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[solved] Installation Problems on Linux Nobara (Fedora)
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2026 2:10 pm
by Bart
Thank you,
This worked for me on a fresh install (OS and QCAD)
Fedora 43 with all updates, default kernel.
rpm from the Fedora repository
qcad-3.32.4.0-3.fc43.x86_64 rpm
Version:
3.32.4.0 (3.32.4)
Internet:
QCAD.org
Build Date:
Sep 13 2025
Re: [solved] Installation Problems on Linux Nobara (Fedora)
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2026 2:45 pm
by Bart
I went one step further and narrowed the issue to the PATH statement.
I also updated the main script in /usr/bin/qcad so it works from the MATE menu
(need sudo to edit, make a backup)
I broke the environment statements up to debug but left them for readability.
--------------------- New qcad script ------------------------------------
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#!/usr/bin/sh
# export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib64/qcad:/usr/lib64/qcad/plugins/script QTLIB=/usr/lib64 QTDIR=/usr/lib64 QTINC=/usr/include/qt5 QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb PATH=/usr/lib64:/usr/lib64/qcad
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib64/qcad:/usr/lib64/qcad/plugins/script
export QTLIB=/usr/lib64
export QTDIR=/usr/lib64
export QTINC=/usr/include/qt5
export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb
#export PATH=/usr/lib64:/usr/lib64/qcad
/usr/lib64/qcad/qcad-bin "$@"
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