can you try clean up old version first by
sudo rm /usr/bin/jqt

On Mon, Mar 2, 2020, 2:32 AM Alex Gibbs <[email protected]> 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
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