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tempura · 11-19-2017, 04:03 AM

I'm not sure if this is a Calibre issue or maybe a dependency issue. I recently upgraded to XUbuntu 17.10 which uses Qt 5.9. I have set the CALIBRE_USE_SYSTEM_THEME variable for calibre to use the Gtk/XFCE theme which in my case arc-theme. Note, all my other Qt5 applications including Qt5 Designer, work correctly while using the GTK theme.

A pure binary install from the script as provided on the website here: https://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux doesn't work. The theme is completely broken and there are parts of the menus which I can't access. I initially got this error on Calibre 3.0, and then I uninstalled that, and installed Calibre 3.12, both giving the same error on the system as:

Code:

QGtkStyle could not resolve GTK. Make sure you have installed the proper libraries.

Though, I tried a binary install from the Ubuntu repos for Calibre 3.7.0 which works perfectly fine, and adheres to the environment variable to use my GTK theme.

I hope this issue gets fixed sometime.

tempura

11-19-2017, 04:03 AM	#1
tempura Connoisseur Posts: 71 Karma: 47102 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Outside the Universe Device: Kindle PW3	Calibre and Qt5/GTK theming issues I'm not sure if this is a Calibre issue or maybe a dependency issue. I recently upgraded to XUbuntu 17.10 which uses Qt 5.9. I have set the CALIBRE_USE_SYSTEM_THEME variable for calibre to use the Gtk/XFCE theme which in my case arc-theme. Note, all my other Qt5 applications including Qt5 Designer, work correctly while using the GTK theme. A pure binary install from the script as provided on the website here: https://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux doesn't work. The theme is completely broken and there are parts of the menus which I can't access. I initially got this error on Calibre 3.0, and then I uninstalled that, and installed Calibre 3.12, both giving the same error on the system as: Code: QGtkStyle could not resolve GTK. Make sure you have installed the proper libraries. Though, I tried a binary install from the Ubuntu repos for Calibre 3.7.0 which works perfectly fine, and adheres to the environment variable to use my GTK theme. I hope this issue gets fixed sometime. tempura Last edited by tempura; 11-19-2017 at 04:08 AM.