Last Updated on September 3, 2020
Compiling YACReader on the RPI4
First, you should update your system in the usual way.
$ sudo apt upgrade
Next, install some packages (if they are not already present on your RPI4) to meet the various dependencies.
Next, grab the YACReader source code from the project’s GitHub code repository:
We can then compile the software:
$ qmake YACReader.pro
$ make -j4
When compiling software, don’t forget the RPI4 has 4 cores. If you compile the software with the “make” command with no flag, you’ll only use 1 core. On my non-overclocked RPI4, compilation with -j4 flag lets you use all 4 cores, reducing the compile time to 7 minutes 15 seconds.
Pages in this article:
Page 1 – YACReader, MComix, and QComicBook
Page 2 – Compiling YACReader
Read all my blog posts about the RPI4.
| Raspberry Pi 4 Blog | |
|---|---|
| Week 36 | Manage your personal collections on the RPI4 |
| Week 35 | Survey of terminal emulators |
| Week 34 | Search the desktop with the latest version of Recoll |
| Week 33 | Personal Information Managers on the RPI4 |
| Week 32 | Keep a diary with the RPI4 |
| Week 31 | Process complex mathematical functions, plot 2D and 3D graphs with calculators |
| Week 30 | Internet radio on this tiny computer. A detailed survey of open source software |
| Week 29 | Professionally manage your photo collection with digiKam |
| Week 28 | Typeset beautifully with LyX |
| Week 27 | Software that teaches young people how to learn basic computing skills and beyond |
| Week 26 | Firefox revisited - Raspbian now offers a real alternative to Chromium |
| Week 25 | Turn the Raspberry Pi 4 into a low power writing machine |
| Week 24 | Keep the kids learning and having fun |
| Week 23 | Lots of choices to view images |
| Week 22 | Listening to podcasts on the RPI4 |
| Week 21 | File management on the RPI4 |
| Week 20 | Open Broadcaster Software (OBS Studio) on the RPI4 |
| Week 19 | Keep up-to-date with these news aggregators |
| Week 18 | Web Browsers Again: Firefox |
| Week 17 | Retro gaming on the RPI4 |
| Week 16 | Screen capturing with the RPI4 |
| Week 15 | Emulate the Amiga, ZX Spectrum, and the Atari ST on the RPI4 |
| Week 14 | Choose the right model of the RPI4 for your desktop needs |
| Week 13 | Using the RPI4 as a screencaster |
| Week 12 | Have fun reading comics on the RPI4 with YACReader, MComix, and more |
| Week 11 | Turn the RPI4 into a complete home theater |
| Week 10 | Watching locally stored video with VLC, OMXPlayer, and others |
| Week 9 | PDF viewing on the RPI4 |
| Week 8 | Access the RPI4 remotely running GUI apps |
| Week 7 | e-book tools are put under the microscope |
| Week 6 | The office suite is the archetypal business software. LibreOffice is tested |
| Week 5 | Managing your email box with the RPI4 |
| Week 4 | Web surfing on the RPI4 looking at Chromium, Vivaldi, Firefox, and Midori |
| Week 3 | Video streaming with Chromium & omxplayerGUI as well as streamlink |
| Week 2 | A survey of open source music players on the RPI4 including Tauon Music Box |
| Week 1 | An introduction to the world of the RPI4 looking at musikcube and PiPackages |
This blog is written on the RPI4.
Luke, I’ve been enjoying these tutorials, but i hit a snag with this one. When I used the “qmake” command it returned an error:
qmake: could not find a Qt installation of ”
I can’t get past that. Any ideas?
I had the same issue. Any thoughts? Thank You!!
YACReader dev here. Thank you for the glowing review. The main reason there are no Raspbian packages is that there are no official downstream Debian packages.
We have some semi-official[*] .deb packages though, which include Raspbian builds. You can find them at:
https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=home%3Aselmf&package=yacreader
For the Raspbian packages you need to choose Debian and then follow the instructions to add the Raspbian repo.
[*] Semi-official means that we use these to test building and packaging on different distros but do not actively test execution. They are also updated on a as-needed base, so if a newer distro is missing or there are other troubles you need to ping us on the YACReader forums