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Re: How to install qt5 on Wheezy, and is that even a good idea?



Steve Litt wrote:
Hi all,

Normally, I use the packages given me by a distro. I don't like to gum
things up. And because I use Linux for my everyday business, my
priority is stability, so of course I use Wheezy.

Unfortunately, one program that might be mission critical to my
business, Sigil, now requires qt5 to compile, and of course Wheezy
doesn't have a qt5 package.

What would be the best way I could install qt5 on my Wheezy without
borking everything else that depends on qt4? Also, if I have to use
Jessie repositories, how can I set it so the only software from Jessie
I use is qt5 and its dependencies? To the extent possible, I want my
system to be Wheezy, not Jessie.


Somebody correct me if I'm wrong..For years I have been installing different packages, they use different names and I have seen no problems, I use gdebi-gtk to do the installs. As far as I know the only app that is going to use the package I installed is the app that requires that package. So it seems to me that installing gt5 is a safe move if it's needed by the app you want to use.
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Jimmy Johnson

Debian-Live - Wheezy - KDE 4.8.4 - AMD64 - EXT4 at sda1
Registered Linux User #380263


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