Usage: configure [options] [assignments] Configure understands variable assignments like VAR=value on the command line. These override any values possibly obtained from pkg-config. The variables are mentioned in the descriptions of the options they relate to. It is also possible to manipulate any QMAKE_* variable, to amend the values from the mkspec for the build of Qt itself, e.g., QMAKE_CXXFLAGS+=-g3. Top-level installation directories: -prefix ...... The deployment directory, as seen on the target device. [/usr/local/Qt-$QT_VERSION, $PWD if -developer-build] -extprefix ... The installation directory, as seen on the host machine. [SYSROOT/PREFIX] -hostprefix [dir] .. The installation directory for build tools running on the host machine. If [dir] is not given, the current build directory will be used. [EXTPREFIX] -external-hostbindir ... Path to Qt tools built for this machine. Use this when -platform does not match the current system, i.e., to make a Canadian Cross Build. Fine tuning of installation directory layout. Note that all directories except -sysconfdir should be located under -prefix/-hostprefix: -bindir ......... Executables [PREFIX/bin] -headerdir ...... Header files [PREFIX/include] -libdir ......... Libraries [PREFIX/lib] -archdatadir .... Arch-dependent data [PREFIX] -plugindir ...... Plugins [ARCHDATADIR/plugins] -libexecdir ..... Helper programs [ARCHDATADIR/bin on Windows, ARCHDATADIR/libexec otherwise] -importdir ...... QML1 imports [ARCHDATADIR/imports] -qmldir ......... QML2 imports [ARCHDATADIR/qml] -datadir ........ Arch-independent data [PREFIX] -docdir ......... Documentation [DATADIR/doc] -translationdir . Translations [DATADIR/translations] -sysconfdir ..... Settings used by Qt programs [PREFIX/etc/xdg] -examplesdir .... Examples [PREFIX/examples] -testsdir ....... Tests [PREFIX/tests] -hostbindir ..... Host executables [HOSTPREFIX/bin] -hostlibdir ..... Host libraries [HOSTPREFIX/lib] -hostdatadir .... Data used by qmake [HOSTPREFIX] Conventions for the remaining options: When an option's description is followed by a list of values in brackets, the interpretation is as follows: 'yes' represents the bare option; all other values are possible prefixes to the option, e.g., -no-gui. Alternatively, the value can be assigned, e.g., --gui=yes. Values are listed in the order they are tried if not specified; 'auto' is a shorthand for 'yes/no'. Solitary 'yes' and 'no' represent binary options without auto-detection. Configure meta: -help, -h ............ Display this help screen -verbose, -v ......... Print verbose messages during configuration -continue ............ Continue configure despite errors -redo ................ Re-configure with previously used options. Additional options may be passed, but will not be saved for later use by -redo. -recheck ............. Discard cached negative configure test results. Use this after installing missing dependencies. -recheck-all ......... Discard all cached configure test results. Build options: -opensource .......... Build the Open-Source Edition of Qt -commercial .......... Build the Commercial Edition of Qt -confirm-license ..... Automatically acknowledge the license -release ............. Build Qt with debugging turned off [yes] -debug ............... Build Qt with debugging turned on [no] -debug-and-release ... Build two versions of Qt, with and without debugging turned on [yes] (Apple and Windows only) -optimized-tools ..... Build optimized host tools even in debug build [no] -force-debug-info .... Create symbol files for release builds [no] -separate-debug-info . Split off debug information to separate files [no] -strip ............... Strip release binaries of unneeded symbols [yes] -force-asserts ....... Enable Q_ASSERT even in release builds [no] -developer-build ..... Compile and link Qt for developing Qt itself (exports for auto-tests, extra checks, etc.) [no] -shared .............. Build shared Qt libraries [yes] (no for UIKit) -static .............. Build static Qt libraries [no] (yes for UIKit) -framework ........... Build Qt framework bundles [yes] (Apple only) -platform ... Select host mkspec [detected] -xplatform .. Select target mkspec when cross-compiling [PLATFORM] -device ....... Cross-compile for device -device-option ... Add option for the device mkspec -qtnamespace .. Wrap all Qt library code in 'namespace {...