install-qt-action

Installing Qt on Github Actions workflows manually is the worst.

You know what's easier than dealing with that? Just using this:

    - name: Install Qt
      uses: jurplel/install-qt-action@v2

All done.

Options

version

The desired version of Qt to install.

Default: 5.12.9 (Latest LTS at the time of writing)

host

This is the host platform of the Qt version you will be installing. It's unlikely that you will need to set this manually if you are just building.

For example, if you are building on Linux and targeting desktop, you would set host to linux. If you are building on Linux and targeting android, you would set host to linux also. The host platform is the platform that your application will build on, not its target platform.

Possible values: windows, mac, or linux

Defaults to the current platform it is being run on.

target

This is the target platform that you will be building for. You will want to set this if you are building for iOS or Android.

Please note that iOS builds are supported only on macOS hosts

Possible values: desktop, android, or ios

Default: desktop

arch

This is the target architecture that your program will be built for. This is only used for Windows and Android.

Linux x86 packages are not supported by this action. Qt does not offer pre-built Linux x86 packages. Please consider using your distro's repository or building it manually.

Possible values:

Windows: win64_msvc2017_64, win64_msvc2015_64, win32_msvc2015, win32_mingw53, or win64_mingw73

Android: android_x86, android_armv7

Default values:

Windows w/ Qt < 5.15: win64_msvc2017_64

Windows w/ Qt >= 5.15: win64_msvc2019_64

Android: android_armv7

dir

This is the directory prefix that Qt will be installed to.

For example, if you set dir to ${{ github.workspace }}/example/, your bin folder will be located at $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/example/Qt/5.12.9/(your_arch)/bin. When possible, access your Qt directory through the Qt5_DIR environment variable.

Default: $RUNNER_WORKSPACE (this is one folder above the starting directory)

install-deps

Whether or not to automatically install Qt dependencies on Linux (you probably want to leave this on).

Default: true

modules

List of additional addon modules to install, with each entry seperated by a space. If you need one of these, you'll know it.

Possible values: qtcharts, qtdatavis3d, qtpurchasing, qtvirtualkeyboard, qtwebengine, qtnetworkauth, qtwebglplugin, qtscript, debug_info, possibly others

Default: none

mirror

Forces a different Qt mirror in case there is a problem with the default.

If you have problems, you can try: http://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/qt/

Default: none

cached

If it is set to true, then Qt won't be downloaded, but the environment variables will be set, and essential build tools will be installed.

It can be used with actions/cache, for example:

- name: Cache Qt
  id: cache-qt
  uses: actions/cache@v1
  with:
    path: ../Qt
    key: ${{ runner.os }}-QtCache

- name: Install Qt
  uses: jurplel/install-qt-action@v2
  with:
    cached: ${{ steps.cache-qt.outputs.cache-hit }}

Default: false

aqtversion

Version of aqtinstall to use, given in the format used by pip, for example: ==0.7.1, >=0.7.1, ==0.7.*. This is intended to be used to troubleshoot any bugs that might be caused or fixed by certain versions of aqtinstall.

Default: ==0.9

py7zrversion

Version of py7zr in the same style as the aqtversion and intended to be used for the same purpose.

Default: ==0.7

extra

This input can be used to append arguments to the end of the aqtinstall command in case of special needs.

Example value: --external 7z

Example with all arguments

    - name: Install Qt
      uses: jurplel/install-qt-action@v2
      with:
        version: '5.12.9'
        host: 'windows'
        target: 'desktop'
        arch: 'win64_msvc2017_64'
        dir: '${{ github.workspace }}/example/'
        install-deps: 'true'
        modules: 'qtcharts qtwebengine'
        mirror: 'http://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/qt/'
        cached: 'false'
        aqtversion: '==0.9'
        py7zrversion: '==0.7'
        extra: '--external 7z'

More info

The Qt bin directory is added to your path environment variable. Qt5_DIR is also set appropriately for cmake.

Big thanks to the aqtinstall developers for making this easy. Please go support them, they did all of the hard work here.

This action is distributed under the MIT license.

By using this action, you agree to the terms of Qt's licensing. See Qt licensing and Licenses used by Qt.