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Re: Qt4 and Bullseye

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On 2020-05-30 11:50, Gary L. Roach wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I am using Bullseye (testing) because some of the software I use need 
> some of the newer libraries. Unfortunately Bullseye no longer includes 
> the Qt4 libraries and some of my packages still need Qt4. How can I get 
> Qt4 packages for Bullseye. There is probably a backport for this but I 
> have not used backport in the past. I will need a step by step procedure 
> if backporting is needed.
> 
> Any questions about why Qt4 is missing in Bullseye can be answered by 
> accessing Debian Bug report logs - #939626. <mailto:939626@bugs.debian.org>
> 
> Any help will be sincerely appreciated.
> 
> Gary R

AIUI "backports" is newer code running on older Debian.  You need the 
opposite -- older code running on newer Debian.


Apparently, Qt4 is obsolete, Qt4 is no longer supported by its authors, 
and the Debian project has dropped Qt4 and Qt4 applications as of Debian 
10.  I presume Qt5 and Qt5 applications are supported by Debian 10.


Have you tried contacting the Qt4 application vendors/ projects to see 
if they are porting their applications to Qt5?


In the mean time, one possibility would be to build a virtual machine 
with an older version of Debian that supports Qt4 (e.g. Debian 9), 
install Qt4, and install your Qt4 applications.


David

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Qt4 and Bullseye "Gary L. Roach" <garyroach719.lists@gmail.com> - 2020-05-30 21:00 +0200
  Re: Qt4 and Bullseye Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2020-05-30 22:30 +0200
  Re: Qt4 and Bullseye David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-05-30 22:50 +0200
    Re: Qt4 and Bullseye Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2020-05-31 00:50 +0200

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