}'. -qtlibinfix .. Rename all libQt5*.so to libQt5*.so. -testcocoon .......... Instrument with the TestCocoon code coverage tool [no] -gcov ................ Instrument with the GCov code coverage tool [no] -sanitize {address|thread|memory|undefined} Instrument with the specified compiler sanitizer. -c++std .... Select C++ standard [c++1z/c++14/c++11] (Not supported with MSVC) -rtti ................ Build with Runtime Type Information [yes] (MSVC only) -sse2 ................ Use SSE2 instructions [auto] -sse3/-ssse3/-sse4.1/-sse4.2/-avx/-avx2/-avx512 Enable use of particular x86 instructions [auto] Enabled ones are still subject to runtime detection. -mips_dsp/-mips_dspr2 Use MIPS DSP/rev2 instructions [auto] -qreal ........ typedef qreal to the specified type. [double] Note: this affects binary compatibility. -R .......... Add an explicit runtime library path to the Qt libraries. Supports paths relative to LIBDIR. -rpath ............... Link Qt libraries and executables using the library install path as a runtime library path. Similar to -R LIBDIR. On Apple platforms, disabling this implies using absolute install names (based in LIBDIR) for dynamic libraries and frameworks. [auto] -reduce-exports ...... Reduce amount of exported symbols [auto] -reduce-relocations .. Reduce amount of relocations [auto] (Unix only) -plugin-manifests .... Embed manifests into plugins [no] (Windows only) -static-runtime ...... With -static, use static runtime [no] (Windows only) -pch ................. Use precompiled headers [auto] -ltcg ................ Use Link Time Code Generation [no] -use-gold-linker ..... Use the GNU gold linker [auto] -incredibuild-xge .... Use the IncrediBuild XGE [no] (Windows only) -make-tool .... Use to build qmake [nmake] (Windows only) -mp .................. Use multiple processors for compilation (MSVC only) -warnings-are-errors . Treat warnings as errors [no; yes if -developer-build] -silent .............. Reduce the build output so that warnings and errors can be seen more easily Build environment: -sysroot ....... Set as the target sysroot -gcc-sysroot ......... With -sysroot, pass --sysroot to the compiler [yes] -pkg-config .......... Use pkg-config [auto] (Unix only) -D .......... Pass additional preprocessor define -I .......... Pass additional include path -L .......... Pass additional library path -F .......... Pass additional framework path (Apple only) -sdk ........... Build Qt using Apple provided SDK . The argument should be one of the available SDKs as listed by 'xcodebuild -showsdks'. Note that the argument applies only to Qt libraries and applications built using the target mkspec - not host tools such as qmake, moc, rcc, etc. -android-sdk path .... Set Android SDK root path [$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT] -android-ndk path .... Set Android NDK root path [$ANDROID_NDK_ROOT] -android-ndk-platform Set Android platform -android-ndk-host .... Set Android NDK host (linux-x86, linux-x86_64, etc.) [$ANDROID_NDK_HOST] -android-arch ........ Set Android architecture (armeabi, armeabi-v7a, arm64-v8a, x86, x86_64, mips, mips64) -android-toolchain-version ... Set Android toolchain version -android-style-assets Automatically extract style assets from the device at run time. This option makes the Android style behave correctly, but also makes the Android platform plugin incompatible with the LGPL2.1. [yes] Component selection: -skip ......... Exclude an entire repository from the build. -make ......... Add to the list of parts to be built. Specifying this option clears the default list first. [libs and examples, also tools if not cross-building, also tests if -developer-build] -nomake ....... Exclude from the list of parts to be built. -compile-examples .... When unset, install only the sources of examples [yes] -gui ................. Build the Qt GUI module and dependencies [yes] -widgets ............. Build the Qt Widgets module and dependencies [yes] -no-dbus ............. Do not build the Qt D-Bus module [default on Android and Windows] -dbus-linked ......... Build Qt D-Bus and link to libdbus-1 [auto] -dbus-runtime ........ Build Qt D-Bus and dynamically load libdbus-1 [no] DBUS_PATH= DBUS_HOST_PATH= -feature- ... Enable . The available features are described in src/corelib/global/qfeatures.txt. [all enabled] -accessibility ....... Enable accessibility support [yes] Note: Disabling accessibility is not recommended. -qml-debug ........... Enable QML debugging support [yes] Qt comes with bundled copies of some 3rd party libraries. These are used by default if auto-detection of the respective system library fails. Core options: -doubleconversion .... Select used double conversion library [system/qt/no] No implies use of sscanf_l and snprintf_l (imprecise). -glib ................ Enable Glib support [no; auto on Unix] -eventfd ............. Enable eventfd support -inotify ............. Enable inotify support -iconv ............... Enable iconv(3) support [posix/sun/gnu/no] (Unix only) -icu ................. Enable ICU support [auto] -pps ................. Enable PPS support [auto] (QNX only) -pcre ................ Select used libpcre3 [system/qt] -zlib ................ Select used zlib [system/qt] ZLIB_LIBS= Logging backends: -journald .......... Enable journald support [no] (Unix only) -syslog ............ Enable syslog support [no] (Unix only) -slog2 ............. Enable slog2 support [auto] (QNX only) Network options: -ssl ................. Enable either SSL support method [auto] -no-openssl .......... Do not use OpenSSL [default on Apple and WinRT] -openssl-linked ...... Use OpenSSL and link to libssl [no] -openssl-runtime ..... Use OpenSSL and dynamically load libssl [auto] OPENSSL_PATH= OPENSSL_LIBS=, and on Windows also OPENSSL_LIBS_DEBUG= OPENSSL_LIBS_RELEASE= -securetransport ..... Use SecureTransport [auto] (Apple only) -sctp ................ Enable SCTP support [no] -libproxy ............ Enable use of libproxy [no] -system-proxies ...... Use system network proxies by default [yes] Gui, printing, widget options: -cups ................ Enable CUPS support [auto] (Unix only) -fontconfig .......... Enable Fontconfig support [auto] (Unix only) -freetype ............ Select used FreeType [system/qt/no] -harfbuzz ............ Select used HarfBuzz-NG [system/qt/no] (Not auto-detected on Apple and Windows) -gtk ................. Enable GTK platform theme support [auto] -lgmon ............... Enable lgmon support [auto] (QNX only) -no-opengl ........... Disable OpenGL support -opengl ........ Enable OpenGL support. Supported APIs: es2 (default on Windows), desktop (default on Unix), dynamic (Windows only) -opengles3 ........... Enable OpenGL ES 3.x support instead of ES 2.x [auto] -angle ............... Use bundled ANGLE to support OpenGL ES 2.0 [auto] (Windows only) -qpa .......... Select default QPA backend (e.g., xcb, cocoa, windows) -xcb-xlib............. Enable Xcb-Xlib support [auto] Platform backends: -direct2d .......... Enable Direct2D support [auto] (Windows only) -directfb .......... Enable DirectFB support [no] (Unix only) -eglfs ............. Enable EGLFS support [auto; no on Android and Windows] -gbm ............... Enable backends for GBM [auto] (Linux only) -kms ............... Enable backends for KMS [auto] (Linux only) -linuxfb ........... Enable Linux Framebuffer support [auto] (Linux only) -mirclient ......... Enable Mir client support [no] (Linux only) -xcb ............... Select used xcb-* libraries [system/qt/no] (-qt-xcb still uses system version of libxcb itself) Input backends: -evdev ............. Enable evdev support [auto] -imf ............... Enable IMF support [auto] (QNX only) -libinput .......... Enable libinput support [auto] -mtdev ............. Enable mtdev support [auto] -tslib ............. Enable tslib support [auto] -xinput2 ........... Enable XInput2 support [auto] -xkbcommon-x11 ..... Select xkbcommon used in combination with xcb [system/qt/no] -xkb-config-root ... With -qt-xkbcommon-x11, set default XKB config root [detect] -xkbcommon-evdev ... Enable X-less xkbcommon in combination with libinput [auto] Image formats: -gif ............... Enable reading support for GIF [auto] -ico ............... Enable support for ICO [yes] -libpng ............ Select used libpng [system/qt/no] -libjpeg ........... Select used libjpeg [system/qt/no] Database options: -sql- ........ Enable SQL plugin. Supported drivers: db2 ibase mysql oci odbc psql sqlite2 sqlite tds [all auto] MYSQL_PATH= PSQL_LIBS= SYBASE= SYBASE_LIBS= -sqlite .............. Select used sqlite3 [system/qt]