// Copyright (C) 2024 The Qt Company Ltd. // SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-only /*! \page get-and-install-qt-cli.html \title Get and Install Qt with Command Line Interface \brief How to download and install with CLI. Use the command line interface with \QOI and \QMT to install, uninstall, update, and search components. The command line interface supports both \b{interactive and non-interactive usage (unattended usage)}. The following topics provide examples and information on how you can use the command line interface: \list \li \l{Downloading \QOI with Command Line Interface} \li \l{Component Names For Installation} \li \l{Installing Without User Interaction} \li \l{Installing With User Interaction} \li \l{Uninstalling Packages} \li \l{Listing Installed Packages} \li \l{Checking Updates} \li \l{Updating Packages} \li \l{Popular Commands} \li \l{Selecting Mirror for Opensource} \li \l{Summary of Command Line Interface Usage} \endlist \section1 Downloading \QOI with Command Line Interface You can use the \c curl command on the command line interface to download \QOI. To see all the \QOI packages available for different platforms, visit \l {\QOI official releases}. To download a specific \QOI package with the same name as the remote file, use the \c -O (uppercase 'O') option. The example command below downloads the \c qt-online-installer-linux-x64-online.run package: \badcode curl -O https://download.qt.io/official_releases/online_installers/qt-online-installer-linux-x64-online.run \endcode \section1 Component Names for Installation \section2 Quick Installation with Alias Packages Instead of searching for specific package names for installation, you can use alias packages to install the most common configurations. Alias packages are a shortcut to include the actual packages for an easier installation experience. \section3 Listing Existing Alias Packages To list the existing alias packages, use the following command on the command line interface. \e {Using \QOI}: \badcode search \endcode For details on the \e{\QOI} executables for different platforms, see \l {Installing With User Interaction}. \e {Using \QMT}: \badcode search \endcode For details on the \e{\QMT} executables for different platforms, see \l {Installing With User Interaction}. \section3 Contents of Alias Packages The contents of the alias packages are listed in the table below. \note Qt \QtVersion release is used in the alias package examples listed below. Always remember to use the packages that match the Qt release you are working on. \table \header \li Alias package name \li \QOI (package content) \row \li qt\QtVersion-essentials \li \list \li \l {https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qtmodules.html#qt-essentials} {essential module libraries} \li essential module headers \li essential module private headers \li essential module runtime tools \li essential module development tools \endlist \row \li qt\QtVersion-essentials-dev \li \list \li \l {https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qtmodules.html#qt-essentials} {essential module libraries} \li essential module headers \li essential module private headers \li essential module runtime tools \li essential module development tools \endlist \row \li qt\QtVersion-full \li \list \li \l {https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qtmodules.html#qt-essentials} {essential module libraries} \li essential module headers \li essential module private headers \li essential module runtime tools \li essential module development tools \li \l {https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qtmodules.html#qt-add-ons} {add-on module libraries} \li add-on module headers \li add-on module private headers \li add-on module runtime tools \li add-on module development tools \li sources \endlist \row \li qt\QtVersion-full-dev \li \list \li \l {https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qtmodules.html#qt-essentials} {essential module libraries} \li essential module headers \li essential module private headers \li essential module runtime tools \li essential module development tools \li \l {https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qtmodules.html#qt-add-ons} {add-on module libraries} \li add-on module headers \li add-on module private headers \li add-on module runtime tools \li add-on module development tools \li sources \endlist \row \li qt\QtVersion-full-dbg \li \list \li Qt debug information files for: \list \li \l {https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qtmodules.html#qt-essentials} {essential module libraries} \li \l {https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qtmodules.html#qt-add-ons} {add-on module libraries} \endlist \endlist \row \li qt\QtVersion-sdk \li \list \li latest \QC \li qt\QtVersion-full-dev (details above) \li qt\QtVersion-full-dbg (details above) \li Ninja \li CMake \endlist \endtable \b {\QOI command examples} \badcode \QtVersion # Windows: new installation with Qt Online Installer qt-unified-windows-x64-[Qt