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Install QuickGUI on Gentoo

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Install Qt5 development libraries, CMake, and Git first.

sudo emerge --ask \
dev-qt/qtcore:5 \
dev-qt/qtgui:5 \
dev-qt/qtwidgets:5 \
dev-qt/qtsvg:5 \
dev-qt/qtxml:5 \
dev-qt/qttools:5 \
dev-util/cmake \
dev-vcs/git

cd /opt
sudo git clone https://github.com/mazhar-ansari-ardeh/QuickGUI.git
cd /opt/QuickGUI

mkdir -p build
cd build
cmake ..
make -j"$(nproc)"

cd /opt/QuickGUI/build
./QuickGUI

sudo cp /opt/QuickGUI/build/QuickGUI /usr/local/bin/QuickGUI
QuickGUI

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications
cat > ~/.local/share/applications/quickgui.desktop <<'EOF'
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=QuickGUI Designer
Comment=QuickGUI Designer for Qt
Exec=/usr/local/bin/QuickGUI
Icon=applications-development
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Development;IDE;
StartupNotify=true
EOF

update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications 2>/dev/null || true

Force Qt5:

eselect qt list
sudo eselect qt set qt5

If Wayland causes display issues:

QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb /usr/local/bin/QuickGUI
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