README.md

Build Qt6 from Source

Original Documentation

1. Install NodeJS 18.16.1 with Chocolatey

https://nodejs.org/en/download

2. Install Git

https://git-scm.com/downloads

3. Install Visual Studio 2022 with C/C++ capabilities

https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/

4. Install Python 3.1

https://www.python.org/downloads/

pip install html5lib

Check if pip's 'site-packages' is set to environment variables like this-

C:\Python311\Lib\site-packages

5. Install C++ compiler supporting C++ 17

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/tag/llvmorg-16.0.0

6. Install CMake

https://cmake.org/download/

7. Other dependencies

choco install mingw --version=11.2.0

choco install ninja

choco install strawberryperl

choco install winflexbison

choco install openssl

Test GCC, CLang and Perl:

g++ --version	

gcc --version

ninja --version

clang++ --version

perl --version

Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC):

check if listed in appwiz.cpl

8. Install GNU GPerf

https://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/downlinks/gperf.php

Add "GnuWin32\bin" path to system environment variables.

9. Build QT

Windows:
(Customize paths accordingly.)

git clone git://code.qt.io/qt/qt5.git qt6

cd qt6

perl init-repository

mkdir qt6-build

cd qt6-build

"..\configure.bat" -prefix "D:\Qt-Dev\qt6\qt6-release"

cmake --build .

cmake --install .

Linux:

mkdir qt6-build

cd qt6-build

../configure -prefix /path/to/install

cmake --build . --parallel 4

cmake --install .

10. Test:

ctest -V -R qlocale

Special Note

Windows-Specific: Visual Studio 2022, Visual Studio 2019, MinGW 11.2

Linux-Specific: OpenGL developing library (libgl-dev, libegl-dev), libfontconfig1-dev (for fonts to be rendered correctly), libinput-dev (for the XCB platform plugin), and the XCB libraries mentioned in https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/linux-requirements.html

Developer

Shamim Hossain
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https://sparrowtech.org
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