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⚙️ Building Qt Guide

CaptureMoment requires Qt 6.10.2 with the qtdeclarative and qtshadertools modules. You can install it using the official graphical installer or via the command-line tool aqtinstall.

List of modules for CaptureMoment

  • Core
  • Quick
  • Gui
  • GuiPrivate
  • ShaderTools

This is the easiest method if you are setting up a development environment on your own machine.

  • Download the Qt Online Installer from the official website Qt for your operating system.

    Recommended for Windows & macOS

Recommended for Linux

Install aqtinstall with pip

pip install aqtinstall

💡 Linux note: on recent distributions, pip refuses to install outside a virtual environment, you can use venv or force install. 

pip install --break-system-packages aqtinstall

To get familiar with aqtinstall, please refer to the Website

Install Qt with aqt

aqt installs into the current directory if no output is specified, which makes CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH unpredictable. Prefer an explicit output directory: 

aqt install-qt linux desktop 6.10.2 linux_gcc_64 --outputdir /opt/qt -m qtdeclarative -m qtshadertools

Or install into the current directory if you prefer to manage the path yourself: 

aqt install-qt linux desktop 6.10.2 linux_gcc_64 -m qtdeclarative -m qtshadertools

If you have multiple version of Qt, it is better to define a single path with CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH

export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="/opt/qt/6.10.2/gcc_64:${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}"
# Or replace by your path