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+Usage: configure [options]
+
+Installation options:
+
+ These are optional, but you may specify install directories.
+
+ -prefix <dir> ...... The deployment directory, as seen on the target device.
+ (default /usr/local/Qt-$QT_VERSION, $PWD if -developer-build is active)
+
+ -extprefix <dir> ... The installation directory, as seen on the host machine.
+ (default SYSROOT/PREFIX)
+
+ -hostprefix [dir] .. The installation directory for build tools running on the
+ host machine. If [dir] is not given, the current build
+ directory will be used. (default EXTPREFIX)
+
+ You may use these to change the layout of the install. Note that all directories
+ except -sysconfdir should be located under -prefix/-hostprefix:
+
+ -bindir <dir> ......... User executables will be installed to <dir>
+ (default PREFIX/bin)
+ -headerdir <dir> ...... Headers will be installed to <dir>
+ (default PREFIX/include)
+ -libdir <dir> ......... Libraries will be installed to <dir>
+ (default PREFIX/lib)
+ -archdatadir <dir> .... Arch-dependent data used by Qt will be installed to <dir>
+ (default PREFIX)
+ -plugindir <dir> ...... Plugins will be installed to <dir>
+ (default ARCHDATADIR/plugins)
+ -libexecdir <dir> ..... Program executables will be installed to <dir>
+ (default ARCHDATADIR/libexec, ARCHDATADIR/bin for MinGW)
+ -importdir <dir> ...... Imports for QML1 will be installed to <dir>
+ (default ARCHDATADIR/imports)
+ -qmldir <dir> ......... Imports for QML2 will be installed to <dir>
+ (default ARCHDATADIR/qml)
+ -datadir <dir> ........ Arch-independent data used by Qt will be installed to <dir>
+ (default PREFIX)
+ -docdir <dir> ......... Documentation will be installed to <dir>
+ (default DATADIR/doc)
+ -translationdir <dir> . Translations of Qt programs will be installed to <dir>
+ (default DATADIR/translations)
+ -sysconfdir <dir> ..... Settings used by Qt programs will be looked for in <dir>
+ (default PREFIX/etc/xdg)
+ -examplesdir <dir> .... Examples will be installed to <dir>
+ (default PREFIX/examples)
+ -testsdir <dir> ....... Tests will be installed to <dir>
+ (default PREFIX/tests)
+
+ -hostbindir <dir> ..... Host executables will be installed to <dir>
+ (default HOSTPREFIX/bin)
+ -hostlibdir <dir> ..... Host libraries will be installed to <dir>
+ (default HOSTPREFIX/lib)
+ -hostdatadir <dir> .... Data used by qmake will be installed to <dir>
+ (default HOSTPREFIX)
+
+Configure options:
+
+ The defaults (*) are usually acceptable. A plus (+) denotes a default value
+ that needs to be evaluated. If the evaluation succeeds, the feature is
+ included. Here is a short explanation of each option:
+
+ * -release ............. Compile and link Qt with debugging turned off.
+ -debug ............... Compile and link Qt with debugging turned on.
+ -debug-and-release ... Compile and link two versions of Qt, with and without
+ debugging turned on (Apple platforms only).
+
+ -force-debug-info .... Create symbol files for release builds.
+
+ -developer-build ..... Compile and link Qt with Qt developer options (including auto-tests exporting)
+
+ * -no-optimized-tools .. Do not build optimized host tools even in debug build.
+ -optimized-tools ..... Build optimized host tools even in debug build.
+
+ -opensource .......... Compile and link the Open-Source Edition of Qt.
+ -commercial .......... Compile and link the Commercial Edition of Qt.
+
+ -confirm-license ..... Automatically acknowledge the license (use with
+ either -opensource or -commercial)
+
+ -c++std <edition> .... Compile Qt with C++ standard edition (c++11, c++14, c++1z)
+ Default: highest supported
+
+ * -shared .............. Create and use shared Qt libraries.
+ -static .............. Create and use static Qt libraries.
+
+ -no-accessibility .... Do not compile Accessibility support.
+ Disabling accessibility is not recommended, as it will break QStyle
+ and may break other internal parts of Qt.
+ With this switch you create a source incompatible version of Qt,
+ which is unsupported.
+ + -accessibility ....... Compile Accessibility support.
+
+ -no-sql-<driver> ..... Disable SQL <driver>.
+ -sql-<driver> Enable SQL <driver> plugin.
+
+ Possible values for <driver>:
+ [db2, ibase, mysql, oci, odbc, psql, sqlite, sqlite2, tds]
+
+ -system-sqlite ....... Use sqlite from the operating system.
+
+ -no-qml-debug ........ Do not build the in-process QML debugging support.
+ + -qml-debug ........... Build the QML debugging support.
+
+ -platform target ..... The operating system and compiler you are building
+ on (default detected from host system).
+
+ See the README file for a list of supported
+ operating systems and compilers.
+
+ -no-sse2 ............. Do not compile with use of SSE2 instructions.
+ -no-sse3 ............. Do not compile with use of SSE3 instructions.
+ -no-ssse3 ............ Do not compile with use of SSSE3 instructions.
+ -no-sse4.1 ........... Do not compile with use of SSE4.1 instructions.
