# Install qtbase with Homebrew, apt

Cross-platform application and UI framework. Version 6.11.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install qmake6.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:qtbase
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install qtbase
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install qmake6
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: qmake6 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:qtbase
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/qtbase>
- **Version:** 6.11.1
- **Source summary:** Cross-platform application and UI framework
- **Homepage:** <https://www.qt.io/>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www.qt.io/>
- **License:** (LGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only) AND (GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0) AND BSD-3-Clause AND GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-only
- **Source archive:** <https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/6.11/6.11.1/submodules/qtbase-everywhere-src-6.11.1.tar.xz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-25T13:38:05+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- androiddeployqt (cli)
- androiddeployqt6 (cli)
- androidtestrunner (cli)
- qdbuscpp2xml (cli)
- qdbusxml2cpp (cli)
- qmake (cli)
- qmake6 (cli)
- qt-cmake (cli)
- qt-cmake-create (cli)
- qt-configure-module (cli)
- qtpaths (cli)
- qtpaths6 (cli)
- wasmdeployqt (cli)
- wasmdeployqt6 (cli)
- androiddeployqt (alias)
- androiddeployqt6 (alias)
- androidtestrunner (alias)
- qdbuscpp2xml (alias)
- qdbusxml2cpp (alias)
- qmake (alias)
- qmake6 (alias)
- qt-cmake (alias)
- qt-cmake-create (alias)
- qt-configure-module (alias)
- qtpaths (alias)
- qtpaths6 (alias)
- wasmdeployqt (alias)
- wasmdeployqt6 (alias)

## Dependencies

- brotli
- dbus
- double-conversion
- freetype
- glib
- harfbuzz
- icu4c@78
- jpeg-turbo
- libb2
- libpng
- md4c
- openssl@3
- pcre2
- zstd

## Build dependencies

- cmake
- molten-vk
- ninja
- pkgconf
- vulkan-headers

## Uses from macOS

- cups
- krb5
- sqlite

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Caveats: You can add Homebrew's Qt to QtCreator's "Qt Versions" in: Preferences > Qt Versions > Link with Qt... pressing "Choose..." and selecting as the Qt installation path: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 6.11.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-25
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://www.qt.io/
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for qtbase. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** qtbase
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Conflicts With:** qt@5
- **Requirements:** xcode
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - qmake6 - 6.8.2+dfsg-9+deb13u2: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: qmake6 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Qt 6 qmake Makefile generator tool | https://www.qt.io/developers/
- Ubuntu apt - qmake6 - 6.4.2+dfsg-21.1build5: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: qmake6 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Qt 6 qmake Makefile generator tool | https://www.qt.io/developers/


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- [glib](https://pkg.so/brew/glib/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pcre2](https://pkg.so/brew/pcre2/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [harfbuzz](https://pkg.so/brew/harfbuzz/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [libpng](https://pkg.so/brew/libpng/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [jpeg-turbo](https://pkg.so/brew/jpeg-turbo/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pkgconf](https://pkg.so/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [cmake](https://pkg.so/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [ninja](https://pkg.so/brew/ninja/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [qt](https://pkg.so/brew/qt/) - Popular package that depends on this formula.
- [qt@5](https://pkg.so/brew/qt-5/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: application-framework, c-plus-plus, cli, cross-platform, developer-tools.
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- [fox](https://pkg.so/brew/fox/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: c-plus-plus, cli, cross-platform, developer-tools, gui.
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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/qtbase.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/qtbase.yml)


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