Online installer downloads too much
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I use the online installer to quickly download the specific parts of the QT bundle. I selected to install only MinGW, but the installer downloads tons of archives I don't need and highly likely I will never need.
What is the way to make the online installer to download only what I require? As I need only the stuff I need and I need it quick. Otherwise, I'd use the offline bundle, wouldn't I?
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I use the online installer to quickly download the specific parts of the QT bundle. I selected to install only MinGW, but the installer downloads tons of archives I don't need and highly likely I will never need.
What is the way to make the online installer to download only what I require? As I need only the stuff I need and I need it quick. Otherwise, I'd use the offline bundle, wouldn't I?
@Nikita-Kobzev said in Online installed downloads too much:
but the installer downloads tons of archives I don't need and highly likely I will never need.
What for example? What exactly did you select?
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I selected only MinGW 8.1.0, but after the installation complete, I find the QT Creator also was installed.
I didn't require the QT Creator.
And when I run the Maintenance Tool, I see no option to uninstall the QT Creator.
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I selected only MinGW 8.1.0, but after the installation complete, I find the QT Creator also was installed.
I didn't require the QT Creator.
And when I run the Maintenance Tool, I see no option to uninstall the QT Creator.
@Nikita-Kobzev Yes, you can't deselect QtCreator. Not sure why it is like this. You could file a change request in Qt bug tracker to ask the developers to make QtCreator optional.
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Ok, if it is a known behavior then I consider my question is resolved.
Thank you for your help.
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@Nikita-Kobzev Yes, you can't deselect QtCreator. Not sure why it is like this. You could file a change request in Qt bug tracker to ask the developers to make QtCreator optional.
@jsulm said in Online installer downloads too much:
@Nikita-Kobzev Yes, you can't deselect QtCreator. Not sure why it is like this. You could file a change request in Qt bug tracker to ask the developers to make QtCreator optional.
IIRC, that was in order to ensure that people using the installer to get Qt would have a minimal friendly setup to start coding. For example, on Windows, you select the MinGW build and at the end you are ready to start coding and debugging, no need for additional steps like you have to do with Visual Studio.
Same goes for macOS, you still have to install Xcode first to get the tools however, you can then directly start working with Qt Creator which is easier to get started with than Xcode itself.
And finally, this allows you to have the same IDE available by default on all platforms so your do not have to worry yourself learning how to use a IDE for each of them separately with their own style of project and dependency management, etc.
As on macOS, Linux requires installing some standard packages but once that is done, you are again ready to develop without more work.
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I selected only MinGW 8.1.0, but after the installation complete, I find the QT Creator also was installed.
I didn't require the QT Creator.
And when I run the Maintenance Tool, I see no option to uninstall the QT Creator.
@Nikita-Kobzev from an previous post of mine:
https://forum.qt.io/topic/80086/qt-creator-4-3-0-stability/13The "hidden" feature
--no-force-installationsallows you to run the qt installer without a mandatory QtCreator installation
