Avidemux not building with QT6 Ubuntu 24.04.1

[Jan Gruuthuse]

If Avidemux is not building on Ubuntu 24.04.1
   QT6 not found
installing these could help
   -- qtcreator
   -- qt6-base-dev

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sudo apt upgrade

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sudo apt install qtcreator qt6-base-dev
So even if Qt6 has been installed and Avidemux is still not building:
1. Select Qt6 system-wide
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Generate qt6.conf based on the path to qmake6

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qtchooser -install qt6 $(which qmake6)Move qt6.conf to system-wide dir

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sudo mv ~/.config/qtchooser/qt6.conf /usr/share/qtchooser/qt6.confRef:Ubuntu 22.04 with Qt6 - qmake: could not find a Qt installation

ps: Best wishes and good health to all for 2025

Jan

[Jan Gruuthuse]

After succesfull build, and /usr/bin/avidemux3_qt6 is not opening correctly.
Close the running avidemux window.
Find the old config3 in ~/.config/avidemux6 and delete this existing config3 file.
Start the /usr/bin/avidemux3_qt6 in cli terminal and avidemux should now run correctly.

[eumagga0x2a]

Welcome back! Could you please remove all Qt5 and Qt6 development packages and test updated createDebFromSourceUbuntu.bash script?

[Jan Gruuthuse]

I'll try test with removing these packages:
 qtbase5-dev qtbase5-dev-tools qttools5-dev-tools
 qt6-base-dev qt6-base-dev-tools qt6-tools-dev-tools

If I cleanout completly, to much of depending programs are uninstalled

[Jan Gruuthuse]

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build-essential is already the newest version (12.10ubuntu1).
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libpulse-dev is already the newest version (1:16.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu10.1).
libx264-dev is already the newest version (2:0.164.3108+git31e19f9-1).
libxvidcore-dev is already the newest version (2:1.3.7-1build1).
libmp3lame-dev is already the newest version (3.100-6build1).
libtwolame-dev is already the newest version (0.4.0-2build3).
libopus-dev is already the newest version (1.4-1build1).
libvorbis-dev is already the newest version (1.3.7-1build3).
libogg-dev is already the newest version (1.3.5-3build1).
libpng-dev is already the newest version (1.6.43-5build1).
libass-dev is already the newest version (1:0.17.1-2build1).
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libclang-cpp15t64 libllvm15t64 libopengl-dev libvulkan-dev qmake6 qmake6-bin qt6-base-dev-tools
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libclang-cpp15t64 libllvm15t64 libopengl-dev libvulkan-dev qmake6 qmake6-bin qt6-base-dev
  qt6-base-dev-tools qt6-l10n-tools
0 upgraded, 9 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
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After this operation, 230 MB of additional disk space will be used

[Jan Gruuthuse]

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[Jan Gruuthuse]

Compiling avidemux, this may take a few minutes...
CMAKE Version : 3.28.3
Cmake version >=2.8.7 doesnt need fakeroot
Build configuration :
******************* :
Build type :
Release build
    Core will be built
    Qt6 will be built
    Cli will be built
    Plugins will be built
**BootStrapping avidemux **

[Jan Gruuthuse]

buildQt6:Cmake started...
** Failed at cmake,result in /tmp/logCmakebuildQt6 **

[Jan Gruuthuse]

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cd ~/avidemux2 && bash createDebFromSourceUbuntu.bash

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-- QT6 CPP:Q_mainfilter.h;Q_seekablePreview.h -> ADM_filtersQT6_source=~/avidemux2/buildQt6/ADM_userInterfacesQT6/ADM_filters/moc_Q_mainfilter.cpp;~/avidemux2/buildQt6/ADM_userInterfacesQT6/ADM_filters/moc_Q_seekablePreview.cpp
CMake Error at i18n/Ts.cmake:14 (MESSAGE):
  lrelease executable not found - ts files can't be processed
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  i18n/Ts.cmake:69 (FIND_LRELEASE)
  i18n/CMakeLists.txt:4 (COMPILE_TS_FILES)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

