build/make/configure: its need to be "qt4-qmake" not "qmake-qt4" (on debian-based) (with solution)

[WaterSibilantFalling]

when building, ./configure won't run, incorrectly returning the error

checking whether Qt5 should be enabled... no
checking for /qmake... no
checking for /qmake-qt4... no
checking for Qt4 qmake >= 4.8.0... not found
configure: error: Could not find qmake

when qt4-qmake is installed.

The cause is that it is incorrectly looking for "qmake-qt4" instead of "qt4-qmake"

Linux 3.16.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt11-1 (2015-05-24) i686 GNU/Linux
qbittorrent-3.2.3.tar.gz

maybe
configure.ac:$QT_QMAKE -r [$CONFDIR]/qbittorrent.pro
is the problem?

Note that it is looking for **/**qmake

[sledgehammer999]

It's looking for the name of the binary. On debian unstable it is named qmake-qt4. (and qmake)
What is your distro ?
Have you installed libt4-dev ?

[WaterSibilantFalling]

my distro is Debian testing (stretch), up to date.
Linux 3.16.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt11-1 (2015-05-24) i686 GNU/Linux

I had not installed libqt4-dev. I tar -zxf 'd the tar file, and ran ./configure, oldschool.
The error did not seem to lead to libqt4-dev.

I have qmake installed:

locate qmake | grep bin
/usr/bin/qmake
/usr/bin/qmake-qt4
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt4/bin/qmake
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmake
/usr/share/qt4/bin/qmake

I have now found your https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/Compiling-qBittorrent-on-Debian-and-Ubuntu#Compiling_qBittorrent_with_the_GUI page, so following that.

a separate not, libtorrent gives
configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-geoip
when configured as instructed there.

[sledgehammer999]

configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-geoip

I fixed it. It should be--with-libgeoip

I tar -zxf 'd the tar file, and ran ./configure, oldschool.

Then the problem is qt was installed in a place where qbt couldn't find it.
Anyway, now using my instructions from the wiki you should be able to compile.