@Ahmed-Jmail said in Size difference in QT online and offline installations:
I'm seeing a noticeable size difference in offline (11 GB approx ) and online (38 GB approx) installers. Why is that so ?
Because the online installers contain PDB files for debugging, but the offline installers don't.
Will I be missing some features if I use offline version.
Currently, you don't have the symbols for debugging Qt libraries. They are not strictly necessary, but they can be helpful when you're trying to figure out why your code is crashing.
If you want those symbols, you can download them separately:
http://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/5.10/5.10.0/qt-opensource-windows-x86-pdb-files-desktop-5.10.0.zip (2.1 GB)
http://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/5.10/5.10.0/qt-opensource-windows-x86-pdb-files-uwp-5.10.0.zip (1.4 GB)
@J.Hilk said in Size difference in QT online and offline installations:
@Ahmed-Jmail
Have you checked that the offline and online installer actually offer the same installation options?
They do now, actually! I just checked and was surprised.
In the past, only 1 version of Qt was provided per offline installer (e.g. http://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/5.8/5.8.0/ )
However, since Qt 5.9, there's one single installer for all versions (e.g. http://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/5.9/5.9.0/ )