Online Installer version]-online.exe install qt\1-sdk # macOS: new installation with Qt Online Installer hdiutil attach qt-unified-macOS-x64-[Qt Online Installer version]-online.dmg /Volumes/qt-unified-macOS-x64-[Qt Online Installer version]-online/qt-unified-macOS-x64-[Qt Online Installer version]-online.app/Contents/MacOS/qt-unified-macOS-x64-[Qt Online Installer version]-online install qt\1-sdk hdiutil detach /Volumes/qt-unified-macOS-x64-[Qt Online Installer version]-online # Linux: new installation with Qt Online Installer qt-unified-linux-x64-[Qt Online Installer version]-online.run install qt\1-sdk \endcode \section3 Alias Package Options for Windows \note The information in this section is valid for the Qt 6.8, Qt 6.9, and Qt 6.10 releases. \e {Windows on ARM64} Only the MSVC binaries (msvc2022-arm64) are installed as other Qt binary packages are not available for Windows on Arm (WoA). \e {Windows on x86_64} By default, only the MinGW binaries are installed. However, with \e {Windows on x86_64} you can also install binaries for the following toolchains. \list \li llvm-mingw \li msvc2022 \li msvc2022-arm64 (for cross-compilation) \endlist Using, for example, the \e {qt\QtVersion-essentials} alias package installs the package with the default MinGW binaries. To get the \c {Qt essentials} package content with, for example, the MSVC 2022 binaries, use the corresponding \e {qt\QtVersion-msvc2022-essentials} alias package. \section2 Listing Non-Alias Packages To list the non-alias packages, use the following command on the command line interface. \e {Using \QOI}: \badcode search --type package \endcode For details on the \e{\QOI} executables for different platforms, see \l {Installing With User Interaction}. \e {Using \QMT}: \badcode search --type package \endcode For details on the \e{\QMT} executables for different platforms, see \l {Installing With User Interaction}. \section2 Advanced Searching for Specific Installation Packages Search available packages with the \c{search} command and regular expressions: \b{\c{search }}. You can filter the results with \b{\c{--filter-packages }}. For example, filtering with the display name information can help search. For example, the following command finds all MSVC 2022 packages for Qt \QtVersion: \badcode \QtVersionTag search .*\1.*msvc2022 \endcode You get the same result when you filter the search result as follows: \badcode \QtVersion search --filter-packages DisplayName=MSVC 2022,Version=\1 \endcode As a result, you get the following packages: \badcode \QtVersionTag \QtVersion \endcode You can also use filtering when you search all Qt versions that some package is provided for. For example, search all Qt Charts packages provided for Qt versions: \badcode search --filter-packages DisplayName=charts \endcode The search result is as follows: \badcode \endcode \section1 Installing Without User Interaction By default, \QOI or \QMT may ask for additional information during installation, which requires user attention. Unattended usage via the command line interface is possible by providing all the requested information beforehand with appropriate options. \section2 New Installation with \QOI You can do new installations from the command line interface without user interaction as follows: \list 1 \li Define the \e{\QOI} executable. \li Define the installation directory with \b{\c{--root}}. \li Use the \b{\c{install }} command with \b{options for unattended usage}. See the full list of options in \l{Options for Unattended Usage}. \endlist The following examples demonstrate how you install Qt \QtVersion binaries with \QOI for Windows, macOS, and Linux. The unattended commands automatically accept the licenses (\b{\c{--accept-licenses}}), answer all message queries with their default answer (\b{\c{--default-answer}}), and skip asking for permission to continue performing (\b{\c{--confirm-command}}): \badcode \QtVersionTag # Windows: new installation with Qt Online Installer qt-unified-windows-x64-[Qt Online Installer version]-online.exe --root C:\Users\[username]\installation_dir --accept-licenses --default-answer --confirm-command install qt.qt6.\1.win64_msvc2022_64 # macOS: new installation with Qt Online Installer qt-unified-macOS-x64-[Qt Online Installer version]-online.dmg --root /home//installation_dir --accept-licenses --default-answer --confirm-command install qt.qt6.\1.clang_644 # linux: new installation with Qt Online Installer qt-unified-linux-x64-[Qt Online Installer version]-online.run --root /home//installation_dir --accept-licenses --default-answer --confirm-command install qt.qt6.