Ubuntu: Difference between Downloading Qt from Website and Building it in Terminal
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Had a quick general question about using Qt in Ubuntu Linux: are there any significant differences between downloading Qt from the Website (https://www.qt.io/download) and building Qt from the terminal?
If not, I feel like it would just be easier for me (especially since I am still relatively new to Linux) to just download it from the website. However, if there are any significant differences, I would like to know before doing so.
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You have to build a static version of Qt in case you want to link it statically to an executable you compile. For all other cases, the download is just fine.
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@AxelVienna Thank you very much for your response!
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Hi,
To add to @AxelVienna:
- static builds and GPL/LGPL have implication
- with custom builds you can reduce the size of the deployment
- you can customize some flags/dependencies
It also depends on your use cases and targets.
