/**************************************************************************** ** ** Copyright (C) 2020 The Qt Company Ltd. ** Contact: https://www.qt.io/licensing/ ** ** This file is part of the Qt Creator documentation. ** ** Commercial License Usage ** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in ** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the ** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in ** a written agreement between you and The Qt Company. For licensing terms ** and conditions see https://www.qt.io/terms-conditions. For further ** information use the contact form at https://www.qt.io/contact-us. ** ** GNU Free Documentation License Usage ** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Free ** Documentation License version 1.3 as published by the Free Software ** Foundation and appearing in the file included in the packaging of ** this file. Please review the following information to ensure ** the GNU Free Documentation License version 1.3 requirements ** will be met: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.html. ** ****************************************************************************/ // ********************************************************************** // NOTE: the sections are not ordered by their logical order to avoid // reshuffling the file each time the index order changes (i.e., often). // Run the fixnavi.pl script to adjust the links to the index order. // ********************************************************************** /*! //! [build systems] \section1 Selecting the Build System Most \QC project wizards enable you to choose the build system to use for building the project: qmake, CMake, or Qbs. If you are not presented with a choice, the project is set up to use qmake. \l{qmake Manual}{qmake} is a cross-platform system for build automation that helps simplify the build process for development projects across different platforms. qmake automates the generation of build configurations so that only a few lines of information are needed to create each configuration. qmake is installed and configured when you install Qt. To use one of the other supported build systems, you need to set it up. \l {Build with CMake}{CMake} is an alternative to qmake for automating the generation of build configurations. For more information, see \l {Setting Up CMake}. \l{Qbs Manual}{Qbs} is an all-in-one build tool that generates a build graph from a high-level project description (like qmake or CMake do) and executes the commands in the low-level build graph (like make does). For more information, see \l{Setting Up Qbs}. To change the location of the project directory, and to specify settings for building and running projects, select \uicontrol Tools > \uicontrol Options > \uicontrol {Build & Run} > \uicontrol General. The \uicontrol CMake tab contains additional settings for CMake. You can find more settings for CMake in \uicontrol Tools > \uicontrol Options > \uicontrol Kits > \uicontrol CMake and for Qbs in \uicontrol Tools > \uicontrol Options > \uicontrol Qbs. To specify build and run settings for different target platforms, select \uicontrol Projects. For more information on the options you have, see \l{Specifying Build Settings}. //! [build systems] */