Suggestion for update to /Building_on_Linux_older.md

PeterT · 02-07-2025, 03:15 PM

You might like to make an explicit mention that for people whose environment is QT5 (for instance on my Chromebook's linux environment) the highest sigil version that can be installed is 2.2.1

DiapDealer · 02-07-2025, 05:27 PM

I wasn't aware you could compile stuff on a Chromebook!

But your point is taken. I hate to tell people they couldn't possibly add a non-system version of Qt6 that could be used to build Sigil on their system, but it makes sense in the Qt5 build directions to let folks know when official support for Qt5 ended.

PeterT · 02-07-2025, 07:33 PM

If you use the linux development environment you get a debian environment you can use. Currently it's debian bookworm.

It's usable but there are always a few issues. For instance, while calibre does run, usb devices are not fully pased through. Instead they are mounted on the chromeos side of the system and in effect, the mount point is shared with the linux development environment, so I can't use calibre's direct Kobo support. Also, I have to use the QT xcb display option.

02-07-2025, 03:15 PM	#1
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,115 Karma: 78857258 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Suggestion for update to /Building_on_Linux_older.md You might like to make an explicit mention that for people whose environment is QT5 (for instance on my Chromebook's linux environment) the highest sigil version that can be installed is 2.2.1

02-07-2025, 07:33 PM	#3
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,115 Karma: 78857258 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	If you use the linux development environment you get a debian environment you can use. Currently it's debian bookworm. It's usable but there are always a few issues. For instance, while calibre does run, usb devices are not fully pased through. Instead they are mounted on the chromeos side of the system and in effect, the mount point is shared with the linux development environment, so I can't use calibre's direct Kobo support. Also, I have to use the QT xcb display option. Last edited by PeterT; 02-07-2025 at 07:36 PM.

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02-07-2025, 05:27 PM	#2
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,261 Karma: 203719142 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I wasn't aware you could compile stuff on a Chromebook! But your point is taken. I hate to tell people they couldn't possibly add a non-system version of Qt6 that could be used to build Sigil on their system, but it makes sense in the Qt5 build directions to let folks know when official support for Qt5 ended.