[GH-ISSUE #290] Need to update install instructions #200

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opened 2026-05-05 11:54:26 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 1 comment

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Originally created by @ElonVolo on GitHub (May 11, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/kusti8/proton-native/issues/290

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On the instruction page, there's a directions that one needs to install

qtbase5-dev

When I installed this package on a fresh, stock install of Ubuntu, I got the message "could not find a Qt installation of ''".

I looked for the error in Stackoverflow and found that also running the command

sudo apt-get install qt5-default

seemed to fix this problem.

Proposed changes

I would suggest adding the qt5-default it to the documentation, as well as doing a double check with a clean install of Ubuntu just to make sure there's no additional dependencies missing in the docs. I'm guessing that the devs on this project already had a lot of the qt infrastructure set up on their machines, and a few stray dependencies they forgot were needed might have gotten past the docs.

One other suggestion, I think a lot of people, including myself, would be installing this for Ubuntu, so perhaps a

sudo apt-get install qtbase5-dev
sudio apt-get install qt5-default

Would be useful in a "Installing for Ubuntu" section.

Originally created by @ElonVolo on GitHub (May 11, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/kusti8/proton-native/issues/290 **Link to the page** **Quote of Error** On the instruction page, there's a directions that one needs to install qtbase5-dev When I installed this package on a fresh, stock install of Ubuntu, I got the message "could not find a Qt installation of ''". I looked for the error in Stackoverflow and found that also running the command **sudo apt-get install qt5-default** seemed to fix this problem. **Proposed changes** I would suggest adding the qt5-default it to the documentation, as well as doing a double check with a clean install of Ubuntu just to make sure there's no additional dependencies missing in the docs. I'm guessing that the devs on this project already had a lot of the qt infrastructure set up on their machines, and a few stray dependencies they forgot were needed might have gotten past the docs. One other suggestion, I think a lot of people, including myself, would be installing this for Ubuntu, so perhaps a **sudo apt-get install qtbase5-dev** **sudio apt-get install qt5-default** Would be useful in a "Installing for Ubuntu" section.

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@TheRafaelFarias commented on GitHub (May 15, 2020):

Im trying to start a new project with proton native, but when i execute the command

Im getting this error

` > npx proton-native-cli init Creator
npx: instalou 45 em 13.866s
Creating a new Proton Native app on /home/rafael/dev/pratice/Creator

Installing packages... This may take a few minutes.

node-qt-napi@0.0.3 install /home/rafael/dev/pratice/Creator/node_modules/node-qt-napi
cross-env JOBS=max node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build

node-pre-gyp WARN Using needle for node-pre-gyp https download
node-pre-gyp WARN Pre-built binaries not installable for node-qt-napi@0.0.3 and node@12.16.3 (node-v72 ABI, glibc) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp)
node-pre-gyp WARN Hit error Remote end closed socket abruptly.
/bin/sh: 1: pkg-config: not found
gyp: Call to 'pkg-config --libs-only-l Qt5Core Qt5Gui Qt5Widgets' returned exit status 127 while in binding.gyp. while trying to load binding.gyp
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: gyp failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/home/rafael/.asdf/installs/nodejs/12.16.3/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:351:16)
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:310:20)
gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:275:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 5.3.0-51-generic
gyp ERR! command "/home/rafael/.asdf/installs/nodejs/12.16.3/bin/node" "/home/rafael/.asdf/installs/nodejs/12.16.3/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "configure" "--fallback-to-build" "--module=/home/rafael/dev/pratice/Creator/node_modules/node-qt-napi/bindings/napi-v4/qt.node" "--module_name=qt" "--module_path=/home/rafael/dev/pratice/Creator/node_modules/node-qt-napi/bindings/napi-v4" "--napi_version=5" "--node_abi_napi=napi" "--napi_build_version=4" "--node_napi_label=napi-v4"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/rafael/dev/pratice/Creator/node_modules/node-qt-napi
gyp ERR! node -v v12.16.3
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.1.0
gyp ERR! not ok
node-pre-gyp ERR! build error
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute '/home/rafael/.asdf/installs/nodejs/12.16.3/bin/node /home/rafael/.asdf/installs/nodejs/12.16.3/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=/home/rafael/dev/pratice/Creator/node_modules/node-qt-napi/bindings/napi-v4/qt.node --module_name=qt --module_path=/home/rafael/dev/pratice/Creator/node_modules/node-qt-napi/bindings/napi-v4 --napi_version=5 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=4 --node_napi_label=napi-v4' (1)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess. (/home/rafael/dev/pratice/Creator/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/compile.js:83:29)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:310:20)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1021:16)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:286:5)
node-pre-gyp ERR! System Linux 5.3.0-51-generic
node-pre-gyp ERR! command "/home/rafael/.asdf/installs/nodejs/12.16.3/bin/node" "/home/rafael/dev/pratice/Creator/node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build"
node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd /home/rafael/dev/pratice/Creator/node_modules/node-qt-napi
node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v12.16.3
node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.13.0
node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok
Failed to execute '/home/rafael/.asdf/installs/nodejs/12.16.3/bin/node /home/rafael/.asdf/installs/nodejs/12.16.3/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=/home/rafael/dev/pratice/Creator/node_modules/node-qt-napi/bindings/napi-v4/qt.node --module_name=qt --module_path=/home/rafael/dev/pratice/Creator/node_modules/node-qt-napi/bindings/napi-v4 --napi_version=5 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=4 --node_napi_label=napi-v4' (1)
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! node-qt-napi@0.0.3 install: cross-env JOBS=max node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the node-qt-napi@0.0.3 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/rafael/.npm/_logs/2020-05-15T17_11_33_605Z-debug.log`

