download a package from CURRENT repo
install|i PKGNAME install a downloaded package
install-all|ia install all downloaded packages
update|pu [PKGNAME] update all matching installed packages
extract|unpack PKGFILE extract package contents into folder
split PKGFILE split a package into DEV, DOC, NLS packages
deps|e PKGNAME install dependencies of matching package
deps-download|ed PKGNAME only download dependencies, no install
deps-all|ea install dependencies of all installed packages
deps-check|ldd prints message about missing dependencies
uninstall|u PKGNAME uninstall a package
uninstall-all|ua uninstall all installed packages
delete|l PKGNAME delete a downloaded package
delete-all|la delete ALL downloaded packages
blacklist PKGNAME ignore a package, so it doesnt get installed
whitelist PKGNAME remove a package from the blacklist
clean [PKGNAME] delete downloaded pkg files of installed pkgs
autoclean [yes|no] auto delete pkg files after download+install
list-downloaded|ld [PKG] list downloaded packages, PKGNAME is a filter
list-installed|li|LI [PKG] list installed packages, PKGNAME is a filter
list-builtins|lb [PKG] list builtin packages, PKG is a filter
list-deps|le|LE PKGNAME list the dependencies of PKGNAME
build-list|pbl [PKG] list all build scripts, PKGNAME is optional
build|pb PKG build a PET package from source and install it
pkg-combine|pc PKG build a new package containing PKGNAME + deps
sfs-combine|sc PKG build a new SFS file containing PKGNAME + deps
repack|pr PKG build a .pet package from an installed package
merge PKGNAME,PKGNAME,.. merge multiple packages into a single package
status|ps|PS PKG show package status (name, size, deps, etc)
contents|c PKG list the contents of a downloaded package
entry|pe PKG show package repo entry (if in current repo)
installed|pi PKG return true if package installed, false if not
all-pkgs list details of all packages in CURRENT repo
names-exact|ne [PKG] list EXACT package name matches in CURRENT repo
names-exact-all|nea [PKG] list EXACT package name matches in ALL repos
what-needs|wn PKGNAME lists pkgs that depend on PKGNAME
which|w FILENAME find out which pkg FILENAME comes from
which-repo|wr PKG find out which repo PKG comes from
repo|r [REPONAME] set repo to use, show current repo if none given
repo-info|ri REPONAME display the name, and other info of CURRENT repo
repo-update|ru [REPONAME] update the current repo package list
repo-list|rl list names of all available repositories
repo-file-list|rfl list all available repository files
repo-convert|rc FILE convert repo files to pre/post Woof format
add-repo add a Pkg, PPA, Ubuntu, Debian or Slackware repo
rm-repo remove an installed repo
dir2repo create a Puppy repo from a directory of packages
add-source add a Puppy repo (needs repo file in ~/.packages/)
update-sources update the list of available repos
repo-pkg-scope one|all search pkgs in current repo (one), or all (all)
repo-dep-scope one|all search deps in current repo (one), or all (all)
bleeding-edge no|yes if yes, get latest pkg versions, from ANY repo
rdep-check no|yes get deps recursively (yes), or not (no)
dir2pet DIR create a pet package from a directory
dir2sfs DIR create an sfs package from a directory
dir2tgz DIR create a tar.gz file from a directory
deb2pet DEBFILE convert local deb file to a pet package
pet2sfs PETFILE convert local pet file to an sfs package
pet2tgz PETFILE convert local pet file to a tar.gz package
pet2txz PETFILE convert local pet file to a tar.xz package
sfs2pet SFSFILE convert local sfs file to a pet package
tgz2pet TARFILE convert local tar.gz|tgz file to PET
txz2pet TXZFILE convert local tar.xz|txz file to PET
welcome print some useful cmds to help get started
show-config show current config, repo and search settings
workdir set a new working directory. Default is ~/pkg/
version|v show the version of this script
help|h show this help information
help-all|H show a full description, with added info
usage [CMD] show usage of CMD, or list available cmds
examples|ex show example command line usage of pkg
func-list list all functions used in this program
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES:
PKGRC [~/.pkg/pkgrc] the config file used by Pkg
HIDE_INSTALLED [=false] if true, ignore/hide installed packages
HIDE_BUILTINS [=true] if true, ignore/hide builtin packages
HIDE_USER_PKGS [=true] if true, ignore/hide user installed packages
NO_ALIASES [=false] if true, ignore package name aliases in searches
NO_INSTALL [=false] if true, skip installing of packages
PKG_NO_COLOURS [=false] if true, disable coloured output
PKG_BLACKLIST [=empty] a space separated list of packages to ignore,
which will be appended to the contents of
$HOME/.pkg/blackisted_packages
When BUILDTOOL=buildpet in ~/.pkg/pkgrc (use with `pkg build` command):
PKG_CONFIGURE [=''] custom configure options fpr building packages
PKG_CFLAGS [=''] custom CFLAG options for buiding packages
Thanks Guys Merry Christmas.
I got new laptop so prepping new USB to boot. Now I have to figure a way around the UEFI stuff.
My old trusty NTFS/Boot/Puppy won't work. so got one cooking FAT32 but now capped at 2G
on the save_luks which kinda sucks.
wdx12
wdx12, you still haven't told us which Puppy. Rockedge's post requires pkg-cli, which might not be installed in you Puppy. If not, it's available, with instructions, from here: https://oldforum.puppylinux.com/viewtop ... cf#p985531. See this post about how to deploy it, viewtopic.php?t=717.