qmake cannot be found

[Mickey]

On 05/26/2015 11:11 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 05/26/15 22:50, Mickey wrote:
>>
>> On 05/26/2015 01:38 AM, g wrote:
>>> 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:
>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>
>>>     locate qt5|grep bin/
>>>
>>> will show you if/where qmake-qt5 is installed.
>>>
>>>
>> 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.
>
Ed, Thanks for the info.