====== Compiling pygplates on WSL Debian ======

I ran into a strange set of issues when trying to compile ''pygplates'' on the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Despite having all the requirements installed  (e.g. Qt5, Boost etc). the compiler complained about  Qt5 libraries not being present:

<code>
/usr/lib/qt5/bin/uic: error while loading shared libraries: libQt5Core.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
</code>

However, these are installed in ''/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/'' like in any other Linux distro. Turns out that some [[https://askubuntu.com/questions/1034313/ubuntu-18-4-libqt5core-so-5-cannot-open-shared-object-file-no-such-file-or-dir|other]] [[https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton/wiki/Fix-error-while-loading-shared-libraries:-libQt5Core.so.5|people]] have the same issues to load the shared Qt5 libraries when compiling software on WSL. This is solved by running the following line:

<code>
sudo strip --remove-section=.note.ABI-tag /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
</code>


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