Re: KDE madness again

[deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com>]

Reco wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 03, 2019 at 09:47:50AM +0100, deloptes wrote:
>> Reco wrote:
>> 
>> > # apt install qttools5-dev-tools -y
>> 
>> tried several times without success - perhaps because qt4 was installed
>> before.
> 
> QT4 has no future, and will be probably removed in bullseye.
> 
> 

true, so I removed everything KDE/Qt4 and KDE/Qt5 then installed the KDE/Qt5
again - interestingly both qt4/5 is in the same package.

$ ls -al /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qtchooser/
total 132
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root   4096 Nov  3 09:44 .
drwxr-xr-x 101 root root 126976 Nov  3 09:44 ..
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root     50 May  3  2019
4.conf -> ../../../share/qtchooser/qt4-x86_64-linux-gnu.conf
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root     50 May  3  2019
5.conf -> ../../../share/qtchooser/qt5-x86_64-linux-gnu.conf
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root     50 May  3  2019
qt4.conf -> ../../../share/qtchooser/qt4-x86_64-linux-gnu.conf
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root     50 May  3  2019
qt5.conf -> ../../../share/qtchooser/qt5-x86_64-linux-gnu.conf

And the crap is broken

$ dpkg -S /usr/share/qtchooser/qt4-x86_64-linux-gnu.conf
qtchooser: /usr/share/qtchooser/qt4-x86_64-linux-gnu.conf


>> > $ /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qdbusviewer
>> > 
>> > Works for me.
>> 
>> you should try starting qdbusviewer not from the full path. Does it work?
>> $ /usr/bin/qdbusviewer
>> qdbusviewer: could not find a Qt installation of ''
> 
> No. And that's a bug in qtchooser. Some variation of #928315, probably.
> 
> I don't use QT programs that much, so I won't comment on whichever is
> broken there. Presumably it's some user configuration file which should
> point at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5.
> 
> Personally I see no problem at creating a suitable shell alias.

No customizations at this level - cause later you forget and wonder again
why something does not work. MY solution was great customization :) use
independent and recent Qt5.12

>> A simple proof that after 11 years since they (KDE) promised things will
>> work - it is still the same BS.
> 
> I lost faith in KDE back in "KDE4.0 != KDE4" days.

yes same - ridiculous and 11y later it is still crap. I tend to think this
is a big problem for Free Open Source Software. In the profit driven
market, you source inefficiency and stupidity out. But in FOSS there is no
way to control ideology and SystemD/KDE expolit the freedom.

There is no way to bring them to consciousness. The lack of ability to
participate in normal argumentative communication, to make conclusions and
correct the own stand point is ridiculous.

regards