That's a great tip. Thanks! On Sunday, March 17, 2024 at 4:03:24 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote:
> My go-to ‘what package do I need’ tool is pkgs.org. They’re showing that > the package for Fedora 38 is called xcb-until-cursor. Linux library > management leaves much to be desired, in general. > > https://pkgs.org/download/libxcb-cursor.so.0()(64bit) > > Hope this helps! > Jake > > On Mar 17, 2024, at 3:45 PM, Viktor Ransmayr <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello Thomas, > > Am So., 17. März 2024 um 15:41 Uhr schrieb Thomas Passin < > [email protected]>: > >> Try the other suggested library in the error message: xcb-cursor0 . I >> went through the same thing about a week ago on a different distro, and >> using the alternate suggestion solved it. If that doesn't work either, run >> an internet search for "fedora qt.qpa.plugin: From 6.5.0, xcb-cursor0 or >> libxcb-cursor0 is needed to load the Qt xcb platform plugin." This may >> surface another library name that your distro has. >> > > I tried both libraries ! - See my log ... > > >> On Sunday, March 17, 2024 at 3:20:17 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Hello Edward, hello Thomas, >>> >>> [email protected] schrieb am Freitag, 1. März 2024 um 07:32:23 UTC-5: >>> >>> On Friday, March 1, 2024 at 5:33:34 AM UTC-5 Edward K. Ream wrote: >>> >>> My question wasn't clear. I meant to ask whether potential errors >>> concerning the missing xcb-cursor0 or libxcb-cursor0 libraries are a >>> show stopper. >>> >>> Imo, most linux users will know to run sudo apt install, so the missing >>> library isn't a significant barrier to requiring PyQt6. A new FAQ entry >>> might be all that is needed. Do you agree? >>> >>> >>> A year ago I might have said it was a show-stopper. But now the error >>> message from Ubuntu was clear enough that running its suggested command >>> fixed the issue. In years past I had to go to the internet and wade >>> through a lot of useless posts to find the right command (I've saved it in >>> my workbook to make it easier to find). I do know that some non-technical >>> people will read the error message and yet not know what to do, so I agree >>> with a FAQ entry. >>> >>> BTW, Ubuntu/XUbuntu is the only distro where I've encountered this issue >>> so far. >>> >>> >>> I have encountered this problem as well, when I tried to install Leo >>> from the devel-branch into a newly created Fedora 38 VM. >>> >>> When I try to install the mentioned libraries I receive the following >>> error msg: >>> >>> ### >>> >>> [user@Test-VM1 ~]$ >>> [user@Test-VM1 ~]$ ./leo & >>> [1] 1513 >>> [user@Test-VM1 ~]$ setting leoID from os.getenv('USER'): 'user' >>> >>> qt.qpa.plugin: From 6.5.0, xcb-cursor0 or libxcb-cursor0 is needed >>> to load the Qt xcb platform plugin. >>> qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" >>> even though it was found. >>> This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could >>> be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. >>> >>> Available platform plugins are: linuxfb, vnc, minimal, wayland-egl, >>> eglfs, vkkhrdisplay, offscreen, wayland, xcb, minimalegl. >>> >>> ./leo: line 2: 1517 Aborted (core dumped) python >>> ~/leo-editor/launchLeo.py $1 >>> >>> [1]+ Exit 134 ./leo >>> [user@Test-VM1 ~]$ >>> [user@fedora-38-minimal-vr ~]$ sudo dnf install libxcb-cursor0 >>> Last metadata expiration check: 2:19:22 ago on Sun Mar 17 12:29:58 >>> 2024. >>> No match for argument: libxcb-cursor0 >>> Error: Unable to find a match: libxcb-cursor0 >>> [user@fedora-38-minimal-vr ~]$ >>> [user@fedora-38-minimal-vr ~]$ sudo dnf install xcb-cursor0 >>> Last metadata expiration check: 2:19:56 ago on Sun Mar 17 12:29:58 >>> 2024. >>> No match for argument: xcb-cursor0 >>> Error: Unable to find a match: xcb-cursor0 >>> [user@fedora-38-minimal-vr ~]$ >>> >>> ### >>> >>> What am I missing ? >>> >>> With kind regards, >>> >>> Viktor >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "leo-editor" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/a257a7e3-343e-4f9e-bfde-f3c58b9f9b72n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/a257a7e3-343e-4f9e-bfde-f3c58b9f9b72n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "leo-editor" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/CAAeSrGLyR7OSmHatFmn0gQGPHPj_8Ozyi4L9qt7PeKx_OZ%3DBZA%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/CAAeSrGLyR7OSmHatFmn0gQGPHPj_8Ozyi4L9qt7PeKx_OZ%3DBZA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. 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