Qt 6 configuration tool on Linux Mint?
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I run Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon, and I miss being able to use the Qt 5 Settings utility to customize Strawberry. I am aware of the explanation in the wiki, which states that Strawberry uses Qt 6 now, so that Qt 5 configuration is not possible anymore.
However, the wiki states that "Once a Qt 6 release of KDE is ready this won't be a problem anymore." Well, I believe that has finally happened, but I still see no way to set up qt6ct (Qt 6 Configuration Tool) in Linux Mint.
I imagine Qt 6 will eventually find its way into the Mint repositories, but when might this actually happen?
Is there any way at all to get Qt 6 configuration into the current version of Linux Mint -- a flatpak, perhaps? Or do I just have to be patient?
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@silver-sun
I think Mint 21.3 is based on Ubuntu 22.04
qt6ct won't build in 22.04, but maybe you could try
https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=home%3APeterBBB&package=qt6ct(Use Grab binary packages directly) and install with gdebi
or here
https://packages.ubuntu.com/lunar/qt6ctagain, use gdebi. package will not install if dependencies are not satisfied.
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@PeterB
Thanks for the reply!Close, but no cigar! The installer wants the dependency, libqt6core6, to be (>=6.3.0), but Linux Mint 21.3 only has libqt6core6 6.2.4.
Maybe Linux Mint 22 will be up to the task. I appreciate the work you're doing, though. I'll bet it's helping out a lot of folks.
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@PeterB
Hey, I just checked to see what version of libqt6core6 is included in Debian 12 "Bookworm" and it looks like it's version 6.4.2 (which would satisfy the qt6ct dependency.I'm going to install Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) on a test machine and see what happens. LMDE (based on Debian 12) at this point is slightly ahead of the Ubuntu 22.04 base for regular Mint.
It's been my plan to set up a dedicated laptop for my music listening room, to stream FLAC and such. LMDE would be fine for that. Fingers crossed!
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@PeterB
Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE 6) seems to do the trick. That version of Linux Mint actually has qt6ct in the software channel, although an older version, 0.7-3. I installed your newer version, 0.9-2, and it seems to work fine for the most part.Interestingly, it would not allow me to set the font as Ubuntu Regular; instead insisting on Ubuntu Light Italic. It allowed me to use Noto Sans, which is close enough. But any insight on that font issue would be appreciated.
Thanks again for helping me out with this!