Selecting help from the menu or pressing F1 makes QCAD quit.
I just installed QCAD 2.1.3.2 on an up-to-date Ubuntu 7.04 as follows:
cd /opt
sudo tar xzvf ~/qcad-2.1.3.2-1-prof.linux.x86.tar.gz
sudo rm -r qcad-2.1.2.8-1-prof.linux.x86
sudo rm -r qcad-2.1.3.0-1-prof.linux.x86
cd /usr/bin
sudo ln -s /opt/qcad-2.1.3.2-1-prof.linux.x86/qcad qcad
If started by directly referencing the path rather than the link, I get the following error in the help window:
The page could not be found
'/opt/qcad-2.1.2.8-1-prof.linux.x86/doc/index.html'
I linked the qcad-2.1.3.2-1-prof.linux.x86 directory to qcad-2.1.2.8-1-prof.linux.x86 in /opt and by starting QCAD with the full path reference, now help works.
Is there a way to clean this up? Have I done something wrong in the install?
Alex
QCAD 2.1.3.2 quits when help is selected
Moderator: andrew
QCAD 2.1.3.2 quits when help is selected
I finally figured it out!
When QT Assistant is run, it looks in your HOME directory for a dir named .assistant. If found it uses it. If not, it creates it.
The contents of my old .assistant directory as follows:
contentdb40.QCad indexdb40.dict.QCad indexdb40.QCad
contentdb.QCadManual indexdb40.doc.QCad indexdb.QCadManual
These files referenced the old 2.1.2.8 installation.
Deleting the .assistant dir and restarting qcad from the install dir fixed the problem.
I changed the link I originally created to a script with the following lines:
# start qcad from install directory
cd /opt/qcad-2.1.3.2-1-prof.linux.x86
exec ./qcad
Is QT Assistant supposed to update these references by comparing the current version with the referenced one or some other means?
Alex
When QT Assistant is run, it looks in your HOME directory for a dir named .assistant. If found it uses it. If not, it creates it.
The contents of my old .assistant directory as follows:
contentdb40.QCad indexdb40.dict.QCad indexdb40.QCad
contentdb.QCadManual indexdb40.doc.QCad indexdb.QCadManual
These files referenced the old 2.1.2.8 installation.
Deleting the .assistant dir and restarting qcad from the install dir fixed the problem.
I changed the link I originally created to a script with the following lines:
# start qcad from install directory
cd /opt/qcad-2.1.3.2-1-prof.linux.x86
exec ./qcad
Is QT Assistant supposed to update these references by comparing the current version with the referenced one or some other means?
Alex