yaqti 2021.7.27

Yet Another QT Installer (ya-q-ti!) - A CLI for installing Qt packages and tooling; for use in enviroments like GitHub Actions or Docker

yaqti (Yet Another QT Installer - ya-q-ti!)

Overview

yaqti is a basic unofficial CLI Qt installer; designed to keep things as stupid as possible. It lets you install different Qt5 and Qt6 versions with optional modules such as QtCharts, QtNetworkAuth ect all in a single command,

# install yaqti
pip install yaqti
# install Qt! 
python -m yaqti install --os windows --platform desktop --version 6.2.0 --modules qtcharts qtquick3d

, optionally the --set-env can be specified. This sets Qt5_DIR/Qt6_DIR so CMake can find the installation. --install-deps can be specified, on Linux platforms to install Qt dependencies from apt-get. It can also be used as a github action,

-   name: Install Qt
    uses: WillBrennan/yaqti
    with:
        version: '6.2.0'
        host: 'linux'
        target: 'desktop'
        modules: 'qtcharts qtwebengine'

. By default, the github-action will set the enviroment variables for Qt and install Qt dependencies. For a real-world example visit disk_usage, the project this was made for.

Options

version

The version of Qt to install, for example 6.2.0 or 5.15.2. It checks the version is valid.

os

The operating system you'll be running on linux, windows, or mac.

platform

The platform you'll be building for, desktop, winrt, android, or ios.

modules

The optional Qt modules to install such as, qtcharts, qtpurchasing, qtwebengine, qtnetworkauth, qtscript, debug_info.

output - default: ./qt

The directory to install Qt in, it will put it in a version sub directory. By default if you install --version=5.15.2 it will install qt into ./qt/5152.

--set-envs

Designed for use in CI pipelines; this sets enviromental variables such as PATH, Qt5_DIR, and Qt6_DIR so CMake can find Qt and you can use executables directly.

--install-deps

Designed for use in CI pipelines. This installs dependencies required by Qt on Linux platforms. If this flag is provided on non-linux platforms it does nothing.

Why Another Qt CLI Installer?

I've had issues with other CLI installers in the past,

• They'll silently fail to download a module if you type qcharts instead of qtcharts
• This fetches module and addon configurations directly from the Qt Archive, new modules and versions will appear without the tool updating!
• It keeps module names the same between Qt5 and Qt6 despite Qt moving them around a bit.
• I like to keep things stupidly simple!

How does it work?!

Qt provides the Qt Archive, this script simply works out what 7zip files to fetch and unpacks them to the specified installation directory. Then if you want, it sets the enviroment variable so CMake can find the install.