# aqtinstall mit Homebrew, Nix, scoop, winget, chocolatey installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für aqtinstall in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:aqtinstall
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install aqtinstall
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#aqtinstall
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/aq/aqtinstall/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/aqtinstall
```

  Evidenz: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/aqtinstall.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id miurahr.aqtinstall -e
```

  Evidenz: Windows Package Manager source index: miurahr.aqtinstall from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install aqt
```

  Evidenz: Chocolatey community package catalog: aqt from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','another-redis-desktop-manager'

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:aqtinstall
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 3.3.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Another unofficial Qt installer
- **Homepage:** <https://aqtinstall.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/miurahr/aqtinstall>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-06-20T10:46:05Z
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- aqt (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 3.3.0
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

aqtinstall is a Python command-line installer for Qt packages, branded in its own metadata as another unofficial Qt installer. Its `aqt` executable is used mostly in CI and scripted developer environments where the official graphical Qt installer is the wrong shape.

### Projektgeschichte

The official GitHub repository was created in March 2019 and its documentation is published on Read the Docs. The docs describe a configuration file, command-line options, examples, and a separate official-Qt-installer mode.

The project evolved from downloading public Qt archives into a broader Qt installer wrapper: current docs cover mirror handling, checksum behavior, archive retention, official-installer authentication, and direct pass-through override mode for Qt's own installer CLI.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The input package metadata shows aqtinstall packaged for Homebrew, Chocolatey, Nix, Scoop, and winget. The official GitHub API metadata also shows a four-digit star count, which is strong adoption for a niche packaging utility.

Its adoption pattern is practical rather than social: developers use it when builds need a reproducible Qt install on Linux, macOS, or Windows without clicking through the Maintenance Tool.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Common use is `aqt install-qt` or the newer `aqt install-qt-official` family to install a target, architecture, Qt version, and optional modules into a chosen output directory.

The configuration docs state that defaults live in `aqt/settings.ini`, with `$AQT_CONFIG` or `--config` available for override. Official-installer mode looks for `qtaccount.ini` in the per-OS Qt data directory or accepts `QT_INSTALLER_JWT_TOKEN`.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

aqtinstall is package-manager glue for an upstream ecosystem whose official installer is large, stateful, and account-aware. It is interesting because it turns Qt distribution metadata into a scriptable package acquisition layer while still exposing enough knobs for mirrors, checksums, and CI authentication.

### Zeitleiste

- 2019: The official GitHub repository was created.
- 2020: The project had reached a tagged 1.0 release series.
- 2026: The repository and documentation remain active in the 3.x series.

### Related projects

- Related projects and systems include Qt, Qt Maintenance Tool, Qt online repositories, Python packaging, 7-Zip, py7zr, and CI package caches.

### Quellen

- <https://api.github.com/repos/miurahr/aqtinstall>
- <https://aqtinstall.readthedocs.io/en/latest>
- <https://aqtinstall.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html>
- <https://aqtinstall.readthedocs.io/en/latest/official.html>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Sicherheitshinweise

Für aqtinstall wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.



## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: aqt/settings.ini, $AQT_CONFIG

## Credential files

- Linux: ~/.local/share/Qt/qtaccount.ini
- macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Qt/qtaccount.ini
- Windows: %APPDATA%\Qt\qtaccount.ini
## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - aqtinstall: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/aq/aqtinstall/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/aqtinstall: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/aqtinstall.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - miurahr.aqtinstall: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: miurahr.aqtinstall from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
- Chocolatey - aqt: installed executable or alias match | Chocolatey community package catalog: aqt from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','another-redis-desktop-manager'


## Combined YAML source

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


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph