Options for packaging a complex (py)QT application: ChimeraX

Small update:

  • Building from source code is a nightmare and discouraged (authors: “Compiling ChimeraX can be challenging because it depends on more than 50 dependencies. We recommend using a prebuilt ChimeraX”)
  • Likewise the deb-package they provide relies on 50 dependencies. I tried “translating” them to nixos, but already for the 3rd one I tried there is a major version mismatch to nixpkgs
  • The only remaining option seems to be to go with the self-sufficient tarball (which does contain all the required libraries).

Could you please point me towards a direction on how to fix the Qt problem?

Thank you,
Moritz