Build on Ubuntu 22.04 ... unknown module: webkitwidgets

[JSahlberg]

Guess this installation routine is quite old... updated last in 2016. As far as I can research it seems lite qtwebkit is replaced with qtwebengine instead... I'm I right? How ever... is there any new instructions how to build the client from Ubunu 22.04?

[kylemhall]

@JSahlberg I think we are finally hitting a point of un-supportability for the qt 5.2 based build. qtwebengine requires non-free software to build.

I've been working on a qt6 port of the client. You can find it here: https://github.com/Libki/libki-client/tree/qt6

Would you be willing to build and test this version? It should build on the latest qt6. It needs a rebase against master but I'd like to confirm it works as-is before I do that.

[JSahlberg]

Thanks Kyle!

But... I not well experienced with QT creator... I don't even get the kits to be imported correctly on my Ubuntu 23.04... >_<

[kylemhall]

unfortunately I haven't built the client on Linux in many years so my experience won't be very useful.

It looks like qt6-base-dev is the meta-package with everything you'd need ( sans Creator ), but you might want to start with the Qt Online Installer: https://www.qt.io/download-qt-installer-oss?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.qt.io%2F

[loidor]

@JSahlberg I built it not too long ago for linux mint 21 (i.e. 22.04), but can't for my life remember how I got past the webkit issue. I remember I had it, but that's it. I can send you the built binary if you want to?

@kylemhall I don't have access to a linux machine right now, but can make a qt6 test build tomorrow.

[JSahlberg]

Yes, please! Would be awesome :D

[rootchick]

Any update on the qt6 build process? I need to build the client for Ubuntu 24.04.

[kylemhall]

@rootchick can you try the qt6 branch? https://github.com/Libki/libki-client/tree/qt6

If you have success with it we can try rebasing it the latest master!

[rootchick]

Will do, when I get back from vacation next Monday! Thanks!!

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[rootchick]

An update, I ran into a snag. My process:

(based on the client installation instructions here: https://github.com/Libki/libki-client/wiki/libki-client-installation)

Installed these packages with apt: git build-essential qtcreator qt6-base-dev (attempting to add the ppa:ubuntu-sdk-team/ppa gives an error about there being no build file for Noble, I don't think that PPA has been updated in a very long time; the remaining packages in the apt install list don't seem to have qt6 equvalents, at least not exactly by name. I followed your advice of installing qt6-base-dev.)

Cloned the qt6 branch

Open QT Creator --> Open Project --> Choose Libki.pro file from repo directory --> Open

Tried Build --> Build Project "Libki". It says there is one issue, "Unknown module(s) in QT: qml", and it won't build. I'm assuming this means that something qml-related is missing?

[kylemhall]

@rootchick try installing the package qml-qt6. I'm hoping that provides the missing lib 🤞

[rootchick]

Alas, it didn't. Some additional packages I've tried installing since, without any luck:

libqt6qmlcompiler6 libqt6qmlcore6 qml6-module-qtcore qml6-module-qtqml qml6-module-qtquick

[rootchick]

Hey @kylemhall I made some progress and got it to build! Also had to install the qt6-declarative-dev package. Figured that out via a Google rabbit hole. :D

Now to test it!