qtbase on asahi linux installed the bottle prodcues incorrect qt installation prefix #6468

ipatch · 2025-10-13T17:42:24Z

ipatch
Oct 13, 2025

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Description of issue

install qtbase ie. brew install qtbase with a homebrew setup in a non standard prefix ie. say homebrew is setup like the below,

╰─λ brew --prefix
/home/capin/homebrew
# the install qtbase
brew install qtbase -v;

# then print the qt installation prefix,

qmake -query
# and the prefix will read something like the below,
QT_INSTALL_PREFIX:/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew

# after installing qtbase from source
qmake -query
QT_SYSROOT:
QT_INSTALL_PREFIX:/home/capin/homebrew
QT_INSTALL_ARCHDATA:/home/capin/homebrew/share/qt
QT_INSTALL_DATA:/home/capin/homebrew/share/qt
QT_INSTALL_DOCS:/home/capin/homebrew/share/qt/doc
QT_INSTALL_HEADERS:/home/capin/homebrew/include
QT_INSTALL_LIBS:/home/capin/homebrew/lib
QT_INSTALL_LIBEXECS:/home/capin/homebrew/share/qt/libexec
QT_INSTALL_BINS:/home/capin/homebrew/bin
QT_INSTALL_TESTS:/home/capin/homebrew/share/qt/tests
QT_INSTALL_PLUGINS:/home/capin/homebrew/share/qt/plugins
QT_INSTALL_QML:/home/capin/homebrew/share/qt/qml
QT_INSTALL_TRANSLATIONS:/home/capin/homebrew/share/qt/translations
QT_INSTALL_CONFIGURATION:
QT_INSTALL_EXAMPLES:/home/capin/homebrew/share/qt/examples
QT_INSTALL_DEMOS:/home/capin/homebrew/share/qt/examples
QT_HOST_PREFIX:/home/capin/homebrew
QT_HOST_DATA:/home/capin/homebrew/share/qt
QT_HOST_BINS:/home/capin/homebrew/bin
QT_HOST_LIBEXECS:/home/capin/homebrew/share/qt/libexec
QT_HOST_LIBS:/home/capin/homebrew/lib
QMAKE_SPEC:linux-g++
QMAKE_XSPEC:linux-g++
QMAKE_VERSION:3.1
QT_VERSION:6.9.3

the quick dirty fix is running brew install qtbase -v -s and the install properly sets the installation prefix as shown above with my current install.

not sure how homebrew decides whether a formula needs to be built source or not, but definitely the bottle for qtbase should NOT be installed for a homebrew setup in a non standard prefix.

p-linnane · 2025-10-14T21:48:22Z

p-linnane
Oct 14, 2025
Maintainer

cc @cho-m for input

1 reply

cho-m Oct 15, 2025
Collaborator

Not available to update formula right this moment but maybe someone else can add pour_bottle? only_if: :default_prefix for linux.

I did mention this in Homebrew/homebrew-core#246499 as one of work items but didn’t get chance to handle yet

Currently brew cannot detect this correctly as the C string has a random prefix before the path - https://github.com/qt/qtbase/blob/dev/src/corelib/global/qconfig.cpp.in#L12

I did open an upstream change to allow relocatable build in Homebrew but not reviewed yet https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/682954

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