[Eric] Install eric6 on Mint 17.1

[Tony Arnold]

Detlev,

On 05/01/15 15:26, Detlev Offenbach wrote:

> if both Qt variants are present, eric prefers Qt5. Unfortunately the
> version is too old on Mint 17.1. You can force the install script to use
> PyQt4/Qt4 by using the commandline parameter '--pyqt=4' (i.e. python3
> install.py --pyqt4=4).

Fantastic! Thanks. Simple solution that works.

Regards,
Tony.

> On Sunday 04 January 2015, 21:27:55 Tony Arnold wrote:
> 
>> When installing eric6 on my Linux Mint 17.1 systems, it complains it
> 
>> needs Qt 4.8.0 or better, or Qt 5.3.0 or better. I have Qt 4.8.5 and Qt
> 
>> 5.2.1.
> 
>>
> 
>> Qt 5.3 is not in the Mint repositories yet and is unlikely to be for
> 
>> some time as it is based on Ubuntu 14.04 and will be for the next year
> 
>> or so.
> 
>>
> 
>> I've tried Qt 5.4 using the on-line installer from the Qt web site
> 
>> (www.qt.io), but this installs into $HOME/qt if installed without sudo
> 
>> and into /opt/qt if installed as root. Not sure either of these
> 
>> locations will be discovered by the eric6 install script.
> 
>>
> 
>> So, how best to install Qt 5.3.0 (or better) in a way that ensures the
> 
>> eric6 install script will find it? Or is there a debian style repository
> 
>> somewhere with qt5 available?
> 
>>
> 
>> Regards,
> 
>> Tony.
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