My system environment is Ubuntu 20.04. I downloaded latest source code for qpdfview (0.5 version as of now) from: https://launchpad.net/qpdfview/+download
Installation instruction in README file:
It depends on libQtCore, libQtGui. It also depends on libQtSvg, libQtSql, libQtDBus, libcups, resp. libz if SVG, SQL, D-Bus, CUPS, resp. SyncTeX support is enabled. It also depends on libmagic if Qt version 4 is used and libmagic support is enabled. The PDF plug-in depends on libQtCore, libQtXml, libQtGui and libpoppler-qt4 or libpoppler-qt5. The PS plug-in depends on libQtCore, libQtGui and libspectre. The DjVu plug-in depends on libQtCore, libQtGui and libdjvulibre. The Fitz plug-in depends on libQtCore, libQtGui and libmupdf.
The Fitz plug-in is currently considered experimental due to the lack of a maintainer. It also lacks support for various features, e.g. meta-data, encryption, text search, text extraction, form fields and annotations.
It is built using "lrelease qpdfview.pro", "qmake qpdfview.pro" and "make". It is installed using "make install". The installation paths are defined in "qpdfview.pri".
Installed Qt5 tools and dependencies for qpdfview:
sudo apt install libcups2-dev libmupdf-dev libdjvulibre-dev libspectre-dev libpoppler-qt5-dev qttools5-dev-tools qtbase5-dev qt5-qmake cmake
Compiling pwdfview with the following commands:
lrelease qpdfview.pro
qmake qpdfview.pro
make
The last make command produces the following output with error:
qpdfview-0.5$ make
( test -e Makefile.pdf-plugin || /usr/lib/qt5/bin/qmake -o Makefile.pdf-plugin qpdfview-0.5/pdf-plugin.pro ) && make -f Makefile.pdf-plugin
make[1]: Entering directory 'qpdfview-0.5'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'first'.
make[1]: Leaving directory 'qpdfview-0.5'
( test -e Makefile.ps-plugin || /usr/lib/qt5/bin/qmake -o Makefile.ps-plugin qpdfview-0.5/ps-plugin.pro ) && make -f Makefile.ps-plugin
make[1]: Entering directory 'qpdfview-0.5'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'first'.
make[1]: Leaving directory 'qpdfview-0.5'
( test -e Makefile.djvu-plugin || /usr/lib/qt5/bin/qmake -o Makefile.djvu-plugin qpdfview-0.5/djvu-plugin.pro ) && make -f Makefile.djvu-plugin
make[1]: Entering directory 'qpdfview-0.5'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'first'.
make[1]: Leaving directory 'qpdfview-0.5'
( test -e Makefile.image-plugin || /usr/lib/qt5/bin/qmake -o Makefile.image-plugin qpdfview-0.5/image-plugin.pro ) && make -f Makefile.image-plugin
make[1]: Entering directory 'qpdfview-0.5'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'first'.
make[1]: Leaving directory 'qpdfview-0.5'
( test -e Makefile.application || /usr/lib/qt5/bin/qmake -o Makefile.application qpdfview-0.5/application.pro ) && make -f Makefile.application
make[1]: Entering directory 'qpdfview-0.5'
g++ -Wl,-O1 -o qpdfview objects/settings.o objects/pluginhandler.o objects/shortcuthandler.o objects/rendertask.o objects/tileitem.o objects/pageitem.o objects/thumbnailitem.o objects/presentationview.o objects/searchmodel.o objects/searchitemdelegate.o objects/searchtask.o objects/miscellaneous.o objects/documentlayout.o objects/documentview.o objects/printdialog.o objects/settingsdialog.o objects/fontsdialog.o objects/helpdialog.o objects/recentlyusedmenu.o objects/recentlyclosedmenu.o objects/bookmarkmenu.o objects/bookmarkdialog.o objects/bookmarkmodel.o objects/database.o objects/mainwindow.o objects/application.o objects/main.o objects/synctex_parser.o objects/synctex_parser_utils.o objects/signalhandler.o objects/qrc_icons.o objects/moc_settings.o objects/moc_model.o objects/moc_pluginhandler.o objects/moc_shortcuthandler.o objects/moc_rendertask.o objects/moc_pageitem.o objects/moc_thumbnailitem.o objects/moc_presentationview.o objects/moc_searchmodel.o objects/moc_searchitemdelegate.o objects/moc_searchtask.o objects/moc_miscellaneous.o objects/moc_documentview.o objects/moc_printdialog.o objects/moc_settingsdialog.o objects/moc_fontsdialog.o objects/moc_helpdialog.o objects/moc_recentlyusedmenu.o objects/moc_recentlyclosedmenu.o objects/moc_bookmarkmodel.o objects/moc_bookmarkmenu.o objects/moc_bookmarkdialog.o objects/moc_database.o objects/moc_mainwindow.o objects/moc_application.o objects/moc_signalhandler.o -lz /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5PrintSupport.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Svg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Gui.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Concurrent.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Sql.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5DBus.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so -lpthread
