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authorxmrdsc <xmrdsc@protonmail.com>2019-04-16 15:29:07 +0200
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Update README.md for Qt 5.9.7
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@@ -95,7 +95,11 @@ Packaging for your favorite distribution would be a welcome contribution!
2. Install Qt:
- *Note*: Qt 5.7 is the minimum version required to build the GUI. This makes **some** distributions (mostly based on debian, like Ubuntu 16.x or Linux Mint 18.x) obsolete. You can still build the GUI if you install an [official Qt release](https://wiki.qt.io/Install_Qt_5_on_Ubuntu), but this is not officially supported.
+ *Note*: Qt 5.9.7 is the minimum version required to build the GUI. This makes **some** distributions (mostly based on debian, like Ubuntu 16.x or Linux Mint 18.x) obsolete due to their repositories containing an older Qt version.
+
+ The recommended way is to install 5.9.7 from the [official Qt installer](https://www.qt.io/download-qt-installer) or [compiling it yourself](https://wiki.qt.io/Install_Qt_5_on_Ubuntu). This ensures you have the correct version. Higher versions *can* work but as it differs from our production build target, slight differences may occur.
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+The following instructions will fetch Qt from your distribution's repositories instead. Take note of what version it installs. Your mileage may vary.
- For Ubuntu 17.10+
@@ -153,7 +157,7 @@ The executable can be found in the build/release/bin folder.
4. Install Qt:
- `brew install qt5` (or download QT 5.8+ from [qt.io](https://www.qt.io/download-open-source/))
+ `brew install qt5` (or download QT 5.9.7+ from [qt.io](https://www.qt.io/download-open-source/))
If you have an older version of Qt installed via homebrew, you can force it to use 5.x like so:
@@ -161,7 +165,7 @@ The executable can be found in the build/release/bin folder.
5. Add the Qt bin directory to your path
- Example: `export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/Qt/5.8/clang_64/bin`
+ Example: `export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/Qt/5.9.7/clang_64/bin`
This is the directory where Qt 5.x is installed on **your** system
@@ -181,7 +185,7 @@ The executable can be found in the `build/release/bin` folder.
**Note:** Workaround for "ERROR: Xcode not set up properly"
-Edit `$HOME/Qt/5.8/clang_64/mkspecs/features/mac/default_pre.prf`
+Edit `$HOME/Qt/5.9.7/clang_64/mkspecs/features/mac/default_pre.prf`
replace
`isEmpty($$list($$system("/usr/bin/xcrun -find xcrun 2>/dev/null")))`