Posts: 70
greyowl
Joined: 04 Jul 2017
#1
I am a novice so simple instructions are confusing to me.
I am trying to update QT to version 5.4.1 so that Master PDF Editor will work. The Master PDF people have given me a link to the update file for QT which I have downloaded. They have given me the instruction below for running the file. I don't understand how to"Open the terminal in the folder where the file is located". Please help.

Instructions from Master PDF:
You can upgrade Qt via the system package manager or download directly from Qt site and install to /opt/:

========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://download.qt.io/archive/qt/5.4/5.4.1/qt-opensource-linux-x64-5.4.1.run"
linktext was:"http://download.qt.io/archive/qt/5.4/5. ... -5.4.1.run"
====================================

First you have to add an executable flag to the file. Open the terminal in the folder where the file is located. Then go with:
chmod +x qt-opensource-linux-x64-5.4.1.run
sudo ./qt-opensource-linux-x64-5.4.1.run
Then, run the file and it will open a GUI wizard to guide your through the installation steps. Leave the default installation path.
Last edited by greyowl on 11 Aug 2017, 19:45, edited 1 time in total.
Posts: 2,238
dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#2
you just us"cd" to navigate to your folder you need.

so to get to /opt for instance, you would do

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cd /opt

you can use the"tab" button to autocomplete long pathways as well.

if you downloaded the file to your Downloads folder in your home folder, then

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cd /home/$USER/Downloads
will get you directly to the downloads folder from anywhere.

may I suggest reading up on some basic terminal commands, as compiling stuff can get hairy fast. This list is pretty basic...
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://www.informit.com/blogs/blog.aspx?uk=The-10-Most-Important-Linux-Commands"
linktext was:"http://www.informit.com/blogs/blog.aspx ... x-Commands"
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Posts: 70
greyowl
Joined: 04 Jul 2017
#3
Thank you for the instructions which worked.
The Qt5.41 GUI opened and installed it to /opt/.
I refreshed the Synaptic Package Manage and it still shows Qt5.32.
Shouldn't it show Qt5.41?

I tried to install Master PDF Editor and I got an error message: error: Dependency is not satisfiable: libqt5svg5>=5.4
It appears that Qt 5.41 is not working.
Can you give me any help with this?
Posts: 850
fatmac
Joined: 26 Jul 2012
#4
If a package isn't in the repositories, it will not be available to synaptic, so won't show.
Your dependency problem is saying that you need libqt5svg5 to be at version 5.4 or more recent.
Posts: 70
greyowl
Joined: 04 Jul 2017

11 Aug 2017, 19:44 #5

Thanks for the explanation on synaptic.
I have been able to successfully install the Master PDF Editor tarball and the program is working.
Again, thanks for the help.
Posts: 850
fatmac
Joined: 26 Jul 2012
#6
Good to know - you're welcome - enjoy your time with AntiX. __{{emoticon}}__