\1.gcc_64 \endcode \l{Options for Unattended Usage} lists all available options for unattended usage. \section2 Updating Installation with \QMT You can update existing installation from the command line interface without user interaction as follows: \list 1 \li Define the \e{\QMT} executable. \li Use \b{\c{install }} with \b{options for unattended usage}. See the full list of options in \l{Options for Unattended Usage}. \endlist The following examples demonstrate how you add Qt \QtVersion binaries with \QMT to an exsting installation on Windows, macOS, and Linux. The unattended commands automatically accept the licenses (\b{\c{--accept-licenses}}), answer all message queries with their default answer (\b{\c{--default-answer}}), and skip asking for permission to continue performing (\b{\c{--confirm-command}}): \badcode \QtVersionTag # Windows: update installation with Qt Maintenance Tool MaintenanceTool.exe --accept-licenses --default-answer --confirm-command install qt.qt6.\1.win64_msvc2022_64 # macOS: update installation with Qt Maintenance Tool MaintenanceTool.app/Contents/MacOS/MaintenanceTool --accept-licenses --default-answer --confirm-command install qt.qt6.\1.clang_64 # linux: update installation with Qt Maintenance Tool MaintenanceTool.run --accept-licenses --default-answer --confirm-command install qt.qt6.\1.gcc_64 \endcode \section2 Options for Unattended Usage The following table lists all options for unattended command line usage: \table \header \li Option for unattended usage \li Description \row \li \c{--accept-licenses} \li Automatically accepts all license agreements. \row \li \c{--accept-obligations} \li In the opensource installations, accepts Qt Open Source usage obligations without user input. \row \li \c{--default-answer} \li Answers all message queries with their default answer. \row \li \c{--auto-answer } \li In case you want different answers to certain queries, you can use this option. For example, \c{--auto-answer telemetry-question=Yes,AssociateCommonFiletypes=Yes}. See all message identifiers in \l{Message Identifiers for \--auto-answer}. \row \li \c{--accept-messages} \li Accepts all message queries. \row \li \c{--reject-messages} \li Rejects all message queries. \row \li \c{--confirm-command} \li By default, \QOI and \QMT print a summary of components to be affected by the option. Then they ask for permission to continue acting, to prevent accidental changes. This option skips asking for permission to continue. \row \li \c{--email } \li Provides the email when you log in from the command line. For more information, see \l{Providing Login Information}. \row \li \c{--pw } \li Provides the password when you log in from the command line. For more information, see \l{Providing Login Information}. \row \li \c{--file-query } \li Sometimes \QOI asks for a file or a folder location. You can provide the location with \c{--file-query }. For example, \c{--file-query PathForSDP7=}. The identifiers are printed into the command line before the actual question and message type. You can pick up the identifiers from there. \endtable \section2 Message Identifiers for \--auto-answer Use the \c{--auto-answer} option to provide answers to certain queries. The following table lists known identifiers and values used for \c{--auto-answer}: \table \header \li ID \li Values \li Default \row \li OperationDoesNotExistError \li Abort, Ignore \li Ignore \row \li OverwriteTargetDirectory \li Yes, No \li No \row \li stopProcessesForUpdates \li Retry, Ignore, Cancel \li Cancel \row \li installationErrorWithCancel \li Retry, Ignore, Cancel \li Cancel \row \li installationErrorWithIgnore \li Retry, Ignore \li Ignore \row \li AssociateCommonFiletypes \li Yes, No \li Yes \row \li telemetry-question \li Yes, No \li Yes \endtable \section2 Providing Login Information \QOI and \QMT have a forced login. The forced login uses information on the \e{qtaccount.ini} file if it is available in cache. You find \e{qtaccount.ini} as follows: \table \header \li Host \li qtaccount.ini location \row \li Windows \li \c{C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Qt} \row \li macOS \li \c{/Users//Library/Application Support/Qt/qtaccount.ini} \row \li Linux \li \c{/home//.local/share/Qt/qtaccount.ini} \endtable Optionally, you can login either from the command line using the switches for email and password: \c{--email } and \c{--pw }. Alternatively, you can save the jwt token to the environment variable \c{QT_INSTALLER_JWT_TOKEN}. You find the token in the \e{qtaccount.ini} file. \section1 Installing With User Interaction You can use the command line interface with user interaction as follows: \list 1 \li Define the executable: \list \li \e{\QOI} if you need to do a new installation. \li \e{\QMT} if you need to update an existing installation. \endlist \li When you do a new installation, define the installation directory with \c{--root} \li Use \b{\c{install }} to install the listed packages. \endlist The following examples demonstrate how you create a new installation of Qt \QtVersion binaries with \QOI for Windows, macOS, and Linux: \badcode \QtVersionTag # Windows: new installation with user interaction qt-unified-windows-x64-[Qt Online Installer version]-online.exe --root C:\Users\[username]\installation_dir install qt.qt6.\1.win64_msvc2022_64 # macOS: new installation with user interaction qt-unified-macOS-x64-[Qt Online Installer version]-online.dmg --root /home//installation_dir install qt.qt6.