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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 14493d1afd1..73963e434ad 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -148,7 +148,12 @@ optimizations but debug information with `-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo`. You can find more options in the generated CMakeCache.txt file. For instance, building of Qbs together with Qt Creator can be enabled with `-DBUILD_QBS=ON`. -Installation is not needed. It is however possible, using +Installation is not needed. You can run Qt Creator directly from the build +directory. On Windows, make sure that your `PATH` environment variable points to +all required DLLs, like Qt and LLVM. On Linux and macOS, the build already +contains the necessary `RPATH`s for the dependencies. + +If you want to install Qt Creator anyway, that is however possible using cmake --install . --prefix /path/to/qtcreator_install @@ -157,6 +162,16 @@ like Qt and LLVM, additionally run cmake --install . --prefix /path/to/qtcreator_install --component Dependencies +To install development files like headers, CMake files, and `.lib` files on +Windows, run + + cmake --install . --prefix /path/to/qtcreator_install --component Devel + +If you used the `RelWithDebInfo` configuration and want debug information to be +available to the installed Qt Creator, run + + cmake --install . --prefix /path/to/qtcreator_install --component DebugInfo + ### Perf Profiler Support Support for the [perf](https://perf.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page) profiler |