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Install Qt5 Directions need attention #3338

Open HenryInUtah opened 1 year ago

HenryInUtah commented 1 year ago

The Windows installation directions state to "Make sure to select the MSVC 2017 64-bit component under the Qt -> Qt 5.12.12 tree." but there is no mention of MSVC on the Qt page that is linked to. The only link for a 5.12 offline installer just says "Qt 5.12.12 for Windows (3.7 GB) (info)"

After installing this, there is no folder that is close to matching the description of "msvc2017_64" or "msvc2017_64\plugins\platforms". Therefore the paths: setx /m Qt5_DIR C:\Qt\Qt5.12.12\5.12.12\msvc2017_64 setx /m QT_QPA_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH C:\Qt\Qt5.12.12\5.12.12\msvc2017_64\plugins\platforms

do not work. I have no idea what features are going to be broken once the installation is finished. Please take a few moments to update the directions so they match the current website and file structure. Thank you for your help.

clalancette commented 1 year ago

Thank you for the issue. If you have a few minutes to update the documentation to match your experience, that would be very helpful.

GomFal commented 3 weeks ago

The Windows installation directions state to "Make sure to select the MSVC 2017 64-bit component under the Qt -> Qt 5.12.12 tree." but there is no mention of MSVC on the Qt page that is linked to. The only link for a 5.12 offline installer just says "Qt 5.12.12 for Windows (3.7 GB) (info)"

After installing this, there is no folder that is close to matching the description of "msvc2017_64" or "msvc2017_64\plugins\platforms". Therefore the paths: setx /m Qt5_DIR C:\Qt\Qt5.12.12\5.12.12\msvc2017_64 setx /m QT_QPA_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH C:\Qt\Qt5.12.12\5.12.12\msvc2017_64\plugins\platforms

do not work. I have no idea what features are going to be broken once the installation is finished. Please take a few moments to update the directions so they match the current website and file structure. Thank you for your help.

Could you solve it? Im having the same issue right now.