Qt

Supported Platforms

You can install and run Qt Creator on several operating systems to create applications for multiple desktop and mobile device platforms.

Development Platforms

Qt Creator is available in binary packages for the following operating systems:

  • Windows 7
  • Windows XP Service Pack 2
  • Windows Vista
  • (K)Ubuntu Linux 10.04 (32-bit and 64-bit) or later, with the following:
    • g++
    • make
    • libglib2.0-dev
    • libSM-dev
    • libxrender-dev
    • libfontconfig1-dev
    • libxext-dev
    • libfreetype6-dev
    • libx11-dev
    • libxcursor-dev
    • libxfixes-dev
    • libxft-dev
    • libxi-dev
    • libxrandr-dev
    • If you are using QtOpenGL, libgl-dev and libglu-dev
  • Mac OS 10.5 or later with the following:

Compiling from Source

To build Qt Creator from the source, see the requirements and instructions in the readme file that is located in the source repository.

Target Platforms

You can develop applications for the following platforms:

  • Desktop
  • Qt Simulator
  • Maemo 5
  • MeeGo Harmattan
  • Generic remote Linux
  • QNX
  • Android
  • BlackBerry 10

The following table summarizes operating system support for developing applications for mobile device platforms.

Operating systemPlatform
DesktopQt SimulatorMaemo 5MeeGo HarmattanGeneric Remote LinuxQNXAndroidBlackBerry 10
WindowsYesYesYesYesYesYes (see Running on QNX Devices for limitations)YesYes
LinuxYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Mac OS XYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Note: Symbian support has been removed from Qt Creator 2.6. To develop for Symbian, install Qt SDK 1.2.1 or Qt SDK 1.1.2 (that contains the Qt 4.6.3 for Symbian and Qt 4.7.3 for Symbian^3 and Symbian Anna targets) and use Qt Creator 2.4.