.deb requirements for 2.7?

[radicaled]

I normally install novelWriter via the .deb download since it sets everything up automatically (desktop icon/integration, etc etc).

I just downloaded 2.7, which failed to install.

I'm running Pop_OS 22.04, so my naive guess is that the requirements for the .deb have been updated and my operating system is too old to support it?

If so, that would mean the only alternative distribution method is the AppImage? (no one-click Flatpak file, etc available)

No problems if so. I'm trying to be as vanilla/ordinary as possible with this computer, but I'll figure out AppImage desktop integration if I have to.

Great software, by the way. I'm using it to replace Scrivener, and I appreciate the software's focus on novel writing as opposed to being a jack of all trades.

[vkbo]

I'm running Pop_OS 22.04, so my naive guess is that the requirements for the .deb have been updated and my operating system is too old to support it?

Yes. 2.7 switches from Qt5 to Qt6. Qt5 has reached end of support, so it was necessary. Qt5 was also becoming quite a limitation on development due to poor support for newer OSes/distros. When moving to Qt6, I set 6.4 as the minimum. I may bump it to 6.5 for 2.8 even.

I assume Pop OS 22.04 is based on Ubuntu 22.04, which comes with Qt 6.2. Hence the deb package can no longer be installed. I'm aware that this leaves Ubuntu 22.04 and derivatives behind. That leaves the AppImage, which comes with Qt 6.9, and is verified to work with Ubuntu 22.04 (I made sure it does).

Ubuntu packages are released on Launchpad. In general, you can check there for compatibility too: https://launchpad.net/~vkbo/+archive/ubuntu/novelwriter

See also #2385 and the 2.7 Beta 1 Release Notes.

[radicaled]

Thanks for the information. I got the AppImage working pretty smoothly.

FYI for future visitors on Flatpak-enabled systems: "Gear Lever" in the store is a simple, straight-forward AppImage integration application. Open it, then drag and drop the AppImage you just downloaded onto it and then just click "install" and it's all good.