Alex Thanks for the report.
I haven't tried the deb install in a while and will take a look. In the meantime, the zips install should work fine. I run linux mint 19.3 and install in my home directory. Chris On Sun, Mar 1, 2020 at 10:32 AM Alex Gibbs <alexgi...@outlook.com> wrote: > > I'd like to try J and the IDE, but have run aground during installation. I > hoped someone might be able to point me in the right direction. > I'm on ubuntu 19.10. > > I followed the directions at > https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/System/Installation/J901/Debian for the > installation: > -- download the .deb > -- sudo dpkg -i j901_amd64.deb > -- sudo ijconsole > -- install 'qtide' > > After the above, I found the below exception: > % jqt > "libjqt.so.9.01" > "could not resolve: state_run:\n\nCannot load library libjqt.so.9.01: > (libjqt.so.9.01: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)" > > And sure enough, when I try to locate libjqt.so, I get nothing > % locate libjqt > > % which jqt > /usr/bin/jqt > > On https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Guides/Qt_IDE/Install, I found the > following, and was hopeful their absence could be related (though I would > have expected a different shared object to be missing). > > Ubuntu/Linux Mint > Two issues have been reported: > > you may need to install the Qt webkit, websockets, multimedia libraries, as: > sudo apt-get install qt5-default > sudo apt-get install libqt5webkit5 > sudo apt-get install libqt5websockets5 > sudo apt-get install libqt5multimediawidgets5 > > There were, indeed, qt libraries to install. > But the problem persisted after their installation. > > I ran another round of sudo ijconsole, trying the different installs, hoping > something would get the missing object into place, but none of the below did. > -- install 'all' > -- install 'qtide' > -- install 'full' > > There is a warning in the output that seems related. Does anyone know a fix > for this, or options for more verbose output, or what might be triggering the > failure to install? > Example from install 'full' below: > > % sudo ijconsole > install 'full' > Updating server catalog... > Installing 1 package > Downloading base library... > Installing base library... > Done. > Installing JQt binaries... > install libjqt.so to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/. > update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative > /usr/bin/jqt-9.01 because link group jqt is broken > Finished install of JQt binaries. > Exit and restart J using jqt > > The "update-alternatives: warning: ..." is concerning, and the failure of > "install libjqt.so to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/" makes me suspicious there > is something the installer doesn't like. > Any advice would be appreciated > Thanks > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
