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    sierdzio
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    #12

    Good to hear that. Per aspera ad astra, as they say :)

    (Z(:^

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      hmariod
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      #13

      Same problem, but I don't realize how do you solve.
      Could you explain for me?
      Thank you.

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        #14

        Hi and welcome to devnet,

        If you need to get qmake from /usr/bin:

        • Do as before (click on choose)
        • Go to Macintosh HD
        • Presss CMD + SHIFT + .

        That will temporarily show hidden folders. Then you can access /usr

        Hope it helps

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          #15

          SGaist,
          Thank you very much!!!
          You are my hero.

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            vwcc
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            Hi I have the same problem here:

            I followed the suggestion there and indeed find that there is /usr/bin/qmake and it is indeed "Using Qt version 4.8.5 in /Library/Frameworks"

            Following the SGaist's advice I use the command+shift+. to reveal hidden files.

            Now I can see both qmake under /usr/bin BUT it is greyed out and I just CANNOT select it.

            Can someone help?

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              vwcc
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              #17

              Hi I have the same problem here:

              I followed the suggestion there and indeed find that there is /usr/bin/qmake and it is indeed "Using Qt version 4.8.x in /Library/Frameworks"

              Following the SGaist's advice I use the command+shift+. to reveal hidden files.

              Now I can see both qmake under /usr/bin BUT it is greyed out and I just CANNOT select it.

              Can someone help?

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                wrote on last edited by
                #18

                What version of Qt Creator are you using ?

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                  afifer
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                  #19

                  Not the same person, but I have the same issue with usr/bin/qmake being greyed out. I'm using Qt Creator 3.0.1.

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                    #20

                    Are you sure that /usr/bin/qmake is not a symbolic link that points to nowhere ?

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                      afifer
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                      #21

                      Just got it working actually, it was an ownership issue. Changing it with "sudo chown" in terminal got it fixed:

                      cd usr/bin
                      sudo chown [username] qmake

                      Thanks!

                      Edit: Wow nope, spoke too soon. Once I changed the ownership, the Qt version automatically showed up under "Manual" so I thought everything was good. I changed tabs to add the version to my kit but it wouldn't show up in the drop-down menu. I closed the Preferences window (I didn't hit "apply") and reopened it, now the Qt version is gone and it's still greyed out when I try to select it.

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                        I managed to finally load qmake but in a rather roundabout way.

                        I followed an earlier suggest and made an alias for qmake on my documents folder using Symlink.

                        ln -s /usr/bin/qmake Documents/qmake

                        But I also saw this alias qmake as greyed out.

                        I then reinstalled the Qt5 binary package that includes Qt Creator and Qt 5 library (I earlier uninstalled this in preparation for installing the 4.8.5 library and Creator separately).

                        I choose Preference>Qt Version and choose Add.

                        I could now see the alias qmake which I selected.

                        I uninstalled the QtCreator+Qt 5 combo.

                        I started the Qt Creator installed earlier on a separate dir. I could now see the alias qmake as not greyed out. But the actual qmake as revealed by command+shift+. was still greyed out.

                        Now I have successfully installed Qt 4.8.5

                        This is a rather round about way and I am sure I must have turned on something by accident which could have been got at by a much shorter. But nonetheless this is how I got it working.

                        I wish it could be a lot less painful

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                          #23

                          Glad you succeeded but it's indeed pretty convoluted...

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                            afifer
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                            #24

                            Thanks vwcc, I uninstalled and reinstalled everything and now it works.

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