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loneranger007

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[Solved] installing lib32-qt4

installing lib32-qt4, am i most likely to break my system ??
is it some system related package??
im trying to install packettracer and lib32-qt4 is one of the dependecy and is available on AUR only.

Last edited by loneranger007 (2017-08-15 18:24:42)

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mcmillan

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Re: [Solved] installing lib32-qt4

lib32-qt4 is no more likely to cause problems than any other AUR package, including packettracer. Just understand how to use the AUR, starting with the wiki page https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ar … Repository

And where are you seeing lib32-qt4 is a dependency of packettracer? I don't use it, but it doesn't seem to be for the AUR package.

Lone_Wolf

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Re: [Solved] installing lib32-qt4

It shouldn't be  a problem, but are you sure you need it ?

There are 3 packettracer versions in aur : 7.1 , 6.2 and 6.1.1 .
Only the packettracer 6.1.1 lists lib32-qt4 as a dependency.

Is there a specific reason why you need that packettracer version ?

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ewaller

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Re: [Solved] installing lib32-qt4

What happens when you try?  Does it complain of conflicts? 
Does it tell you you have to remove something else?
Why would you think it would break something if there were no conflicts?
If there were conflicts, and you had to remove something, do you think pacman might check to see if anything alse is using that something?
If you did break something, do you think it would be possible to uninstall it and restore your system? Possibly reinstalling things that had been on conflict?

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loneranger007

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Re: [Solved] installing lib32-qt4

lib32-qt4 is no more likely to cause problems than any other AUR package, including packettracer. Just understand how to use the AUR, starting with the wiki page https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ar … Repository

And where are you seeing lib32-qt4 is a dependency of packettracer? I don't use it, but it doesn't seem to be for the AUR package.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PacketTracer

in this page for installation in 64 bit systems, they have included it.
Thanks.

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loneranger007

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Re: [Solved] installing lib32-qt4

okk..in packettracer page of arch wiki that was include but not in the AUR page of pckettracer.

Thankyou for the support guys, You people are awesome.

Last edited by loneranger007 (2017-08-15 16:59:23)

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loneranger007

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Re: [Solved] installing lib32-qt4

What happens when you try?  Does it complain of conflicts? 
Does it tell you you have to remove something else?
Why would you think it would break something if there were no conflicts?
If there were conflicts, and you had to remove something, do you think pacman might check to see if anything alse is using that something?
If you did break something, do you think it would be possible to uninstall it and restore your system? Possibly reinstalling things that had been on conflict?

I didnt try it yet.I read like that somewhere in the forum.
I was afraid of breaking the system since i have class tomorrow and possibly wouldnt get enough time to fix it before that.

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Lone_Wolf

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Re: [Solved] installing lib32-qt4

okk..in packettracer page of arch wiki that was include but not in the AUR page of pckettracer.

Thankyou for the support guys, You people are awesome.

The PKGBUILD confirmed multilib / lib32 is no longer needed, I removed it from the wiki page.

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loneranger007

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Re: [Solved] installing lib32-qt4

[PacketTracer71_64bit_linux.tar.gz was not found in the build directory and is not a URL.]

i tried to do makepkg.

any idea what might be the error??

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Slithery

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Re: [Solved] installing lib32-qt4

You need to procure that file yourself from Cisco and place it in the same folder as the PKGBUILD.

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loneranger007

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Re: [Solved] installing lib32-qt4

You need to procure that file yourself from Cisco and place it in the same folder as the PKGBUILD.

yea...got it now.thanks.
its for ubuntu...still good right??

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loneranger007

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Re: [Solved] installing lib32-qt4

All done guys.
Got it installed.
Thanks everyone. Even though I'm totally new to linux, I have always loved it.
Now im seriously enjoying it. Never going back to Windows ever again.

Last edited by loneranger007 (2017-08-15 18:20:25)

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Re: [Solved] installing lib32-qt4

Please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.

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