Skip to content

Commit 815c88b

Browse files
committed
Update Ubuntu dependencies to prioritise newer (18.04 and up) versions
1 parent 3a2b7db commit 815c88b

File tree

1 file changed

+3
-9
lines changed

1 file changed

+3
-9
lines changed

docs/CONTRIBUTING/Dependencies.md

Lines changed: 3 additions & 9 deletions
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -22,19 +22,13 @@ Below are specific per-distribution instructions. If you know the required packa
2222

2323
### Ubuntu
2424

25-
For Ubuntu 14.04 or above you'll need:
25+
For Ubuntu 18.04 or above you'll need:
2626

2727
```
28-
sudo apt-get install libx11-dev libx11-xcb-dev mesa-common-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libxcb-keysyms1-dev cmake python3-dev bison autoconf automake libpcre3-dev
28+
sudo apt-get install libx11-dev libx11-xcb-dev mesa-common-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libxcb-keysyms1-dev pkg-config cmake python3-dev bison autoconf automake libpcre3-dev qt5-qmake libqt5svg5-dev libqt5x11extras5-dev
2929
```
3030

31-
For the base dependencies. On Ubuntu 18.04 and above Qt is available in the default repositories:
32-
33-
```
34-
sudo apt-get install qt5-qmake libqt5svg5-dev libqt5x11extras5-dev
35-
```
36-
37-
For older versions of Ubuntu they might not include a recent enough Qt version, so you can use [Stephan Binner's ppas](https://launchpad.net/~beineri) to install a more recent version of Qt. At least 5.6.2 is required. If you choose to instead install an [official Qt release](https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/) or build Qt from source, add `-DQMAKE_QT5_COMMAND=/path/to/qmake` to your cmake arguments.
31+
For the dependencies. On Ubuntu versions older than 18.04, the Qt in the default respositories will not be new enough or may be missing. You can use [Stephan Binner's ppas](https://launchpad.net/~beineri) to install a more recent version of Qt. At least 5.6.2 is required. If you choose to instead install an [official Qt release](https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/) or build Qt from source, add `-DQMAKE_QT5_COMMAND=/path/to/qmake` to your cmake arguments.
3832

3933
### Archlinux
4034

0 commit comments

Comments
 (0)