From f9977e1c3edd9313587d8f59e3e4e515bedc6382 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: 3dsman <3dsman@free.fr>
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2018 11:10:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add compilation instruction for linux mint and qmake issue
 when QT5 and QT4 is present

---
 INSTALL_LINUX.md | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/INSTALL_LINUX.md b/INSTALL_LINUX.md
index 8692186869..914006980a 100644
--- a/INSTALL_LINUX.md
+++ b/INSTALL_LINUX.md
@@ -175,6 +175,10 @@ To build, go into the Natron directory and type:
     make
 
 If everything has been installed and configured correctly, it should build without errors.
+if you have both QT4 and QT5 installed qmake can generate errors, you can try
+
+    QT_SELECT=4 qmake -r
+    make
 
 If you want to build in DEBUG mode change the qmake call to this line:
 
@@ -260,6 +264,17 @@ expat: PKGCONFIG -= expat
 cairo: PKGCONFIG -= cairo
 ```
 
+for linux mint you will need to add:
+
+```
+pyside {
+        PYSIDE_PKG_CONFIG_PATH = $$system($$PYTHON_CONFIG --prefix)/lib/pkgconfig:$$(PKG_CONFIG_PATH)
+        PKGCONFIG += pyside
+        INCLUDEPATH += $$system(env PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$$PYSIDE_PKG_CONFIG_PATH pkg-config --variable=includedir pyside)/QtCore
+        INCLUDEPATH += $$system(env PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$$PYSIDE_PKG_CONFIG_PATH pkg-config --variable=includedir pyside)/QtGui
+}
+```
+
 ## CentOS7
 
 Instructions for CentOS and Fedora.