Qt 6.4.2 installed but no starting executable

bhargavah · 13 Mar 2023, 11:57

Hi Team,

Looks like I am destined to use QT even after many problems are there. :)

Recently, I posted this here
https://forum.qt.io/topic/143509/can-not-install-qt-6-4-2

And when I could not get an answer to that, I started to install Qt from the sources. Exactly like this:

https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/macos-building.html

Strange that even after following all the steps, I do not see qt or qtcreator in the /usr/local/Qt-6.4.2/bin directory. These are the contents of /usr/local/Qt-6.4.2/bin:

I am wondering how to even start qt now? :) I tried qt, qt-creator but to not avail.

Thank a lot in advance.

jsulm · 13 Mar 2023, 13:11

@bhargavah said in Qt 6.4.2 installed but no starting executable:

I started to install Qt from the sources

Why do you want to build Qt from sources?

bhargavah · 13 Mar 2023, 13:14

@jsulm Hey. Because I could not install from online installer. Link to my original question is also pinned in the question.

JonB · 13 Mar 2023, 15:18

@bhargavah
I don't know about getting your original question to work, doubtless it's doable. Choosing to build Qt from source is a non-trivial exercise, you will probably end up with even more problems that way. Get the download working instead.

jsulm · 13 Mar 2023, 15:29

@bhargavah In that other thread from you you got some suggestions (changing mirror): did you try them? Building Qt just because the installer can't download from the mirror is not the right solution (simply because building Qt is far from trivial).

bhargavah · 13 Mar 2023, 15:25

@JonB He He. I see. That is fine. Nevermind. I think we are close on the new issue. If you see the earlier screenshot, you would get that most of the things are there. In fact, I see that qt is already installed through this below screenshot.

I just need to invoke qt somehow.

JoeCFD · 13 Mar 2023, 15:53

@bhargavah I guess: add /usr/local/Qt-6.4.2/bin to $PATH at beginning of $PATH( in front of all other paths)
/usr/local/Qt-6.4.2/bin is not in the PATH currently.

/usr/local is not a great place. The default path of Qt installation is /opt

bhargavah · J jsulm 13 Mar 2023, 14:31

@jsulm Hey. No. I haven't. Since I started working/compiling on through the sources. Please see my latest post and update. I think we are close.

bhargavah · 13 Mar 2023, 16:29

@JoeCFD Hey. Thanks for the comment. It is there in the path currently actually.

This is

echo $PATH
/usr/local/Qt-%VERSION%/bin:/usr/local/Qt-6.4.2/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin

JoeCFD · 14 Mar 2023, 04:12

@bhargavah You can add it manually in Qt Creator.
go to Tools->Options->Kits->Qt-Versions and press Add button. Then select /usr/local/Qt-6.4.2/bin/qmake

switch to Kits tab and click Desktop(default) under Manual. Select Qt version and click Apply button and then OK button to close Options dialog. You are good to go.

bhargavah · 14 Mar 2023, 05:14

@JoeCFD How to even open Qt-creator? What command should I do?

jsulm · wrote on 14 Mar 2023, 05:14

@bhargavah said in Qt 6.4.2 installed but no starting executable:

How to even open Qt-creator? What command should I do?

Well, did you build QtCreator? Since you desided to build Qt by yourself instead of simply using the installer you will either need to build QtCreator or download and install pre-built version...