[Jan Gruuthuse]

the symbolic link

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/usr/bin/lreleasewas pointing to Qt5

lrelease: could not exec '/usr/lib/qt5/bin/lrelease': No such file or directory

[Jan Gruuthuse]

lsrelease is only found in these locations:

/lib/qt6/bin/lrelease
/snap/kde-frameworks-5-99-qt-5-15-7-core20/7/usr/bin/lrelease
/snap/kf5-5-110-qt-5-15-11-core22/3/usr/bin/lrelease
/snap/kf5-5-113-qt-5-15-11-core22/1/usr/bin/lrelease
/snap/kf6-core22/41/usr/bin/qt6/lrelease
/snap/kf6-core22/current/usr/bin/qt6/lrelease
/snap/qt515-core20/43/opt/qt515/bin/lrelease
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt6/mkspecs/features/lrelease.prf
/snap/kde-frameworks-5-99-qt-5-15-7-core20/7/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/mkspecs/features/lrelease.prf
/snap/kf5-5-110-qt-5-15-11-core22/3/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/mkspecs/features/lrelease.prf
/snap/kf5-5-113-qt-5-15-11-core22/1/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/mkspecs/features/lrelease.prf
/usr/share/qtcreator/externaltools/lrelease.xml
/lib/qt6/libexec/lrelease-pro
/snap/kf6-core22/41/usr/lib/qt6/libexec/lrelease-pro
/snap/kf6-core22/current/usr/lib/qt6/libexec/lrelease-pro
/snap/qt515-core20/43/opt/qt515/bin/lrelease-pro

[Jan Gruuthuse]

so I overwrote the existing symbolic link to point to Qt6 lrelease

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sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/qt6/bin/lrelease /usr/bin/lrelease

[Jan Gruuthuse]

In file included from ~/avidemux2/avidemux/qt4/ADM_openGL/src/ADM_openGl.cpp:6:
~/avidemux2/avidemux/qt4/ADM_openGL/src/../include/ADM_openGl.h:39:13: fatal error: GL/glu.h: No such file or directory
   39 | #   include <GL/glu.h>
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [ADM_openGL/src/CMakeFiles/ADM_openGLQT66.dir/build.make:84: ADM_openGL/src/CMakeFiles/ADM_openGLQT66.dir/ADM_openGl.cpp.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '~/avidemux2/buildQt6'
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:834: ADM_openGL/src/CMakeFiles/ADM_openGLQT66.dir/all] Error 2
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

[Jan Gruuthuse]

now installing libglu1-mesa-dev for missing glu.h, test running

[Jan Gruuthuse]

** pkgs directory ready **
total 14960
-rw-rw-r-- 1 jan jan    1756 Jan 10 08:28 avidemux3-cli-2.8.2-250110-dev.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 jan jan 1655664 Jan 10 08:28 avidemux3-cli-2.8.2-250110-runtime.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 jan jan  429136 Jan 10 08:28 avidemux3-core-2.8.2-250110-dev.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 jan jan 5068184 Jan 10 08:28 avidemux3-core-2.8.2-250110-runtime.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 jan jan  436350 Jan 10 08:28 avidemux3-plugins-CLI-2.8.2-250110-plugins.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 jan jan 1276530 Jan 10 08:28 avidemux3-plugins-COMMON-2.8.2-250110-plugins.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 jan jan 1515190 Jan 10 08:28 avidemux3-plugins-qt6-2.8.2-250110-plugins.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 jan jan   18816 Jan 10 08:28 avidemux3-qt6-2.8.2-250110-dev.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 jan jan 4841288 Jan 10 08:28 avidemux3-qt6-2.8.2-250110-runtime.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 jan jan   60428 Jan 10 08:28 avidemux3-settings-2.8.2-250110-settings.deb
** ALL DONE **