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Add note to the Downloading and Installing section for Linux - Qt needs to be installed #712

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I was struggling to get this application to run on Arch. I downloaded the .zip file for Ubuntu 24.04. Running the RimSort executable, I received the following error message:
qt.qpa.plugin: From 6.5.0, xcb-cursor0 or libxcb-cursor0 is needed to load the Qt xcb platform plugin.
This message is misleading. I had already installed the equivalent Arch Linux package for xcb-cursor0, which is 'xcb-util-cursor'. It turns out I also needed Qt6 installed. I installed the 'qt6-base' package, and now RimSort works.

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Can you add a note to the RimSort Wiki's Linux section that states you may need to install Qt6 and xcb-cursor0, and possible an additional note for Arch Linux, 'Ot6-base' and 'xcb-util-cursor'? It will save someone else a few minutes of troubleshooting.

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