New to QtCreator Error "no rule to make target 'all'. Stop."

jsulm

@IsaacPrkr said in New to QtCreator Error "no rule to make target 'all'. Stop.":

Do you want the https link?

Yes, the link to the repo.

How exactly are you trying to open the pro file?
Do this:

Open QtCreator
Go to "File/Open File or Project..."
Navigate to the project and select the pro file
What exactly happens now?

IsaacPrkr

@jsulm it says could not display 'gps.pro' there is no application for "qt qmake profiles".

The link is here: https://olympuss.ntu.ac.uk/N0923887/gps.git

It's gonna be password protected most likely however.

When I open the .pro file in qt it comes up with configure project. And it says no suitable kits found and I can't seem to do anything the configure project is grayed out.

jsulm

@IsaacPrkr said in New to QtCreator Error "no rule to make target 'all'. Stop.":

When I open the .pro file in qt it comes up with configure project. And it says no suitable kits found

Did you also install at least one Qt version?
QtCreator is an IDE, you also need Qt if you want to build a Qt application.

IsaacPrkr

@jsulm
When installing all I did was enter
sudo apt update
sudo apt install libclang-common-8-dev qt5-default qtcreator ssh-askpass

In the terminal. Is this wrong?

jsulm

@IsaacPrkr Make sure qt5-qmake is also installed.
And check whether you have any properly configured Kit in QtCreator.

IsaacPrkr

@jsulm I've installed qt5-qmake. And how do I go check whether I have a properly configured kit?

jsulm

@IsaacPrkr In QtCreator go to "Tools/Options.../Kits" and check whether there is at least one Kit

IsaacPrkr

@jsulm There is only options that say Auto-detected and Manual.

jsulm

@IsaacPrkr said in New to QtCreator Error "no rule to make target 'all'. Stop.":

There is only options that say Auto-detected and Manual

But are there any Kits, either in manual or auto detected section?
If there are no Kits then that explains your problem. In this case add a Kit manually - first add your Qt in "Qt Versions" tab (you ) and then a Kit.

IsaacPrkr

@jsulm When you say "add your qt in qt versions tab (you)" i went in the tab and clicked add and it just came up with my files. Do I add the project file into that?

jsulm

@IsaacPrkr said in New to QtCreator Error "no rule to make target 'all'. Stop.":

Do I add the project file into that?

No, this has nothing to do with any projects!
This is used to manage different Qt versions in QtCreator, as QtCreator can support many Qt versions.

"and it just came up with my files" - I don't know what this means. To add a Qt version you need to navigate to the folder containing qmake of that Qt version (in your case /usr/bin) and select qmake.

See:

IsaacPrkr

@jsulm It just opens the file explorer in the downloads tab. There is no /usr/bin for me anywhere I can find.

IsaacPrkr

@jsulm I've got it working thank you so much

7emida

@IsaacPrkr hey please can you tell me how u did solve this problem ?

loonNG

@IsaacPrkr , can you share your solution, please?