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| author | Paul Wicking <paul.wicking@qt.io> | 2024-03-07 14:09:50 +0100 |
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| committer | Paul Wicking <paul.wicking@qt.io> | 2024-03-07 15:09:46 +0100 |
| commit | 4811390e2b61342dc7e6ef10f502cd6ab837c400 (patch) | |
| tree | 3256455c2618fc270c0f11ba1c2d120106414d89 /doc | |
| parent | 1be090be7d622c7fe97cd355eb133aba207faf24 (diff) | |
Doc: add disclaimer about Linux packages
For some Linux distributions, access to additional repositories may be
required for the package management system to provide the required
development packages for Qt. The packages names may also differ
somewhat among different distributions. Add an example of this for
RedHat and its derivatives to the platform-specific
documentation. Refer users to the documentation for their specific
distribution.
Fixes: QTBUG-122727
Pick-to: 6.7
Change-Id: I8ba2a4245abbf4349ab73a89584741fa2af363f7
Reviewed-by: Liang Qi <liang.qi@qt.io>
Reviewed-by: Topi Reiniö <topi.reinio@qt.io>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/platforms/linux.qdoc | 15 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/platforms/linux.qdoc b/doc/src/platforms/linux.qdoc index 129a4a083..7d11b34a6 100644 --- a/doc/src/platforms/linux.qdoc +++ b/doc/src/platforms/linux.qdoc @@ -271,9 +271,18 @@ \endtable Development packages for these libraries contain header files that are used - when building Qt from its source code. On Debian-based GNU/Linux systems, - for example, we recommend that you install the following development - packages: + when building Qt from its source code. The package names may differ among + Linux distributions, and some distributions may not include all packages in + the default configuration for their package management system. It's + impractical for Qt to maintain a complete overview for all distributions. + For example, RedHat and its derivatives are known to require a non-default + repository for certain packages (e.g. "Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux" + (EPEL) for RHEL, or "CodeReady Linux Builder"). Refer to the documentation + for your specific distribution for specifics. RHEL users may contact RedHat + support for correct information. + + On Debian-based GNU/Linux systems, as an example, we recommend that you + install the following development packages: \list \li libfontconfig1-dev |