%general-entities; ]> LXQt Desktop Pre-Install Instructions LXQt Pre-Install Notes about building LXQt dependencies LXQt obviously needs , but not all Qt5 modules and dependencies are necessary. Since the aim of LXQt is to be light weight, it is possible to cut down the Qt5 overhead, and to build only parts of it. Build , , , and , with their dependencies. Build the whole chapter, including Wayland support and xcb-utils-xxx packages, with required and recommended dependencies, and replacing twm vith (and its required dependencies). Some Xorg applications and fonts may be omitted, but with a negligible impact on build time and size. Build some of the recommended Qt dependencies, namely: , , , and . Build the required parts of . To skip all modules but the those needed for LXQt, do: ls -Fd qt* | grep / | sed 's/^/-skip /;s@/@@' > tempconf sed -ir '/base|tools|x11extras|svg|declarative|wayland/d' tempconf ./configure <book flags> $(cat tempconf) The time needed to complete the Qt installation is thus reduced to around 11 SBU. Build miscellaneous dependencies (with their required ones): , , , , , , , , , and . Build KDE frameworks dependencies: , , , and . Finally, build some desktop utilities: or other sets of icons, , (needed to update the desktop database), (needed to update the mime database), (needs only xmlto), and .