Qt Static Builds

This workflow builds static binaries of Qt.

All modules except QtWebEngine are included. QtMultimedia has no ffmpeg backend

Installation

Use in Qt Creator

1. Extract the toolchain wherever you want to keep it
2. In Qt Creator, go to "Projects" tab
3. Press "Manage Kits"
4. Go to Kits->Qt Versions
5. Press "Add"
6. Select qmake or qmake6 executable present in the toolchain folder previously extracted under the "bin" subfolder
7. Press "Apply"
8. Go to Kits->Kits
9. Press "Add"
10. Under the "Compiler" selection, select the correct compiler for the downloaded toolchain
11. Under the "Qr Version" selection, select the previously created Qt version
12. If needed, compile other fields
13. Press "Apply"

Use it in terminal

1. Extract the toolchain wherever you want to keep it
2. Add the "bin" subfolder to your PATH
3. Add the correct compiler to your PATH

Platform notes

All platforms

• Configuration summmaries for each platform and version are present in the release tab
• All modules except QtWebEngine are included, since QtWebEngine cannot be built statically.
• QtMultimedia has no ffmpeg backend

Linux

• Builds are configured with:
  • Embedded libjpeg, libpng, pcre, zlib
  • System harfuzz and freetype, since they are needed in order to use fontconfig for system fonts
• A fix is applied to QtOpcUa, because it redefined the openssl symbols that were already defined by QtNetwork

Windows

MinGW

• The correct MinGW version must be installed to the system and configured in Qt Creator

MSVC

X64

• In order to use QtNetwork and QtOpcUa, OpenSSL must be installed. to do so, run

vcpkg install openssl:x64-windows-static-release

ARM64

• In order to use QtNetwork and QtOpcUa, OpenSSL must be installed. to do so, run

vcpkg install openssl:arm64-windows-static-release

• ARM64 builds are currently untested

MacOS

• Builds are currently untested