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Install qView on CachyOS

qView is a Qt image viewer designed with minimalism and usability in mind.

From the official CachyOS repo. Install with pacman, no AUR helper needed.

Reviewed Nov 2, 2026 · independent guide

How do I install qView on CachyOS?

Run this in a terminal, then open qView from your app menu:

sudo pacman -S qview

qview is in the cachyos repo, the CachyOS project's own package repository, so pacman installs it directly with no AUR helper and no build script. The package is signed with the CachyOS repository key, and pacman checks the signature before it installs.

What should I do after installing qView?

  1. Open qView from your app menu.
  2. Or run qview in a terminal.
  3. Run pacman -Qi qview to see the installed version and the optional dependencies.

How do I update or remove qView?

Update:

sudo pacman -Syu

Remove:

sudo pacman -Rns qview

What is qView?

Practical and minimal image viewer.

Package description: qView is a Qt image viewer designed with minimalism and usability in mind.

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    jurplel/qView · ★ 3,706 stars · last commit Oct 23, 2026 · latest release Jul 26, 2025

    Real issues opened by users on the project's GitHub, shown as written with a link to each one. 10 most reacted issues opened in the last two years plus the 5 newest issues, bots, pull requests, non English and political posts skipped, capped at 15 per repo. Fetched Nov 1, 2026.

    1. Support Scroll Wheel and On-Screen Buttons for Navigating Between ImagesOpen

      First of all, thank you for the great work on this project! I was wondering if it might be possible to support using the mouse scroll wheel to navigate between images. Currently, the only way to move between images is by using the keyboard arrow keys, which works well, but it can…

      @BambooByte · · 6 reactions · 5 comments · View on GitHub

    2. Single instance modeOpen

      Is it possible to have qView only spawn a single instance? e.g. if qView is already open and I try to open a new image from the Windows File Explorer, I want it to re-use the current qView window, without resizing or moving it either.

      @mnpenner · · 5 reactions · 3 comments · View on GitHub

    3. I hope to provide a viewing mode with a borderless, fully alpha-transparent background.Open

      I hope to view images in a borderless, fully alpha-transparent mode after unchecking the ‘Set background color’ option in the settings. Additionally, provide a checkbox to show or hide the title bar. Ultimately, achieve the functionality of dragging and positioning transparent…

      @youngwong · · 4 reactions · 1 comments · View on GitHub

    4. Large folders are slowOpen

      Hi, I'm using Windows 11 Pro with the latest version of qView. I've noticed a problem with the program. When I try to open an image in a folder full of over 40,000 images, qView takes a long time to open the image. Why? I tried opening the image with the Windows Photos program…

      @linguaccia22 · · 3 reactions · 4 comments · View on GitHub

    5. [Flatpak] Version number of qView on Flathub need to be updatedOpen

      The latest release of qView is 7.1, however on Flathub the version number is still 6.1 ( even though the actual version is 7.1 ) . According to at least need to be updated.

      @shodanwang · · 3 reactions · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    6. Need mouse wheel to switch picturesOpen

      @gnlhwlp · · 3 reactions · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    7. unable to build using macOS 26 betaClosed

      OS: macOS 26.0 beta Xcode 26.0 Build version 17A5241e qView version: qView-7.0-rc1 The removal of AGL from the qView 7.0-rc1 Makefile is necessary because Apple deprecated the AGL framework in macOS Sequoia (15.0) and removed it from the macOS 26.0 SDK with Xcode 26, causing the…

      @coffnix · · 2 reactions · 2 comments · View on GitHub

    8. [Function Suggestion]Image Movement lockOpen

      I would like to implement a toggle switch so that dragging the mouse to move the image does not take effect when no zoom operation is being performed.

      @Readedd · · 2 reactions · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    9. [feature request] add a simple toolbar that can click to load previous/next image.Closed

      [feature request] add a simple toolbar that can click to load previous/next image. Sometimes can only use the mouse—without keyboard access—can enhance efficiency by enabling direct button clicks, eliminating the need for right-click menus or via menubar.

      @nodejsg · · 2 reactions · 2 comments · View on GitHub

    10. macOS: SIGABRT when quitting shortly after opening an imageOpen

      qView 7.1 macOS 26.6.1 (25G76) Apple Silicon / ARM64 Qt 6.8.3 I am using qView on macOS, and qView sometimes crashes with SIGABRT when I quit the application shortly after opening an image. I first encountered the issue with qView 7.1 installed via Homebrew. To investigate the…

      @mimoex · · 2 reactions · 1 comments · View on GitHub

    11. Re-render SVG on zoomOpen

      Zooming in an svg file looks pixellized as you would expect from from a raster image. However, zooming in on a svg in eg. a web browser or SumatraPDF re-renders (rasterizes) the file at higher resolution at each zoom step, so it always looks sharp. This would be great in qview…

      @auxym · · 2 reactions · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    12. compile with jpeg-xl dng supportOpen

      build-dng-qview16.sh With help from an ia, it got possible to compile a complete version with jpeg-xl support in dng files: QTPLUGINPATH="$HOME/opt/dngraw/lib/x8664-linux-gnu/plugins"…

      @tudor-12345 · · 1 reactions · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    13. macOS Gatekeeper check failureOpen

      OS: macOS 27 qView version: 7.1 stable App is not passing gatekeeper checks and cannot be installed on a hardened system ==> Would install 1 cask: qview Error: qview: Cask 'qview' has been disabled because it does not pass the macOS Gatekeeper check! It was disabled on…

      @chamele0n1c · · 1 reactions · 4 comments · View on GitHub

    14. Unable to read some AVIF imagesClosed

      OS - Caption : Microsoft Windows 11 Home China OS - OSArchitecture : 64-bit OS - TotalVirtualMemorySize : 35051836 OS - Version : 10.0.26200 CPU - Caption : Intel64 Family 6 Model 170 Stepping 4 CPU - CurrentClockSpeed : 2300 CPU - Name : Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 9 185H CPU -…

      @fitmap · · 2 comments · View on GitHub

    15. View Small Images at 1:1 by DefaultOpen

      This is my second QoL feature request. It's a pretty simple one! I work with a lot of web graphics and pixel art, so it would be nice to have the option to automatically view images at 1:1 scale if the image is smaller than the window, rather than zooming them in to fill the…

      @BoffinBrain · · 1 comments · View on GitHub

    qView on CachyOS: questions

    Is qView in the official CachyOS repo?

    Yes. The qview package is in the cachyos repo, version 7.1-2, built 2026-08-14. Install it with sudo pacman -S qview.

    Do I need an AUR helper for qView?

    No. It comes from the cachyos repo, so plain pacman installs and updates it, and sudo pacman -Syu keeps it current.

    What is the qView command?

    qview. The package is called qview.