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@v3

All done.

The desired version of Qt to install.

You can also pass in SimpleSpec version numbers, for example 6.2.*.

Default: 5.15.2 (Last Qt 5 LTS)

Please note that for Linux builds, Qt 6+ requires Ubuntu 20.04 or later.

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.

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 and Win RT builds are only supported on Windows hosts.

Possible values: desktop, android, ios, or winrt

Default: desktop

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:

You can find a full list of architectures easily by using this awesome website.

Default values:

Windows w/ Qt < 5.6: win64_msvc2013_64

Windows w/ Qt >= 5.6 && Qt < 5.9: win64_msvc2015_64

Windows w/ Qt >= 5.9 && Qt < 5.15: win64_msvc2017_64

Windows w/ Qt >= 5.15: win64_msvc2019_64

Android: android_armv7

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/5.15.2/{arch}/bin. When possible, access your Qt directory through the Qt5_DIR or Qt6_DIR environment variable.

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

Whether or not to automatically install Qt dependencies on Linux through apt.

Can be set to nosudo to stop it from using sudo, for example on a docker container where the user already has sufficient privileges.

Default: true

String with whitespace delimited list of additional addon modules to install, with each entry separated 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, and more

Default: none

String with whitespace delimited list of Qt archives to install, with each entry separated by a space. Typically you don't need this unless you are aiming for bare minimum installation. I would strongly advise reading the aqtinstall docs before using this feature.

Possible values: qtbase, qtsvg, qtdeclarative, qtgamepad, qtgraphicaleffects, qtimageformats, qtlocation

Default: none

Whether to cache Qt automatically. If it is set to true, then Qt won't be downloaded if a cached version is available, but the environment variables will always be set, and essential build tools will always be installed.

Default: false

Prefix to be used for the cache key of the automatic cache.

Default: install-qt-action

Set this to false if you want to skip using setup-python to find/download a valid python version. If you are on a self-hosted runner, you will probably need to set this to false because setup-python requires a very specific environment to work.

Default: true

Qt "tools" to be installed. Specify the tool name and tool variant name separated by commas, and separate multiple tools with spaces. If you wish to install all tools available for a given tool name, you can leave off the tool variant name. I would advise reading the aqtinstall docs for more info on installing tools.

For example, this value will install the most recent versions of QtIFW and QtCreator:

    tools: 'tools_ifw tools_qtcreator,qt.tools.qtcreator'

You can find a full list of tools easily by using this awesome website.

Set this to false if you want to avoid setting environment variables for whatever reason.

Default: true

Set this to true if you only want to install tools, and not Qt.

Default: false

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: ==2.1.*

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

Default: ==0.19.*

This input can be used to append arguments to the end of the aqtinstall command for any special purpose.

Example value: --external 7z

    - name: Install Qt
      uses: jurplel/install-qt-action@v3
      with:
        version: '5.15.2'
        host: 'windows'
        target: 'desktop'
        arch: 'win64_msvc2019_64'
        dir: '${{ github.workspace }}/example/'
        install-deps: 'true'
        modules: 'qtcharts qtwebengine'
        archives: 'qtbase qtsvg'
        cache: 'false'
        cache-key-prefix: 'install-qt-action'
        setup-python: 'true'
        tools: 'tools_ifw tools_qtcreator,qt.tools.qtcreator'
        set-env: 'true'
        tools-only: 'false'
        aqtversion: '==2.1.*'
        py7zrversion: '==0.19.*'
        extra: '--external 7z'

For more in-depth and certifiably up-to-date documentation, check the documentation for aqtinstall here.

The Qt bin directory is appended to your path environment variable. Qt5_DIR/Qt6_DIR is also set appropriately for cmake. In addition, QT_PLUGIN_PATH, QML2_IMPORT_PATH, PKG_CONFIG_PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH are set accordingly. IQTA_TOOLS is set to the "Tools" directory if tools are installed as well.

Big thanks to the aqtinstall developer for making this easy. Please go support miurahr, he did all of the hard work here (his liberapay).

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.