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How to Insatll QtCreator on Linux Mint 20

To Install QtCreator on Linux Mint 20

Introduction:

Qt Creator is a cross-platform C++, JavaScript development for the Qt GUI application development framework that is supported by several operating systems including Linux, Microsoft Windows, and mac os. This tutorial will cover the installation of Qt Creator on Linux Mint 20.

Installation Procedure:

Check the version of linux mint OS

root@LinuxHelp:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Linuxmint
Description:	Linux Mint 20
Release:	20
Codename:	ulyana

Now update the packages by using the following command

root@LinuxHelp:~# apt update -y
Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Get:2 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal InRelease [12.1 kB]            
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease [109 kB]      
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease [114 kB]       
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Get:45 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports/universe amd64 Packages [4,032 B]
Get:46 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports/universe i386 Packages [2,932 B]
Get:47 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [1,768 B]
Fetched 5,942 kB in 8s (786 kB/s)                                              
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
428 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.

Once the update is complete the install the qtcreator by executing the following command

root@LinuxHelp:~# apt install qtcreator -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  binfmt-support clang clang-10 clang-tidy clang-tidy-10 clang-tools-10 cpp-9 gcc-10-base gcc-9 gcc-9-base
  lib32gcc-s1 lib32stdc++6 libasan5 libatomic1 libc-dev-bin libc6 libc6-dbg libc6-dev libc6-i386 libcc1-0
  libclang-common-10-dev libclang-cpp10 libclang1-10 libclang1-8 libcrypt-dev libffi-dev libgcc-9-dev libgcc-s1
  libgomp1 libitm1 libkf5syntaxhighlighting-data libkf5syntaxhighlighting5 libllvm10 libllvm8 liblsan0 libncurses-dev
  libobjc-9-dev libobjc4 libomp-10-dev libomp5-10 libpfm4 libqbscore1.13 libqt5concurrent5 libqt5designer5
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Processing triggers for mime-support (3.64ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for doc-base (0.10.9) ...
Processing 1 added doc-base file...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.31-0ubuntu9) ...

This is the dashboard of QTcreator. Here you can edit your projects This is the version of QTcreator

With this method, the installation of the QTCreator on Linux mint 20 is comes to an end.

Tag : Qt Linux Mint
FAQ
Q
Qt Creator does not find a helper application, such as Git or a compiler. What should I do?
A
Make sure that the application is in your system PATH when starting Qt Creator. Also, select Tools > Options to check the settings specified for the application. Many plugins specify either the path to the tool they need or the environment they run in.
Q
What is the command to install QtCreator on Linux Mint?
A
The command is # apt install qtcreator
Q
Qt Creator comes with MinGW, should I use this version with Qt?
A
Use the version that was built against the Qt version.
Q
The QtCreator is open source or not?
A
Yes, the QT creator is an open-source application.
Q
What is QtCreator?
A
Qt Creator is a cross-platform C++, JavaScript development environment for the Qt GUI application development framework.
It is supported for several operating systems such as Linux, Microsoft Windows, and mac os.