Installed xcb-util-cursor, libxinerama. Reinstalled PyQt5, PyQt6 - to no 
avail.


On Monday, July 22, 2024 at 12:28:47 PM UTC+2 [email protected] wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>>

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