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    Default Total Newb Question - Why? Is terrminal the only way to open some qt apps

    Ok

    So my question is this

    Mainly in Linux

    Why do some QT apps only open by using terminal.

    I will download an app and in linux I can click on it and it will run and then Ill download another app and I have to (make sure permissions are correct) But the ./applicatoin-qt to run it.

    What is the reason that it compiles one way to open from terminal and another way to open just by clicking an alias.
    Last edited by TheVoice; 9th February 2019 at 04:23. Reason: Better title description

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    Default Re: Total Newb Question - Why? Is terrminal the only way to open some qt apps

    All programs can be started through the command line shell or the graphical shell.
    Neither shell really cares about the program it launches.

    The programs themselves can have graphical UI, shell/text based UI or even no UI at all.

    Running the latter two from a graphical shell either requires a terminal application to show their text output or the user will simply not see anything.

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    Default Re: Total Newb Question - Why? Is terrminal the only way to open some qt apps

    Sometimes author do trickery with the library path so they can supply their own builds of Qt libraries with their app.

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    Default Re: Total Newb Question - Why? Is terrminal the only way to open some qt apps

    Yeah I was just wondering.

    It funny one day you download and it works all in GUI. The next update is only works by ./application-qt

    this is usually the case with blockchain wallets.

    This can be configured when the Qt Compiles to right!

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    Default Re: Total Newb Question - Why? Is terrminal the only way to open some qt apps

    thanks for information

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    Default Re: Total Newb Question - Why? Is terrminal the only way to open some qt apps

    Quote Originally Posted by anda_skoa View Post
    All programs can be started through the command line shell or the graphical shell.
    Neither shell really cares about the program it launches.

    The programs themselves can have graphical UI, shell/text based UI or even no UI at all.

    Running the latter two from a graphical shell either requires a terminal application to show their text output or the user will simply not see anything.

    Cheers,
    _
    Thanks for the info. I'm a newbie programmer trying to understanding Qt programming. Your post gave me understanding about what programs works well in Qt.

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    Default Re: Total Newb Question - Why? Is terrminal the only way to open some qt apps

    Thanks for your answers, it helped me

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