Oldest ubuntu supporting Qt5

Question

I'm developing an app which will be distributed as a binary, and the app depends on Qt5. I will have to compile on various platforms to create apps for the major distros (I assume).

I would like to support Ubuntu - how far back can I go in Ubuntu version and still get Qt5 packages to compile against? (I don't want to build qt5 from source, must be available as a package in the default repos for that distro)

Answer 1

QT5.2 has no special dependencies. I have built it on platforms back to 11 with no problem. In fact, it has been successfully compiled and ported on platforms like raspberry pi with minimal problems. Here is a list of build requirements:

Git (>= 1.6.x) Perl (>=5.14) Python (>=2.6.x)

Libxcb

There are even helper compilation libraries for 11.

You can find all the information at: http://qt-project.org/wiki/Building_Qt_5_from_Git

Answer 2

Seems like Qt5 is supported since 13.04 raring?

• http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=default&section=all&arch=any&keywords=qt5&searchon=names