/usr/bin/ld: objects/documentview.o: in function qpdfview::DocumentView::printUsingCUPS(QPrinter*, qpdfview::PrintOptions const&, int, int)': documentview.cpp:(.text+0xb56a): undefined reference tocupsGetDests'
/usr/bin/ld: documentview.cpp:(.text+0xb5ab): undefined reference to cupsGetDest' /usr/bin/ld: documentview.cpp:(.text+0xb65a): undefined reference tocupsAddOption'
/usr/bin/ld: documentview.cpp:(.text+0xb769): undefined reference to cupsAddOption' /usr/bin/ld: documentview.cpp:(.text+0xb803): undefined reference tocupsAddOption'
/usr/bin/ld: documentview.cpp:(.text+0xb88b): undefined reference to cupsAddOption' /usr/bin/ld: documentview.cpp:(.text+0xb8d3): undefined reference tocupsAddOption'
/usr/bin/ld: documentview.cpp:(.text+0xb961): undefined reference to cupsGetOption' /usr/bin/ld: documentview.cpp:(.text+0xb9e7): undefined reference tocupsGetOption'
/usr/bin/ld: documentview.cpp:(.text+0xba50): undefined reference to cupsAddOption' /usr/bin/ld: documentview.cpp:(.text+0xba90): undefined reference tocupsGetOption'
/usr/bin/ld: documentview.cpp:(.text+0xbd1b): undefined reference to cupsPrintFile' /usr/bin/ld: documentview.cpp:(.text+0xbdd1): undefined reference tocupsFreeDests'
/usr/bin/ld: documentview.cpp:(.text+0xbdde): undefined reference to cupsFreeOptions' /usr/bin/ld: documentview.cpp:(.text+0xbdfa): undefined reference tocupsFreeDests'
/usr/bin/ld: documentview.cpp:(.text+0xbe07): undefined reference to cupsFreeOptions' /usr/bin/ld: documentview.cpp:(.text+0xbe69): undefined reference tocupsGetPPD'
/usr/bin/ld: documentview.cpp:(.text+0xbe7f): undefined reference to ppdOpenFile' /usr/bin/ld: documentview.cpp:(.text+0xbe9c): undefined reference toppdFindOption'
/usr/bin/ld: documentview.cpp:(.text+0xbf0a): undefined reference to cupsAddOption' /usr/bin/ld: documentview.cpp:(.text+0xbf17): undefined reference toppdClose'
/usr/bin/ld: documentview.cpp:(.text+0xbf81): undefined reference to cupsAddOption' /usr/bin/ld: documentview.cpp:(.text+0xbfa5): undefined reference tocupsAddOption'
/usr/bin/ld: documentview.cpp:(.text+0xbfcd): undefined reference to cupsAddOption' /usr/bin/ld: documentview.cpp:(.text+0xc099): undefined reference tocupsAddOption'
/usr/bin/ld: documentview.cpp:(.text+0xc29d): undefined reference to cupsAddOption' /usr/bin/ld: objects/documentview.o:documentview.cpp:(.text+0xc2c5): more undefined references tocupsAddOption' follow
/usr/bin/ld: objects/documentview.o: in function qpdfview::DocumentView::printUsingCUPS(QPrinter*, qpdfview::PrintOptions const&, int, int)': documentview.cpp:(.text+0xc518): undefined reference tocupsLastErrorString'
/usr/bin/ld: documentview.cpp:(.text+0xc657): undefined reference to cupsLastErrorString' /usr/bin/ld: documentview.cpp:(.text+0xc6e1): undefined reference tocupsFreeDests'
/usr/bin/ld: documentview.cpp:(.text+0xc788): undefined reference to cupsAddOption' /usr/bin/ld: objects/documentview.o: in functionqpdfview::DocumentView::printUsingCUPS(QPrinter, qpdfview::PrintOptions const&, int, int) [clone .cold]':
documentview.cpp:(.text.unlikely+0x955): undefined reference to `ppdClose'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: ** [Makefile.application:358: qpdfview] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory 'qpdfview-0.5'
make: *** [Makefile:164: sub-application-pro-make_first-ordered] Error 2
According to this answer it seems that the problem in the source code. But I'm not sure. May be I missed some additional dependency. Will continue to investigate but probably someone already successfully compiled this program?
