In this Qt5 C++ article i want to have a simple Introduction to Qt5 C++ And also Installation Process of Qt5 C++. first of all let’s have a simple introduction to Qt5 C++ and after that we are going to talk about Installation Process of Qt5.
What Is Qt?
Qt is a cross-platform, graphical, application development toolkit that enables you to compile and run your applications on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and different brands of Unix. A large part of Qt is devoted to providing a platform-neutral interface to everything, ranging from representing characters in memory to creating a multithreaded graphical application. also Qt was originally developed to help C++ programmers, bindings are available for a number of languages. Trolltech provides official bindings for C++.
How to Install Qt5?
Now let’s walk through the installation process of Qt5 on different operating systems:
- Windows:
- Visit the Qt website (https://www.qt.io/download) and download the Qt Online Installer for Windows.
- Run the installer and follow the on-screen instructions. Choose the components you want to install, such as Qt Creator IDE, Qt libraries and tools.
- After that the installation is complete, launch Qt Creator and configure the Qt version and kits in the Tools menu.
- macOS:
- Download Qt Online Installer for macOS from the Qt website.
- Open the downloaded installer and follow the prompts to install Qt. You can choose the components to install based on your requirements.
- After installation, launch Qt Creator and configure the Qt version and kits in the Preferences menu.
- Linux:
- Qt5 is often available in the package repositories of popular Linux distributions. You can use your package manager to install Qt5 and Qt Creator.
- Also you can download the Qt installer from the Qt website and install it manually following the same steps as for Windows and macOS.
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