3 Qt Creator is a crossplatform C++ IDE for development with the Qt framework.
7 The binary packages support the following platforms:
9 Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista
10 (K)Ubuntu Linux 7.04 32bit and 64bit
13 Building the sources requires Qt 4.7.0 or later.
19 * On Windows: mingw 4.4 or later, Visual Studio 2008 or later
20 * On Mac: XCode 2.5 or later
22 We recommend that you build Qt Creator not in the source directory, but in a
23 separate directory. To do that, use the following commands:
24 mkdir $BUILD_DIRECTORY
26 qmake $SOURCE_DIRECTORY/qtcreator.pro
27 make (or mingw32-make or nmake or jom, depending on your platform)
29 QmlDesigner, QmlInspector require private headers
30 -------------------------------------------------
32 The QmlDesigner and QmlInspector plugins depend on "private" Qt headers,
33 specifically from the QtDeclarative module. These private headers always end
34 with an "_p.h", and Nokia does not make any promises to keep the files or API's
35 binary or source compatible between releases. This means that when compiled,
36 the two plugins have a dependency to the exact Qt version they were compiled
37 with. Running Qt Creator with the plugins against updated Qt libraries (also for
38 patch releases) might lead to link time failures, or even crashes.
40 If you want to disable the plugins, you can pass "QT_PRIVATE_HEADERS=" to qmake:
42 qmake "QT_PRIVATE_HEADERS=" $SOURCE_DIRECTORY/qtcreator.pro
44 Anyhow, the plugins will not be compiled when the private header files needed
45 are not found. This might be the case when you are using a Qt version from your
46 distribution, or when you installed your self-compiled Qt to a separate
47 directory via 'make install'. You can fix this by either re-building your Qt
48 with the "-developer-build" configure option, or pass the include directory in
49 the source directory to qmake, e.g.
51 qmake "QT_PRIVATE_HEADERS=$$QT_SOURCE_TREE/include" $SOURCE_DIRECTORY/qtcreator.pro
54 Third-party components
55 ======================
56 Qt Creator includes the following third-party components,
57 we thank the authors who made this possible:
59 * Open Source front-end for C++ (license MIT), enhanced for use in Qt Creator
61 Roberto Raggi <roberto.raggi@gmail.com>
62 QtCreator/src/shared/cplusplus
64 * Botan, a C++ crypto library. Version 1.8.8
66 Copyright (C) 1999-2004 The Botan Project. All rights reserved.
67 Copyright (C) 1999-2009 Jack Lloyd
69 2004-2007 Justin Karneges
71 2005-2006 Matt Johnston
74 2007-2008 FlexSecure GmbH
75 2007-2008 Technische Universitat Darmstadt
76 2007-2008 Falko Strenzke
77 2007-2008 Martin Doering
83 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
84 modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
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90 this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer in the documentation
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95 MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO
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100 ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
101 (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
102 SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
104 The source code of Botan C++ crypto library can be found in
105 QtCreator/src/libs/3rdparty
107 * NetSieben SSH Library is a Secure Shell client library for C++. Version 1.3.2
109 Commercial License: For organizations who do not want to release the source
110 code for their applications as open source/ free software; in other words
111 they do not want to comply with the GNU General Public License (GPL) or Q
114 Non Commercial / Open Source License: NetSieben believes in contributing back
115 to the open source community, thus it has released the SSH Library under Q
116 Public License as it is defined by Trolltech AS of Norway. The Open Source
117 License allows the user to use software under an open source / free software
118 license, and distribute it freely. The software can be used at no charge with
119 the condition that if the user uses the SSH Library in an application they
120 wish to redistribute, then the complete source code for your application must
121 be available and freely redistributable under reasonable conditions. For more
122 information on the used QPL License see:
123 QtCreator/src/libs/3rdparty/net7ssh/LICENSE.QPL
125 The source code of NetSieben Secure Shell C++ Library can be found in
126 QtCreator/src/libs/3rdparty.