Qt for macOS has some requirements that are given in more detail in the Qt for macOS Requirements document.
For Qt 5.7.1 you can navigate to officialreleases / qt 5.7 / 5.7.1 and then download qt-opensource-mac-x64-clang-5.7.1.dmg. It is a reasonably large (1.2 GB) download. Once it has downloaded, open the dmg file: From the Qt Installer, follow the wizard screens in the same fashion as on Windows and Linux. Here were the screens I stepped through. I developed on a Mac and then my buddy ported it to Linux - he usually had to make a number of changes to the code to get it to function equivalently and look the same on Linux. This was with Qt 5.1. The App wasn't even stressing Qt much - mostly a set of form-like UIs that read and wrote to XML for the user to create the XML document. Qt Creator is an open source and multi-platform IDE (integrated development environment) created to provide developers with all the tools needed to build various types of mobile and desktop based software solutions with the help of the Qt framework. User-friendly and clean styled interface.
The following instructions describe how to install Qt from the source package. You can download the Qt 5 sources from the Downloads page. For more information, visit the Getting Started with Qt page.
Step 1: Install the License File (Commercially Licensed Qt Only)
If you use Qt with a commercial license, the Qt tools look for a local license file. If you are using a binary installer or the commercial Qt Creator, your licenses are automatically fetched and stored in your local user profile ($HOME/Library/Application Support/Qt/qtlicenses.ini file).
If you do not use any binary installer or Qt Creator, you can download the respective license file from your Qt Account Web portal and save it to your user profile as $HOME/.qt-license. If you prefer a different location or file name, you need to set the QT_LICENSE_FILE environment variable to the respective file path.
Step 2: Unpack the Archive
Unpack the archive if you have not done so already. For example, if you have the qt-everywhere-opensource-src-%VERSION%.tar.gz package, type the following commands at a command line prompt:
This creates the directory /tmp/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-%VERSION% containing the files from the archive.
Step 3: Build the Qt Library
To configure the Qt library for your machine type, run the ./configure script in the package directory.
By default, Qt is configured for installation in the /usr/local/Qt-%VERSION% directory, but this can be changed by using the -prefix option.
By default, Qt is built as a framework, but you can built it as a set of dynamic libraries (dylibs) by specifying the -no-framework option.
Qt can also be configured to be built with debugging symbols. This process is described in detail in the Debugging Techniques document.
The Configure Options page contains more information about the configure options.
To create the library and compile all the examples and tools, type:
Qt Creator Mac Download
If -prefix is outside the build directory, you need to install the library, examples, and tools in the appropriate place. To do this, type:
Mac Install Qt
This command requires that you have administrator access on your machine.
Note: There is a potential race condition when running make install with multiple jobs. It is best to only run one make job (-j1) for the install.
Step 4: Set the Environment Variables
In order to use Qt, some environment variables need to be extended.
This is done like this:
In .profile (if your shell is bash), add the following lines:
In .login (in case your shell is csh or tcsh), add the following line:
If you use a different shell, please modify your environment variables accordingly.
That's all. Qt is now installed.
Qt Building For Mac Catalina
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