install qtcreator kit on raspberry pi 4b - 64 bit

Question

I've tries sudo apt install qtcreator and menu / preferences / add/remove software - search qtcreator, check qtcreator, apply

both seem to install qtcreator ok. But it can't find any qt kit.

which qmake is in /usr/bin and is a softlink to qtchooser but when I Add it as a kit, it says

The qmake executable /usr/lib/qt5/bin/qmake could not be added: qmake "/usr/lib/qt5/bin/qmake" is not an executable.

is there something further I need to sudo apt install ? qtcreator seems to have several libqt5*5 libraries that are pulled in as dependencies and are already there...

Answer 1

The qtcreator package from apt only installs Qt Creator without any Qt installation. To use Qt Creator for development on Raspberry Pi, you must install Qt separately. I found this guide that explains how to install Qt 5 on Raspberry Pi through apt package manager.

Alternatively, you can build Qt from source (the link is specifically for building Qt 6 from source) but this might take a very long time if you're building it directly on the Raspberry Pi.