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Ubuntu Hoping To Remove Qt 5 Before Ubuntu 26.04 LTS


Ubuntu developer Simon Quigley laid out the plans for hoping Ubuntu packages will move from Qt 5 to Qt 6 so that by the time of the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS cycle in early 2026 that the older version of this graphical toolkit can be removed.

Ubuntu developer Simon Quigley laid out the plans for hoping Ubuntu packages will move from Qt 5 to Qt 6 so that by the time of the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS cycle in early 2026 that the older version of this graphical toolkit can be removed. The Ubuntu 26.04 LTS without Qt 5 is simply a goal at this point. In any event we'll see over the next year if enough progress is made for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS to ship with the Qt 5 packages removed.

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