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[Daniel Manrique <daniel.manrique@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

On 14.04, 14.04.1 and utopic (as of 2014-07-29), qmlscene doesn't work
:(

Steps to reproduce:

1- Boot a live CD image for 14.04, 14.04.1 or 14.10 in "try without installing" mode.
2- Open a terminal
3- apt-get install qmlscene
3- qmlscene

Expected result:
- Qmlscene launches and shows a file chooser to open a qml file

Actual result: Error message:

qmlscene: could not exec '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt4/bin/qmlscene':
No such file or directory

Now, qmlscene gets installed in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-
gnu/qt5/bin/qmlscene. The binary in the path is /usr/bin/qmlscene which
is symlinked to qtchooser. Interestingly, this symlink exists even if
qmlscene is not actually installed, which is doubly confusing.

Qtchooser apparently looks at config files in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-
gnu/qtchooser/, and in here I can see:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 50 Mar 12 10:09 4.conf -> ../../../share/qtchooser/qt4-x86_64-linux-gnu.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 50 May 12 05:44 5.conf -> ../../../share/qtchooser/qt5-x86_64-linux-gnu.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 50 Mar 12 10:09 qt4.conf -> ../../../share/qtchooser/qt4-x86_64-linux-gnu.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 50 May 12 05:44 qt5.conf -> ../../../share/qtchooser/qt5-x86_64-linux-gnu.conf

but apparently there's no "default.conf" so qtchooser falls back to qt4,
even though qt5 is installed.

If I install the qt5-default package, then a default.conf file is
created in this directory pointing to /usr/share/qtchooser/qt5-x86_64
-linux-gnu.conf, which correctly instructs qtchooser to use qt5
binaries. The problem with qt5-default is that it's described as a
metapackage for development defaults, and indeed, it depends on about 60
MB of -dev packages which shouldn't be needed if all I want is to run
qmlscene with a qml file.

A way to make qmlscene work (maybe by adding the proper dependencies to
the qmlscene package), or with the installation of a single, smallish
package instead of a set of unrelated stuff, would be useful.

** Affects: qtdeclarative-opensource-src (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

- as installed by default on 14.04, 14.04.1 and utopic (as of 2014-07-29),
- qmlscene doesn't work :(
+ On 14.04, 14.04.1 and utopic (as of 2014-07-29), qmlscene doesn't work
+ :(
  
  Steps to reproduce:
  
  1- Boot a live CD image for 14.04, 14.04.1 or 14.10 in "try without installing" mode.
  2- Open a terminal
+ 3- apt-get install qmlscene
  3- qmlscene
  
  Expected result:
  - Qmlscene launches and shows a file chooser to open a qml file
  
  Actual result: Error message:
  
  qmlscene: could not exec '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt4/bin/qmlscene':
  No such file or directory
  
- Now, qmlscene *is* installed in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-
+ Now, qmlscene gets installed in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-
  gnu/qt5/bin/qmlscene. The binary in the path is /usr/bin/qmlscene which
- is symlinked to qtchooser.
+ is symlinked to qtchooser. Interestingly, this symlink exists even if
+ qmlscene is not actually installed, which is doubly confusing.
  
  Qtchooser apparently looks at config files in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-
  gnu/qtchooser/, and in here I can see:
  
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 50 Mar 12 10:09 4.conf -> ../../../share/qtchooser/qt4-x86_64-linux-gnu.conf
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 50 May 12 05:44 5.conf -> ../../../share/qtchooser/qt5-x86_64-linux-gnu.conf
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 50 Mar 12 10:09 qt4.conf -> ../../../share/qtchooser/qt4-x86_64-linux-gnu.conf
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 50 May 12 05:44 qt5.conf -> ../../../share/qtchooser/qt5-x86_64-linux-gnu.conf
  
  but apparently there's no "default.conf" so qtchooser falls back to qt4,
  even though qt5 is installed.
  
  If I install the qt5-default package, then a default.conf file is
  created in this directory pointing to /usr/share/qtchooser/qt5-x86_64
  -linux-gnu.conf, which correctly instructs qtchooser to use qt5
  binaries. The problem with qt5-default is that it's described as a
  metapackage for development defaults, and indeed, it depends on about 60
  MB of -dev packages which shouldn't be needed if all I want is to run
  qmlscene with a qml file.
  
- A way to make qmlscene work out of the box, or with the installation of
- a single, smallish package instead of a set of unrelated stuff, would be
- useful.
+ A way to make qmlscene work (maybe by adding the proper dependencies to
+ the qmlscene package), or with the installation of a single, smallish
+ package instead of a set of unrelated stuff, would be useful.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1349927

Title:
  qmlscene doesn't work on 14.04 and 14.04.1 without installing
  qt5-default

Status in “qtdeclarative-opensource-src” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  On 14.04, 14.04.1 and utopic (as of 2014-07-29), qmlscene doesn't work
  :(

  Steps to reproduce:

  1- Boot a live CD image for 14.04, 14.04.1 or 14.10 in "try without installing" mode.
  2- Open a terminal
  3- apt-get install qmlscene
  3- qmlscene

  Expected result:
  - Qmlscene launches and shows a file chooser to open a qml file

  Actual result: Error message:

  qmlscene: could not exec '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt4/bin/qmlscene':
  No such file or directory

  Now, qmlscene gets installed in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-
  gnu/qt5/bin/qmlscene. The binary in the path is /usr/bin/qmlscene
  which is symlinked to qtchooser. Interestingly, this symlink exists
  even if qmlscene is not actually installed, which is doubly confusing.

  Qtchooser apparently looks at config files in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-
  gnu/qtchooser/, and in here I can see:

  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 50 Mar 12 10:09 4.conf -> ../../../share/qtchooser/qt4-x86_64-linux-gnu.conf
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 50 May 12 05:44 5.conf -> ../../../share/qtchooser/qt5-x86_64-linux-gnu.conf
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 50 Mar 12 10:09 qt4.conf -> ../../../share/qtchooser/qt4-x86_64-linux-gnu.conf
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 50 May 12 05:44 qt5.conf -> ../../../share/qtchooser/qt5-x86_64-linux-gnu.conf

  but apparently there's no "default.conf" so qtchooser falls back to
  qt4, even though qt5 is installed.

  If I install the qt5-default package, then a default.conf file is
  created in this directory pointing to /usr/share/qtchooser/qt5-x86_64
  -linux-gnu.conf, which correctly instructs qtchooser to use qt5
  binaries. The problem with qt5-default is that it's described as a
  metapackage for development defaults, and indeed, it depends on about
  60 MB of -dev packages which shouldn't be needed if all I want is to
  run qmlscene with a qml file.

  A way to make qmlscene work (maybe by adding the proper dependencies
  to the qmlscene package), or with the installation of a single,
  smallish package instead of a set of unrelated stuff, would be useful.

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