Dependencies¶

In order to compile and use the new qt-gui there are a few dependencies which must be installed.

• qt5.3 or greater
• libdrm-dev
• libdiscount (libmarkdown2-dev)

Additionally, you may need qtdeclarative5-dev which is available in wheezy-backports.

I was able to install the correct dependencies on my system, running Kubuntu 14.10 using the command:
sudo apt-get install qt5-default qml-module-qtquick-controls qml-module-qtquick-dialogs qml-module-qtquick-layouts qml-module-qtgraphicaleffects libdrm-dev libmarkdown2-dev

Compiling¶

Compile Elektra as normal as per the COMPILE document http://libelektra.org/tree/master/doc/COMPILE.md making sure to include the qt-gui tool using the -DTOOLS flag.

For instance: -DTOOLS=ALL or -DTOOLS=qt-gui

Note: If you install qt5 manually, you must either: - make sure the qt5 libraries are included in LD_LIBRARY_PATH - OR make sure to specify -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/opt/Qt5.3.0/5.3/gcc_64/lib/cmake

Installing¶

You can now install Elektra as you normally would or as described in the install documentation http://libelektra.org/tree/master/doc/INSTALL.md.