Build qwt to use QwtDataViewerLib download qwt from http://qwt.sourceforge.net/qwtinstall.html sudo apt-get install libqt5svg5* libqt5opengl5* Follow the install page above To successfully compile the lib and the plugin, don't forget to export QWT_ROOT_DIR: export QWT_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/qwt-6.1.2/