Are you kidding? You have to install Xcode in order to install Qt?
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I am sitting in the installer at the point where it is asking me to install Xcode.
Are you serious that I have to install a completely unneccessary 5GB on my Macbook Pro just so I can then not use any of it?
I want to use clang 6.0 to cross compile to Windows targets from my Mac and it appears that although I can do this fine right now without Xcode, I can't avoid installing Xcode in order to install Qt.
I am simply trying to support a customer (for our product which is linked into the same executable) who's a very large Qt commercial licensee.
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Im not familiar with the online installer for mac. Sounds odd if you cant skip it.
Alternatively, you might skip by using the binary directly
https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/5.10/5.10.1/qt-opensource-mac-x64-5.10.1.dmgThat said, unless you are a cross compiling wizard, its often far faster to install a win X in parallels
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Im not familiar with the online installer for mac. Sounds odd if you cant skip it.
Alternatively, you might skip by using the binary directly
https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/5.10/5.10.1/qt-opensource-mac-x64-5.10.1.dmgThat said, unless you are a cross compiling wizard, its often far faster to install a win X in parallels
and build and test in a virtual machine.@mrjj Thanks for the link to the binary, that looks like what I need. FYI I am cross compiling because I want access to clang's thinlto and parallel linking which would be a pain to get working on Windows. It does not allow me to skip, and yes I do find it less than desirable that a library installer would force the installation of a specific toolchain, particularly a very large one like Xcode.
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Ok, so you need features from clang. Makes sense then.
So even the offline installer demands you first install Xcode before you can press continue ? -
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I wonder if this would work ?
https://gist.github.com/shoogle/750a330c851bd1a924dfe1346b0b4a08
(Qt without Xcode)
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If i remember correctly, you don‘t need the total of Xcode, the xcode command line tools should be enough
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So to wrap this up, the link that mrjj provided allowed me to skip the Xcode installation, so I am good to go. Thanks to all who replied and this is solved.
