Build QLayers
These are the steps to build QLayers from source-code with
Microsoft Visual Studio (MSVC) on Windows.
1. Install
Microsoft Visual Studio
(2019 or higher)
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Be sure to select Desktop development with C++ from
Workloads
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2. Install the Qt Visual Studio Tools extension
- Launch VS
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From the menu bar, select Extensions >
Manage Extensions
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Search for Qt Visual Studio Tools and download it
- Exit VS for the extension to install
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3. Install Qt 6.5.x for open source use
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Download
Qt Online Installer
and run it
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When you get to the section labeled
Installation Folder, choose the
Custom Installation option
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When you get to the section labeled
Select Components, select the following options:
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Qt > Qt 6.5.x >
MSVC 2019 64-bit
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Qt >
Developer and Designer Tools >
OpenSSL 1.1.1q Toolkit
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4. Link the downloaded Qt version with Visual Studio
- Launch VS
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From the menu bar, select Extensions >
Qt VS Tools > Qt Versions
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Under Version, click the option to
add new Qt version
- Label the version as 6.5
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Under Path, click the folder icon and browse to the
qmake executable from the Qt installation. It should be in
the following directory:
- ...\Qt\6.5.x\msvc2019_64\bin
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5. Install Layers 0.17.x
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6. Build QLayers
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Clone the project from the GitHub repository:
- https://github.com/TheLayersProject/QLayers.git
- Open the solution file QLayers.sln
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From the menu bar, select Build >
Build Solution
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