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capidamonte · 01-14-2015, 05:35 PM

Neither affects the look at all. That preference is for something else, I think -- something about rounded corners is all I remember for the moment.

Also, it was already set to 'System Default'.

I'm looking for a way to tell the qt5 static libraries that calibre installs to use the system theme.

Thanks for answering; I assume that changing that does indeed work on your linux system?

EDIT: just tried this:

Code:

export QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE=GTK+ ; calibre

Got this back:

Code:

/opt/calibre/bin/calibre: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_type_check_instance_is_fundamentally_a

I get the exact same result if I use gtk instead of GTK+ Something about this error suggests to me that it's related to the QT5 installation that comes with calibre vs. the QT5 installation that comes with the system.

01-14-2015, 05:35 PM	#3
capidamonte Not who you think I am... Posts: 374 Karma: 30283 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Honolulu Device: PocketBook 360 -- Ivory	Neither affects the look at all. That preference is for something else, I think -- something about rounded corners is all I remember for the moment. Also, it was already set to 'System Default'. I'm looking for a way to tell the qt5 static libraries that calibre installs to use the system theme. Thanks for answering; I assume that changing that does indeed work on your linux system? EDIT: just tried this: Code: export QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE=GTK+ ; calibre Got this back: Code: /opt/calibre/bin/calibre: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_type_check_instance_is_fundamentally_a I get the exact same result if I use gtk instead of GTK+ Something about this error suggests to me that it's related to the QT5 installation that comes with calibre vs. the QT5 installation that comes with the system. Last edited by capidamonte; 01-14-2015 at 05:45 PM.