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| author | Lanny <rjenkins@mail.sfsu.edu> | 2020-01-21 23:08:12 -0800 |
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| committer | Lanny <rjenkins@mail.sfsu.edu> | 2020-01-21 23:08:12 -0800 |
| commit | 6be2bd79872bfd0529f8fb524c96d6da282c8545 (patch) | |
| tree | dd3bfda19d1edadca9571c934adb2ee4475942ef /doc/install.asciidoc | |
| parent | 74b2bde51e1e05abc1f39129bc454dd11994012e (diff) | |
| download | qutebrowser-6be2bd79872bfd0529f8fb524c96d6da282c8545.tar.gz qutebrowser-6be2bd79872bfd0529f8fb524c96d6da282c8545.zip | |
Corrected error about --pyqt-version flag of mkvenv applying to linking system Qt.
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/install.asciidoc b/doc/install.asciidoc index 5302072ea..bd3d7cdc3 100644 --- a/doc/install.asciidoc +++ b/doc/install.asciidoc @@ -380,7 +380,9 @@ Then run the install script: $ python3 scripts/mkvenv.py ---- -This installs all needed Python dependencies in a `.venv` subfolder. +This installs all needed Python dependencies in a `.venv` subfolder +(which subdirectory the environment is created in is configurable via the +`--venv-dir` flag). This comes with an up-to-date Qt/PyQt including a pre-compiled QtWebEngine binary, but has a few caveats: @@ -393,14 +395,15 @@ binary, but has a few caveats: - It comes with a QtWebEngine compiled without proprietary codec support (such as h.264). -See the next section for an alternative. +You can specify a Qt/PyQt verion with the `--pyqt-version` flag, see +`mkenv.py --help` for a list of available versions. See the next section for +an alternative. Installing dependencies (system-wide Qt) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alternatively, you can use `mkvenv.py --pyqt-type link` to symlink your local -PyQt/Qt install instead of installing PyQt in the virtualenv. You can use -`--pyqt-version <version>` to link against a specific version. However, unless +PyQt/Qt install instead of installing PyQt in the virtualenv. However, unless you have a new QtWebKit or QtWebEngine available, qutebrowser will not work. It also typically means you'll be using an older release of QtWebEngine. |