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authorEike Ziller <eike.ziller@qt.io>2020-06-15 11:30:34 +0200
committerEike Ziller <eike.ziller@qt.io>2020-06-15 11:30:34 +0200
commit8b8ecfa28f85236e67417934bc6e9820e9011842 (patch)
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parent630f43c02db32f04c820a8209a346f0bea8ee274 (diff)
parent759b38e2ac293a9b5d588c36949e4e7dacd31046 (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/4.12'
Conflicts: src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/fileapiparser.cpp Change-Id: I39f8c2be859be043f506bef77de9bb5b42d38165
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diff --git a/doc/qtcreator/src/projects/creator-only/creator-projects-qt-versions.qdoc b/doc/qtcreator/src/projects/creator-only/creator-projects-qt-versions.qdoc
index 0c171dc8ce..136fc3bda7 100644
--- a/doc/qtcreator/src/projects/creator-only/creator-projects-qt-versions.qdoc
+++ b/doc/qtcreator/src/projects/creator-only/creator-projects-qt-versions.qdoc
@@ -53,16 +53,20 @@
To remove invalid Qt versions, select \uicontrol {Clean Up}.
You can link to a Qt that you installed using the Qt Maintenance Tool to
- automatically register the installed Qt versions. The mechanism does not
- handle Qt versions installed by the system using some other package manager,
- such as your Linux distribution, brew on \macos, or Chocolatey on Windows,
- nor a self-built Qt.
+ automatically register the installed Qt versions. However, you cannot link
+ to Qt versions that were installed by the system using some other package
+ manager, such as your Linux distribution, brew on \macos, or Chocolatey on
+ Windows, nor a self-built Qt. In those cases, select \uicontrol {Add} in
+ the \uicontrol {Qt Versions} tab to add the Qt version manually, as
+ instructed in \l{Setting Up New Qt Versions}.
To link to a Qt installation:
\list 1
- \li Select \uicontrol Tools > \uicontrol Options > \uicontrol Kits >
- \uicontrol {Qt Versions} > \uicontrol {Link with Qt}.
+ \li Select \uicontrol Tools > \uicontrol Options >
+ (or \uicontrol {Qt Creator} > \uicontrol Preferences on
+ \macos) > \uicontrol Kits > \uicontrol {Qt Versions} >
+ \uicontrol {Link with Qt}.
\image qtcreator-link-with-qt.png "Choose Qt Installation dialog"
\li In the \uicontrol {Qt installation path} field, enter the path to
the directory where you installed Qt.
@@ -72,14 +76,16 @@
\endlist
To remove the automatically detected Qt versions from the list, select
- \uicontrol {Link with Qt} > \uicontrol {Remove Link}.
+ \uicontrol {Remove Link}.
- If a Qt version is still not listed under \uicontrol Auto-detected, select
- \uicontrol {Add} to add it manually.
+ If a Qt version is still not listed in the \uicontrol {Qt Versions} tab
+ under \uicontrol Auto-detected, you have to set it up manually, as described
+ in the following section.
You specify the Qt version to use for each \l{glossary-buildandrun-kit}
{kit} for building and running your projects
- in \uicontrol Tools > \uicontrol Options > \uicontrol Kits.
+ in \uicontrol Tools > \uicontrol Options > \uicontrol Kits, as described
+ in \l{Specifying Kit Settings}.
\section1 Setting Up New Qt Versions