SOLUTION

with the help of @mrjj i found solution. It's just that instructions were not clear on tutorial

Steps

get the Qt creator source : git clone --recursive https://code.qt.io/qt-creator/qt-creator.git

set qmake version . your qmake version should be close to the qt version you are using . for e.g. if you are building for 5.10 your qmake should also use 5.10.

you can set qmake version by

sudo mv /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt-default/qtchooser/default.conf /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt-default/qtchooser/default.conf_orig sudo vim /usr/share/qtchooser/my_Qt_5.10.0_Desktop_gcc_x64.conf <Qt_dir>/5.10.0/gcc_64/bin <Qt_dir>/5.10.0/gcc_64/lib ln -s /usr/share/qtchooser/my_Qt_5.10.0_Destop_gcc_x64.conf /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt-default/qtchooser/default.conf

check qmake by qmake --version

mkdir qt-creator-build
cd qt-creator-build
qmake ../qt-creator/qtcreator.pro

4. ``` cd qt-creator-build make qmake_all make -j <number-of-cpu-cores+1>

wait for some time . it will take long time to build.

now you have both source and build of Qt creator . Now just follow the wizard and point the qt soruce and build locations

build and run

voila !! \0/

Hi and welcome to devnet,

You're likely hitting QTBUG-52544 which is fixed for 5.6.1