\1.clang_64 # linux: new installation with user interaction qt-unified-linux-x64-[Qt Online Installer version]-online.run --root /home//installation_dir install qt.qt6.\1.gcc_64 \endcode The following examples demonstrate how you update your existing installation by installing the Qt \QtVersion binaries with \QMT: \badcode \QtVersionTag # Windows: update installation with Qt Maintenance Tool MaintenanceTool.exe install qt.qt6.\1.win64_msvc2022_64 # macOS: update installation with Qt Maintenance Tool MaintenanceTool.dmg install qt.qt6.\1.clang_64 # Linux: update installation with Qt Maintenance Tool MaintenanceTool.run install qt.qt6.\1.gcc_64 \endcode \section1 Uninstalling Packages The command line interface provides two commands for uninstalling packages: \list \li The \b{\c{remove }} command uninstalls the listed packages. \li The \b{\c{purge}} command uninstalls all installed packages. \endlist You should use both commands with \QMT. By default, \QMT prints a summary of components to be affected by the command. Then the tool asks for permission to continue acting, to prevent accidental changes. Use \b{\c{--confirm-command}} to skip asking for permission to continue. The following example uninstalls the Qt \QtVersion binaries without user interaction: \badcode \QtVersionTag # windows MaintenanceTool.exe --confirm-command remove qt.qt6.\1.win64_msvc2022_64 # macOS MaintenanceTool.dmg --confirm-command remove install qt.qt6.\1.clang_64 # linux MaintenanceTool.run --confirm-command remove qt.qt6.\1.gcc_64 \endcode The following examples uninstall all packages and ask for permission to continue performing the action: \badcode # Windows MaintenanceTool.exe purge # macOS MaintenanceTool.dmg purge # Linux MaintenanceTool.run purge \endcode \section1 Listing Installed Packages The \b{\c{list}} command lists all packages you have installed. Use the command with \QMT as follows: \badcode # Windows MaintenanceTool.exe list # macOS MaintenanceTool.dmg list # Linux MaintenanceTool.run list \endcode \section1 Checking Updates The \b{\c{check-updates}} command checks the updates that are available for the installed packages. Use the command with \QMT as follows: \badcode # Windows MaintenanceTool.exe check-updates # macOS MaintenanceTool.dmg check-updates # Linux MaintenanceTool.run check-updates \endcode \section1 Updating Packages The \b{\c{ update}} command updates the installed packages. Use the command with \QMT as follows: \badcode # windows MaintenanceTool.exe update # macOS MaintenanceTool.dmg update # linux MaintenanceTool.run update \endcode \section1 Popular Commands Use the command \b{\c{ --help}} to study the available commands and options. Popular commands are as follows: \table \header \li Command \li Usage \row \li \c{in}, \c{install } \li Installs packages given as an argument. If you don't give any packages, installs the default package set. \row \li \c{rm}, \c{remove } \li Uninstalls selected packages and their child components. \row \li \c{ch}, \c{check-updates} \li Shows information about available updates on \QMT. \row \li \c{up}, \c{update } \li Updates packages given as an argument. If no packages are given, install all available updates. \row \li \c{se}, \c{search } \li Searches available packages. If you don't give any search pattern, shows all available packages. You can use the \c{--filter-packages} option to specify additional filters for the search operation. See \l{https://doc.qt.io/qtinstallerframework/ifw-cli.html#summary-of-options}{Summary of Options} in Qt Installer Framework Manual. \endtable \l{https://doc.qt.io/qtinstallerframework/ifw-cli.html}{Qt Installer Framework Manual} provides more information about the commands and options. \section1 Selecting Mirror for Opensource \QOI has an option for selecting a mirror for opensource metadata and downloads. Set the mirror from the command line with the \b{\c{--mirror}} option. For example, use \c{--mirror} as follows: \badcode installer(.exe) --mirror http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/download.qt-project.org installer(.exe) --mirror http://ftp2.nluug.nl/languages/qt maintenancetool(.exe) --mirror http://qt.mirror.constant.com \endcode As the example shows, don't use the full path but use the path before '/online' (no forward slash at the end). You find the available mirrors from \l{https://download.qt.io/online/qtsdkrepository/windows_x86/root/qt/Updates.xml.mirrorlist}. \section1 Summary of Command Line Interface Usage \l{https://doc.qt.io/qtinstallerframework/}{Qt Installer Framework Manual} provides more detailed information about the command line interface: \list \li \l{https://doc.qt.io/qtinstallerframework/ifw-use-cases-cli.html}{Using from Command Line} describes different command line interface use cases. \li \l{https://doc.qt.io/qtinstallerframework/ifw-cli.html#summary-of-options}{Summary of Options} lists all available options. \li \l{https://doc.qt.io/qtinstallerframework/ifw-cli.html#summary-of-commands}{Summary of Commands} lists all available commands. \endlist */