libicu libraries not installed

[vervaekejonathan]

Used the following command to install Qt

aqt install-qt linux desktop 5.12.8 gcc_64 --archives qtbase qtdeclarative qtquickcontrols qtgraphicaleffects qtquickcontrols2 qttranslations qtwebsockets qtmultimedia qttools

When compiling my application, it cannot find libicu

/usr/bin/ld: warning: libicui18n.so.56, needed by ~/Qt/5.12.8/gcc_64/lib/libQt5Core.so.5.12.8, not found (try using -rpath or -rpath-link)
/usr/bin/ld: warning: libicuuc.so.56, needed by ~/Qt/5.12.8/gcc_64/lib/libQt5Core.so.5.12.8, not found (try using -rpath or -rpath-link)
/usr/bin/ld: warning: libicudata.so.56, needed by ~/Qt/5.12.8/gcc_64/lib/libQt5Core.so.5.12.8, not found (try using -rpath or -rpath-link)

It is available in the folder installed via the official Qt installer:

/opt/Qt5.12.8/5.12.8/gcc_64/lib: ll libicudata.so.56.1 
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 24M sep 26  2016 libicudata.so.56.1

But not in the one installed via aqt:

~/Qt/5.12.8/gcc_64/lib:ll libicu*
zsh: no matches found: libicu*

[miurahr]

Because you @vervaekejonathan don't specify icu as --archives option, that limit target package as you specified exactly.

[vervaekejonathan]

@miurahr I see.. I matched the install list to what was required via apt, probably this is bundled somewhere when you install via apt

[miurahr]

Please try
aqt install-qt linux desktop 5.12.8 gcc_64 --archives qtbase qtdeclarative qtquickcontrols qtgraphicaleffects qtquickcontrols2 qttranslations qtwebsockets qtmultimedia qttools icu

You can find an argument that CI/CD script install which archives as minimum one, https://github.com/miurahr/aqtinstall/blob/master/ci/generate_azure_pipelines_matrices.py#L196-L204

[miurahr]

When you are not expert of Qt packages, you are recommended to use --modules option instead of --archives
https://aqtinstall.readthedocs.io/en/latest/cli.html#cmdoption-list-tool-modules

--archives is an option for expert and no guarantee a result of installation.

[miurahr]

question answered.