qmake cannot be found

[Ed Greshko]

On 05/26/15 22:50, Mickey wrote:
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> On 05/26/2015 01:38 AM, g wrote:
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>> On 05/25/2015 06:01 PM, Richard Shaw wrote:
>>> On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 5:58 PM, Mickey <binarynut at comcast.net> wrote:
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>>>> Fedora 21
>>>> I'm trying to run a qmake command but it can't be found.
>>>>
>>>> I'm using a QT5 files to compile a program, and they are installed.
>>>
>>> Assuming you have qt5-qtbase-devel installed, I think the binary is renamed
>>> to qmake-qt5 so it can coexist with qmake-qt4.
>>
>> to verify, run
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>>    locate qt5|grep bin/
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>> will show you if/where qmake-qt5 is installed.
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> qmake-qt5 is installed, but not qmake.

I think you misunderstood the response.

The "problem" is there is a qt4 and qt5 which can both be installed and both with their respective qmake.  So, there exists a ambiguity in using "qmake" as it is uncertain as to the version being addressed.

Not being a developer I've not tested or tried this....but you may want to explore the  qtchooser package which has a description of ....

Description : Qt Chooser provides a wrapper to switch between versions of Qt
            : development binaries when multiple versions like 4 and 5 are
            : installed or local Qt builds are to be used.