How i resolve, i installed qtbase5-dev and qt5-default (Ubuntu 18.04)

@TheRafaelFarias commented on GitHub (May 15, 2020): Im trying to start a new project with proton native, but when i execute the command Im getting this error ` > npx proton-native-cli init Creator npx: instalou 45 em 13.866s Creating a new Proton Native app on /home/rafael/dev/pratice/Creator Installing packages... This may take a few minutes. > node-qt-napi@0.0.3 install /home/rafael/dev/pratice/Creator/node_modules/node-qt-napi > cross-env JOBS=max node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build node-pre-gyp WARN Using needle for node-pre-gyp https download node-pre-gyp WARN Pre-built binaries not installable for node-qt-napi@0.0.3 and node@12.16.3 (node-v72 ABI, glibc) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp) node-pre-gyp WARN Hit error Remote end closed socket abruptly. /bin/sh: 1: pkg-config: not found gyp: Call to 'pkg-config --libs-only-l Qt5Core Qt5Gui Qt5Widgets' returned exit status 127 while in binding.gyp. while trying to load binding.gyp gyp ERR! configure error gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1 gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/home/rafael/.asdf/installs/nodejs/12.16.3/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:351:16) gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:310:20) gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:275:12) gyp ERR! System Linux 5.3.0-51-generic gyp ERR! command "/home/rafael/.asdf/installs/nodejs/12.16.3/bin/node" "/home/rafael/.asdf/installs/nodejs/12.16.3/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "configure" "--fallback-to-build" "--module=/home/rafael/dev/pratice/Creator/node_modules/node-qt-napi/bindings/napi-v4/qt.node" "--module_name=qt" "--module_path=/home/rafael/dev/pratice/Creator/node_modules/node-qt-napi/bindings/napi-v4" "--napi_version=5" "--node_abi_napi=napi" "--napi_build_version=4" "--node_napi_label=napi-v4" gyp ERR! cwd /home/rafael/dev/pratice/Creator/node_modules/node-qt-napi gyp ERR! node -v v12.16.3 gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.1.0 gyp ERR! not ok node-pre-gyp ERR! build error node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute '/home/rafael/.asdf/installs/nodejs/12.16.3/bin/node /home/rafael/.asdf/installs/nodejs/12.16.3/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=/home/rafael/dev/pratice/Creator/node_modules/node-qt-napi/bindings/napi-v4/qt.node --module_name=qt --module_path=/home/rafael/dev/pratice/Creator/node_modules/node-qt-napi/bindings/napi-v4 --napi_version=5 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=4 --node_napi_label=napi-v4' (1) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/home/rafael/dev/pratice/Creator/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/compile.js:83:29) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:310:20) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1021:16) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:286:5) node-pre-gyp ERR! System Linux 5.3.0-51-generic node-pre-gyp ERR! command "/home/rafael/.asdf/installs/nodejs/12.16.3/bin/node" "/home/rafael/dev/pratice/Creator/node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build" node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd /home/rafael/dev/pratice/Creator/node_modules/node-qt-napi node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v12.16.3 node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.13.0 node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok Failed to execute '/home/rafael/.asdf/installs/nodejs/12.16.3/bin/node /home/rafael/.asdf/installs/nodejs/12.16.3/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=/home/rafael/dev/pratice/Creator/node_modules/node-qt-napi/bindings/napi-v4/qt.node --module_name=qt --module_path=/home/rafael/dev/pratice/Creator/node_modules/node-qt-napi/bindings/napi-v4 --napi_version=5 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=4 --node_napi_label=napi-v4' (1) npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! errno 1 npm ERR! node-qt-napi@0.0.3 install: `cross-env JOBS=max node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build` npm ERR! Exit status 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the node-qt-napi@0.0.3 install script. npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above. npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! /home/rafael/.npm/_logs/2020-05-15T17_11_33_605Z-debug.log` How i resolve, i installed qtbase5-dev and qt5-default (Ubuntu 18.04)