Hello Thomas,
Am So., 17. März 2024 um 15:41 Uhr schrieb Thomas Passin <
tbp100...@gmail.com>:
> 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 viktor....@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Hello Edward, hello Thomas,
>>
>> tbp1...@gmail.com 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
>>
>>
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