qt-downloader

CLI to download Qt on headless systems

Preparation

Ubuntu

sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3-pip
sudo pip3 install pipenv

macOS

brew install python3
pip3 install pipenv

Usage

Note. Either enter pipenv shell and run commands as is or prepend them with pipenv run every time.

Start by reading the help: ./qt-downloader --help

A basic usage pattern is ./qt-downloader [os] [target] [version] [toolchain]

Arguments are designed to be provided from left to right, so that one can discover reasonable values step by step. Feeling doubtful about what to type? Don't bother typing. Fire a command as is, and allowed values for the first yet to be specified argument are to be handed to you after a while.

Here's an example:

$ ./qt-downloader
Discovering available OS types... Done
  Choose from: linux, linux_x86, macos, windows

$ ./qt-downloader macos
OS type: macos
Discovering available targets... Done
  Choose from: android, desktop, ios

At any step, one might add option --all and all yet to be specified arguments are to be discovered in one go. This way, discovering of all the arguments at the very beginning is possible too: ./qt-downloader --all. Bear in mind, though, that this operation lasts for about half a minute and provides lengthy output.

Qt kit lands into a folder with a name equal to the requested version. The kit is made relocatable by generating the qt.conf file with the appropriate contents. If the qt.conf file exists, then it is not touched.

Need an Open Source version of Qt? Pass option --opensource and the Open Source license will be accepted.

All essential modules of Qt are downloaded by default. Installation of a required subset of essential modules is supported as well. See option --module.

Add-on modules are not downloaded by default. One has to list desired add-ons explicitly by means of the option --addon.

Mirrors of official servers are supported by the option --server.

Warning. All inter-modules dependencies have to be resolved manually.

Additional tools shipped with Qt

Qt ships a few tools as complementary packages. The current list of supported tools is as follows:

• OpenSSL, see option --openssl
• MinGW, see option --mingw
• QtCreator, see option --creator

The appropriate version of a tool is inferred automatically when possible.

Additional tools land into the Tools folder by the side of the Qt itself. The only exception to this rule is the QtCreator for macOS: it is installed to the root of the output directory.