Installation on macOS - therecipe/qt GitHub Wiki

Fast track version

If you want to install Go

GO=go1.13.4.darwin-amd64.pkg; curl -sL https://dl.google.com/go/$GO -o $HOME/Downloads/$GO && sudo installer -pkg $HOME/Downloads/$GO -target / && rm $HOME/Downloads/$GO

If you want to install the binding

In GOPATH (global installation) mode

export GO111MODULE=off; xcode-select --install; go get -v github.com/therecipe/qt/cmd/... && $(go env GOPATH)/bin/qtsetup test && $(go env GOPATH)/bin/qtsetup -test=false

In Module (per project) mode (to work around the GFW you can use a proxy like this: GOPROXY=https://goproxy.io)

export GO111MODULE=on; xcode-select --install; go get -v github.com/therecipe/qt && go install -v -tags=no_env github.com/therecipe/qt/cmd/... && go mod vendor && git clone https://github.com/therecipe/env_darwin_amd64_513.git vendor/github.com/therecipe/env_darwin_amd64_513 && $(go env GOPATH)/bin/qtsetup

If you just want to compile an application

In GOPATH (global installation) mode

(replace github.com/therecipe/examples/... with the project you want to compile)

export GO111MODULE=off; xcode-select --install; go get -v github.com/therecipe/qt/cmd/... && $(go env GOPATH)/bin/qtdeploy test desktop github.com/therecipe/examples/basic/widgets

In Module (per project) mode (to work around the GFW you can use a proxy like this: GOPROXY=https://goproxy.io)

export GO111MODULE=on; xcode-select --install; git clone https://github.com/therecipe/examples.git && cd ./examples && go install -v -tags=no_env github.com/therecipe/qt/cmd/... && go mod vendor && git clone https://github.com/therecipe/env_darwin_amd64_513.git vendor/github.com/therecipe/env_darwin_amd64_513 && $(go env GOPATH)/bin/qtdeploy test desktop ./basic/widgets

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Official version (with iOS/Android support)

• Install Xcode and the Command Line Tools: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/xcode/id497799835 and then xcode-select --install

• Install Qt; you can also define a custom location with QT_DIR

  • optional: if you choose any other version than 5.13.0, then please export your version with QT_VERSION

  • online installer: https://download.qt.io/official_releases/online_installers/qt-unified-mac-x64-online.dmg

  • offline installer: https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/5.13/5.13.0/qt-opensource-mac-x64-5.13.0.dmg

  • optional: install the experimental webkit module: https://github.com/annulen/webkit/releases/download/qtwebkit-5.212.0-alpha2/qtwebkit-5.212.0_alpha2-qt59-darwin-x64.tar.xz, extract it's content inside $HOME\Qt\5.13.0\clang_64 (or similar) and export QT_WEBKIT=true

• Install Go: https://golang.org/doc/install?download=go1.13.4.darwin-amd64.pkg

• Clone the repo: go get -v -tags=no_env github.com/therecipe/qt/cmd/...

• Run the setup: $(go env GOPATH)/bin/qtsetup

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HomeBrew version (without iOS/Android support)

• Install Xcode and the Command Line Tools: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/xcode/id497799835 and then xcode-select --install

• Install HomeBrew and export QT_HOMEBREW=true

• Install Qt: brew install qt

• Install Go: https://golang.org/doc/install?download=go1.13.4.darwin-amd64.pkg

• Clone the repo: go get -v -tags=no_env github.com/therecipe/qt/cmd/...

• Run the setup: $(go env GOPATH)/bin/qtsetup

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MacPorts version (without iOS/Android support)

• Install Xcode and the Command Line Tools: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/xcode/id497799835 and then xcode-select --install

• Install MacPorts and export QT_MACPORTS=true

• Install Qt

  sudo port -b install qt5 qt5-qtcharts qt5-qtdatavis3d qt5-qtpurchasing qt5-qtremoteobjects qt5-qtscript qt5-qtwebglplugin qt5-qtwebengine qt5-qtwebview
  

  • optional: install the experimental webkit module: sudo port -b install qt5-qtwebkit and export QT_WEBKIT=true

• Install Go: https://golang.org/doc/install?download=go1.13.4.darwin-amd64.pkg

• Clone the repo: go get -v -tags=no_env github.com/therecipe/qt/cmd/...

• Run the setup: $(go env GOPATH)/bin/qtsetup

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Nix version (without iOS/Android support)

• Install Xcode and the Command Line Tools: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/xcode/id497799835 and then xcode-select --install

• Install Nix

• Install Qt

  nix-env -b -i go qtbase qtcharts qtdeclarative qtdoc qtgraphicaleffects qtimageformats qtlocation qtmacextras qtmultimedia qtquickcontrols qtquickcontrols2 qtscript qtsensors qtserialport qtspeech qtsvg qttools qttranslations qtvirtualkeyboard qtwebchannel qtwebengine qtwebsockets qtx11extras qtxmlpatterns
  

  • optional: install the experimental webkit module: nix-env -i qtwebkit

• Install Go: https://golang.org/doc/install?download=go1.13.4.darwin-amd64.pkg

• Clone the repo: go get -v -tags=no_env github.com/therecipe/qt/cmd/...

• Run the setup: $(go env GOPATH)/bin/qtsetup

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Now that you are done with the installation you can start reading the [usage instructions](/therecipe/qt/wiki/Available-Tools) and build the [examples](/therecipe/qt/wiki/Getting-Started).