[mythtv-users] macos sourceforge binary Unable to load the QT QMYSQL driver

[scram69]

On Sun, Sep 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM John Hoyt <john.hoyt at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Sun, Sep 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM scram69 <scram69 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> Hoping that John Hoyt is checking this mailing list...
>> I recently upgraded my ubuntu combined backend/frontend from v34 to v35.
>> That went smoothly.
>> My main frontend is a mac mini running MacOS 13 Ventura.  Unfortunately,
>> when I attempt to run the v35 build for Ventura from the MythTV for
>> macOS Sorceforge site, the application fails with:
>>
>> FATAL: Unable to load the QT QMYSQL driver, is it installed?
>>
>>
>> In an email from several years ago, John suggested installing
>> qt5-mysql-plugin +mariadb10_5
>>
>> I tried that and it installed successfully with macports, but
>> mythfrontend still fails to start with the same error message.
>>
>
> Unfortunately, that won't work anymore since the builds have been moved to
> qt6 and homebrew.
>
> I just kicked off a new macOS 13 v35 build (which has gotten problematic
> recently).  Hopefully that resolves things.
>

OK, good to know.

I'll keep an eye out for an updated build.  Will I need to install anything
with homebrew to use the pre-built binary in Ventura?

Thanks again for providing these builds!


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