Here is a page that has some good information about fixing this problem in case my previous post doesn't: “Failed to load platform plugin ”xcb“ ” while launching qt5 app on linux <https://askubuntu.com/questions/308128/failed-to-load-platform-plugin-xcb-while-launching-qt5-app-on-linux-without>
Briefly, you can get a more complete error message by setting this environmental variable before launching Leo: export QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS=1 On Monday, July 22, 2024 at 6:22:55 AM UTC-4 Thomas Passin wrote: > This error comes up with small variations for some Linux systems. Many > times the error message will continue to suggest a command line for > installing the required library. That library may already be installed but > not the right version. If there was no suggestion, search online for how > to install it for your system. Often the library is named *libxcb-cursor0 > *but sometimes it goes by a different name. Here's a site than can help > finding the right install package: http://pkgs.org/ > > On Ubuntu systems, this command used to work (I don't know if it still > does): > > sudo apt-get install libxcb-xinerama0 > > Sometimes the required library goes by this name: *libqxcb.so* instead. > Sometimes the error message will suggest two possible names instead of just > the one. Try them both if the first doesn't do the job. > On Monday, July 22, 2024 at 5:40:34 AM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > >> Issuing >> >> export QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS=1 && leo >> >> yields >> >> setting leoID from os.getenv('USER'): 'XXXXX' >> qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: checking directory path >> "/usr/bin/platforms" ... >> qt.qpa.plugin: Could not find the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" >> This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be >> initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. >> >> Everything with "xcb" in its name seems installed (I'am on endeavourOS). >> Any idea, how I could proceed? >> >> What I did so far: >> - Update the whole system (endeavourOS) >> - Update Leo from PYPI >> >> Cheers >> Paul >> >> -- 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/c9f0373c-690e-4027-9f86-31c898577b53n%40googlegroups.com.
