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Installing and configuring P4Merge for Git on Ubuntu
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# based on http://blogs.pdmlab.com/alexander.zeitler/articles/installing-and-configuring-p4merge-for-git-on-ubuntu/
$ cd ~/Downloads
$ wget https://cdist2.perforce.com/perforce/r18.2/bin.linux26x86_64/p4v.tgz
$ tar zxvf p4v.tgz
$ sudo mkdir /opt/p4v
$ cd p4v-2018.2.1666551
$ sudo mv * /opt/p4v
$ sudo ln -s /opt/p4v/bin/p4merge /usr/local/bin/p4merge
~/.gitconfig
[color]
ui = true
diff = true
branch = auto
status = auto
[alias]
new = checkout -b
co = checkout
ci = commit
cm = commit -m
cam = commit -am
ca = commit --amend # careful
st = status
br = branch
lg = log --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen--> %cr%Creset by %Cblue%cN <%cE>%Creset' --abbre
v-commit --date=relative
hist = log --pretty=format:\"%h %ad | %s%d [%an]\" --graph --date=short
type = cat-file -t
dump = cat-file -p
s = status --short
a = !git add . && git status
au = !git add -u . && git statustus
aa = !git add . && git add -u . && git status
ac = !git add . && git commit
acm = !git add . && git commit -m
put = push origin HEAD
get = pull origin HEAD
[merge]
keepBackup = false;
tool = p4merge
[mergetool]
prompt = false
[mergetool "p4merge"]
cmd = p4merge "$BASE" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$MERGED"
keepTemporaries = false
trustExitCode = false
keepBackup = false
[diff]
tool = p4merge
[difftool]
prompt = false
[difftool "p4merge"]
cmd = p4merge "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
keepTemporaries = false
trustExitCode = false
keepBackup = false
@kryvosheiaivan
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kryvosheiaivan commented Jun 17, 2021

$ cd p4v-2018.2.1666551
doesnt work
ver is different

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crmaxx commented Jun 17, 2021

$ cd p4v-2018.2.1666551
doesnt work
ver is different

of course, this log was made in 2018 :)

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Artureio commented Nov 24, 2021

Thanks 😃

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cesaaargm commented Nov 1, 2023

thx!

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georgefc commented Feb 27, 2025

Thanks for share it, help me a lot.

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sarxos commented Jan 29, 2026 •
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Thank you! Works like a charm.

However, if anyone got the following error after executing above procedure and trying to run p4merge:

qt.qpa.plugin: From 6.5.0, xcb-cursor0 or libxcb-cursor0 is needed to load the Qt xcb platform plugin.
qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found.
This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Available platform plugins are: xcb, minimal, offscreen, vkkhrdisplay, vnc.

Aborted (core dumped)

Here is how to fix it.

Just install the following (assuming you are using apt for packages management, but if not, use your distro-specific tool):

sudo apt update
sudo apt install \
  libxcb-cursor0 \
  libxcb-xinerama0 \
  libxcb-icccm4 \
  libxcb-image0 \
  libxcb-keysyms1 \
  libxcb-render-util0 \
  libxcb-xkb1

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