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Install qt with Homebrew, dnf
Cross-platform application and UI framework. Version 6.12.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-10-27. Also installable with dnf: sudo dnf install qt.
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sudo dnf install qtFedora Rawhide package metadata · qt · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
overview
Package summary
Cross-platform application and UI framework
Project links
Commands and aliases
- assistant
- balsam
- balsamui
- canbusutil
- cooker
- designer
- instancer
- lcheck
- lconvert
- lightmapviewer
- linguist
- lottietoqml
- lrelease
- lrelease-pro
- ltext2id
- lupdate
- lupdate-pro
- materialeditor
- meshdebug
- particleshadergen
- pixeltool
- qcshadergen
- qdbus
- qdbusviewer
- qdistancefieldgenerator
- qqem
- qsb
- qtdiag
- qtdiag6
- qtplugininfo
- shadergen
- shapegen
history
Project history and usage
Qt is a cross-platform C++ application and user-interface framework whose ecosystem spans desktop, embedded, mobile, and device software. The current unversioned package follows the Qt 6 generation.
Project history
Haavard Nord and Eirik Chambe-Eng conceived Qt in 1990 while working on a cross-platform C++ application. Trolltech publicly released Qt 0.90 for X11/Linux in May 1995.
Nokia acquired Trolltech in 2008 and introduced LGPL licensing for Qt in 2009. Development later moved to the openly governed Qt Project, while Digia and subsequently The Qt Company became its commercial stewards.
Qt 5 arrived in 2012 with increased modularity, Qt Quick, QML, and hardware-accelerated graphics. Qt 6 followed in December 2020 with C++17, a revised graphics architecture, and CMake as the framework's own build system.
Adoption history
KDE's selection of Qt made the framework central to the Unix and Linux desktop ecosystem. Subsequent QPL, GPL, and LGPL licensing changes broadened its acceptance in free-software distributions and commercial applications.
Qt expanded from desktop GUI development into embedded systems, mobile interfaces, automotive software, appliances, and other cross-platform products. The Qt Project's open-governance model also established a formal upstream contribution process.
How it is used
Developers use Qt Core for portable non-GUI facilities, Qt Widgets for traditional desktop interfaces, and Qt Quick/QML for declarative and animated interfaces.
Modern projects generally locate Qt components with CMake's find_package and link imported Qt targets. qmake remains available for existing projects and simpler workflows.
The optional qt.conf or qt6.conf file can override compiled-in library, plugin, translation, documentation, and QML import paths for a deployed application.
Why package nerds care
Qt is a major package-management ecosystem rather than a single library: distributions commonly divide its runtime libraries, headers, plugins, build tools, QML modules, and development utilities into many packages.
The unversioned Homebrew package represents the current Qt 6 line and supplies both libraries and recognizable developer tools such as qmake, qt-cmake, Designer, Linguist, QML utilities, and deployment helpers.
Timeline
- 1990: Haavard Nord and Eirik Chambe-Eng conceive Qt.
- 1995: Qt 0.90 receives its first public release.
- 1996: KDE adopts Qt as its underlying library.
- 2008: Nokia acquires Trolltech.
- 2009: Qt becomes available under LGPL 2.1 and Qt Creator launches.
- 2011: The openly governed Qt Project is established.
- 2012: Qt 5.0 is released.
- 2020: Qt 6.0 is released with C++17 and a CMake-based build system.
Related projects
- KDE adopted Qt as the foundation of its desktop and applications.
- Qt Creator is the project's first-party IDE.
- CMake is the primary build-system integration for modern Qt, while qmake remains supported for application projects.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for qt. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 5 platform targets.
- Installs with 38 runtime dependencies.
Recommended review
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local files
Configuration and credential file locations
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Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Linux
:/qt/etc/qt.conf<application-executable-directory>/qt.conf<application-executable-directory>/qt6.conf- macOS
:/qt/etc/qt.conf<application-bundle>/Contents/Resources/qt.conf<application-executable-directory>/qt.conf<application-executable-directory>/qt6.conf- Windows
:/qt/etc/qt.conf<application-executable-directory>/qt.conf<application-executable-directory>/qt6.conf
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
assistant | cli | global executable | |
balsam | cli | global executable | |
balsamui | cli | global executable | |
canbusutil | cli | global executable | |
cooker | cli | global executable | |
designer | cli | global executable | |
instancer | cli | global executable | |
lcheck | cli | global executable | |
lconvert | cli | global executable | |
lightmapviewer | cli | global executable | |
linguist | cli | global executable | |
lottietoqml | cli | global executable | |
lrelease | cli | global executable | |
lrelease-pro | cli | global executable | |
ltext2id | cli | global executable | |
lupdate | cli | global executable | |
lupdate-pro | cli | global executable | |
materialeditor | cli | global executable | |
meshdebug | cli | global executable | |
particleshadergen | cli | global executable | |
pixeltool | cli | global executable | |
qcshadergen | cli | global executable | |
qdbus | cli | global executable | |
qdbusviewer | cli | global executable | |
qdistancefieldgenerator | cli | global executable | |
qqem | cli | global executable | |
qsb | cli | global executable | |
qtdiag | cli | global executable | |
qtdiag6 | cli | global executable | |
qtplugininfo | cli | global executable | |
shadergen | cli | global executable | |
shapegen | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-11-04
manager version6.12.0
manager updated2026-10-27
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.qt.io/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:qt |
|---|---|
| Version | 6.12.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/qt |
| Homepage | https://www.qt.io/ |
| Upstream docs | https://www.qt.io/ |
| License | BSD-3-Clause AND GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-only AND GPL-2.0-only AND (GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0) AND LGPL-3.0-only |
| Source archive | https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/6.12/6.12.0/submodules/md5sums.txt |
| Last updated | 2026-10-27T18:34:42Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | qt3d, qt5compat, qtbase, qtcanvaspainter, qtcharts, qtconnectivity, qtdatavis3d, qtdeclarative, qtgraphs, qtgrpc, qthttpserver, qtimageformats, qtlanguageserver, qtlocation, qtlottie, qtmultimedia, qtnetworkauth, qtpositioning, qtquick3d, qtquick3dphysics, qtquickeffectmaker, qtquicktimeline, qtremoteobjects, qtscxml, qtsensors, qtserialbus, qtserialport, qtshadertools, qtspeech, qtsvg, qttasktree, qttools, qttranslations, qtvirtualkeyboard, qtwebchannel, qtwebengine, qtwebsockets, qtwebview |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_golden_gate, arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_tahoe, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | qt |
| Aliases |
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| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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D-Bus debugger and viewer
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