From 4451dbfc5a6c2ade95a6f23a9ee2994838b5847f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kirill Rekhov Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2026 21:03:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] INSTALL.md: Add Qt6 support notes and Debian install instructions --- INSTALL.md | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md index f2f592b9e..52b57f8a4 100644 --- a/INSTALL.md +++ b/INSTALL.md @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ $ make install PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR=./test-dir There are no required build dependencies. The default build is probably not what you want though. -If you want the frontend (which is likely), you will need PyQt5 (python3 version). +If you want the frontend (which is likely), you will need PyQt5 or PyQt6 (python3 version). You likely will also want: @@ -63,13 +63,20 @@ $ make features To find out which dependencies are missing. -Under Debian based systems, you can use this command to install everything: +Under Debian based systems, you can use this command to install everything with Qt5 packages: ``` sudo apt install python3-pyqt5.qtsvg python3-rdflib pyqt5-dev-tools \ libmagic-dev liblo-dev libasound2-dev libpulse-dev libx11-dev libxcursor-dev libxext-dev \ qtbase5-dev libfluidsynth-dev ``` +Under Debian based systems, you can alternatively install everything with Qt6 packages: +``` +sudo apt install python3-pyqt6.qtsvg python3-rdflib pyqt6-dev-tools \ + libmagic-dev liblo-dev libasound2-dev libpulse-dev libx11-dev libxcursor-dev libxext-dev \ + qt6-base-dev libfluidsynth-dev +``` + Under Fedora, you can use the following command instead: ``` sudo dnf install python3-qt5-devel python3-rdflib \