Important -> You must first get the student license before you can complete this task.
Once you have the student license, continue with the following steps.
1. Go to QT's site and click the profile icon at the top right.
2. Sign in using the login you made when getting the student license.
3. By now, you should have a license(s). After you log-in, scroll down to Licenses to confirm that you do in fact have license(s).
NOTE: It can take a few seconds for anything to appear.
4. Once you verify that you got your license(s), scroll back up and click Downloads on the left-hand bar.
5. WAIT until something appears on this page. It can take a while sometimes for the screen to populate with installation options.
6. Once the options appear, click the corresponding installer for the platform you are sitting at.
7. Pick wherever you like to save installers (probably downloads).
(For example on windows you'd see this)
8. Once the installer downloads, navigate to where you downloaded it and launch the exe.
(For example mine is called: qt-online-installer-windows-x64-4.8.0.exe
9. In the installer, log into your same QT login that you used on the website. This will link your license with the installer and the software. (You have to login to this often so keep it handy.)
10. Once it finishes validating your credentials, you'll see a screen like this. Click the Next button.
11. Wait while QT Setup gets the information it needs from its server.
12. Select the options you want on the data collection policy screen.
(These are the options I usually go with.)
Here is where things get really important.
* 13. Make sure you have _Custom Installation_ selected and click the Next** button. (Also, you can let this save in the default place)
14. You will then select your components. Make sure to select the three pointed to in the image below and click the next button.
These three are the IDE, the Designer extension, and the Python extension.
15. There might be a next screen that has an Update button, or an Install button at the bottom right, click that. (I already have it installed so I am not 100% sure what you'll see.
16. Wait for these components to install. It may (or may not) take a LONG time.
17. Once the components are finished installing, click the Restart or Finish button.
Important -> You must first get the student license before you can complete this task.
Once you have the student license, continue with the following steps.
1. Go to QT's site and click the profile icon at the top right.
2. Sign in using the login you made when getting the student license.
3. By now, you should have a license(s). After you log-in, scroll down to Licenses to confirm that you do in fact have license(s).
NOTE: It can take a few seconds for anything to appear.
4. Once you verify that you got your license(s), scroll back up and click Downloads on the left-hand bar.
5. WAIT until something appears on this page. It can take a while sometimes for the screen to populate with installation options.
6. Once the options appear, click the corresponding installer for the platform you are sitting at.
7. Pick wherever you like to save installers (probably downloads).
(For example on windows you'd see this)
8. Once the installer downloads, navigate to where you downloaded it and launch the exe.
(For example mine is called: qt-online-installer-windows-x64-4.8.0.exe
9. In the installer, log into your same QT login that you used on the website. This will link your license with the installer and the software. (You have to login to this often so keep it handy.)
10. Once it finishes validating your credentials, you'll see a screen like this. Click the Next button.
11. Wait while QT Setup gets the information it needs from its server.
12. Select the options you want on the data collection policy screen.
(These are the options I usually go with.)
Here is where things get really important.
* 13. Make sure you have _Custom Installation_ selected and click the Next** button. (Also, you can let this save in the default place)
14. You will then select your components. Make sure to select the three pointed to in the image below and click the next button.
These three are the IDE, the Designer extension, and the Python extension.
15. There might be a next screen that has an Update button, or an Install button at the bottom right, click that. (I already have it installed so I am not 100% sure what you'll see.
16. Wait for these components to install. It may (or may not) take a LONG time.
17. Once the components are finished installing, click the Restart or Finish button.
You did it!