Solved Qt 5.6 / 5.7 Mac installer not launching
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I usually use Qt on Windows, and now I'm trying to set up a Mac development machine.
I am unable to install Qt on my MacBook Pro. I have tried using the macOS web installer that the most recent Qt download page directs me to (open source). A file called qt-unified-mac-x64-2.0.3-online.dmg is downloaded, which contains a .app of the same name, but when I try to open that file, a dialog says that the file cannot be opened "because of a problem." I have also downloaded the offline installer, which is a .app within a dmg, but double-clicking that .app gives a similar error message.My MacBook Pro has Mac OS X Version 10.6.8, with an Intel Core 2 Duo.
I have Xcode Version 3.2 (1610) installed, with (I am pretty sure) command line Xcode enabled/installed. The MacBook itself is about 4.5 years old. (Model Identifier MacBookPro5,5)Any tips would be appreciated. I'm not super experienced with Macs. Thanks.
Aaron -
@aampere Current MacOS version is 10.12.1 and XCode > 4.0 (don't know exactly). I don't think with such an outdated environment you will be able to use Qt. Why don't you update your OS and XCode (both are free)?
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Hi and welcome to devnet,
You need at least 10.8 to develop with the current Qt versions. Xcode 7.3.1 works pretty well for that otherwise the current version is 8.1.
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Thank you very much, both of you!
Updating to OS X 10.11.6 (El Capitan) and updating XCode (to 8.1, I believe) fixed this issue for me.
It's an older laptop, and I maxed out its automatic updates without realizing I needed to get further OS X updates from the App Store. -
@aampere
Im using Mac OS like you, but im using OSX 10.11.3 el capitan and Xcode 7.3.1, installed without prorblms, the only downside i have found is a problem with the include paths, but once you add them you should be good to go -
@Lightshadown What include path problem ?
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the paths on my netbeans IDE where missing the Qt include paths, i had to manually add the QtWidgets and QtCore,