+ -no-sse4.2 ........... Do not compile with use of SSE4.2 instructions.
+ -no-avx .............. Do not compile with use of AVX instructions.
+ -no-avx2 ............. Do not compile with use of AVX2 instructions.
+ -no-avx512 ........... Do not compile with use of AVX512 instructions.
+ -no-mips_dsp ......... Do not compile with use of MIPS DSP instructions.
+ -no-mips_dspr2 ....... Do not compile with use of MIPS DSP rev2 instructions.
+
+ -qtnamespace <name> .. Wraps all Qt library code in 'namespace <name> {...}'.
+ -qtlibinfix <infix> .. Renames all libQt*.so to libQt*<infix>.so.
+
+ -testcocoon .......... Instrument Qt with the TestCocoon code coverage tool.
+ -gcov ................ Instrument Qt with the GCov code coverage tool.
+
+ -D <string> .......... Add an explicit define to the preprocessor.
+ -I <string> .......... Add an explicit include path.
+ -L <string> .......... Add an explicit library path.
+
+ + -pkg-config .......... Use pkg-config to detect include and library paths. By default,
+ configure determines whether to use pkg-config or not with
+ some heuristics such as checking the environment variables.
+ -no-pkg-config ....... Disable use of pkg-config.
+ -force-pkg-config .... Force usage of pkg-config (skips pkg-config usability
+ detection heuristic).
+
+ -help, -h ............ Display this information.
+
+Third Party Libraries:
+
+ -qt-zlib ............. Use the zlib bundled with Qt.
+ + -system-zlib ......... Use zlib from the operating system.
+ See http://www.gzip.org/zlib
+
+ -no-mtdev ............ Do not compile mtdev support.
+ + -mtdev ............... Enable mtdev support.
+
+ + -no-journald ......... Do not send logging output to journald.
+ -journald ............ Send logging output to journald.
+
+ + -no-syslog ........... Do not send logging output to syslog.
+ -syslog .............. Send logging output to syslog.
+
+ -no-gif .............. Do not compile GIF reading support.
+
+ -no-libpng ........... Do not compile PNG support.
+ -qt-libpng ........... Use the libpng bundled with Qt.
+ + -system-libpng ....... Use libpng from the operating system.
+ See http://www.libpng.org/pub/png
+
+ -no-libjpeg .......... Do not compile JPEG support.
+ -qt-libjpeg .......... Use the libjpeg bundled with Qt.
+ + -system-libjpeg ...... Use libjpeg from the operating system.
+ See http://www.ijg.org
+
+ -no-doubleconversion ..... Use sscanf_l and snprintf_l for (imprecise) double conversion.
+ -qt-doubleconversion ..... Use the libdouble-conversion bundled with Qt.
+ + -system-doubleconversion . Use the libdouble-conversion provided by the system.
+ See https://github.com/google/double-conversion
+
+ -no-freetype ......... Do not compile in Freetype2 support.
+ -qt-freetype ......... Use the libfreetype bundled with Qt.
+ + -system-freetype...... Use the libfreetype provided by the system (enabled if -fontconfig is active).
+ See http://www.freetype.org
+
+ -no-harfbuzz ......... Do not compile HarfBuzz-NG support.
+ -qt-harfbuzz ......... Use HarfBuzz-NG bundled with Qt to do text shaping.
+ It can still be disabled by setting
+ the QT_HARFBUZZ environment variable to "old".
+ + -system-harfbuzz ..... Use HarfBuzz-NG from the operating system
+ to do text shaping. It can still be disabled
+ by setting the QT_HARFBUZZ environment variable to "old".
+ See http://www.harfbuzz.org
+
+ -no-openssl .......... Do not compile support for OpenSSL.
+ + -openssl ............. Enable run-time OpenSSL support.
+ -openssl-linked ...... Enabled linked OpenSSL support.
+
+ -no-libproxy ......... Do not compile support for libproxy
+ + -libproxy ............ Use libproxy from the operating system.
+
+ -qt-pcre ............. Use the PCRE library bundled with Qt.
+ + -system-pcre ......... Use the PCRE library from the operating system.
+
+ -qt-xcb .............. Use xcb- libraries bundled with Qt.
+ (libxcb.so will still be used from operating system).
+ + -system-xcb .......... Use xcb- libraries from the operating system.
+
+ -xkb-config-root ..... Set default XKB config root. This option is used only together with -qt-xkbcommon-x11.
+ -qt-xkbcommon-x11 .... Use the xkbcommon library bundled with Qt in combination with xcb.
+ + -system-xkbcommon-x11 Use the xkbcommon library from the operating system in combination with xcb.
+
+ -no-xkbcommon-evdev .. Do not use X-less xkbcommon when compiling libinput support.
+ * -xkbcommon-evdev ..... Use X-less xkbcommon when compiling libinput support.
+
+ -no-xinput2 .......... Do not compile XInput2 support.
+ * -xinput2 ............. Compile XInput2 support.
+
+ -no-xcb-xlib.......... Do not compile Xcb-Xlib support.
+ * -xcb-xlib............. Compile Xcb-Xlib support.
+
+ -no-glib ............. Do not compile Glib support.
+ + -glib ................ Compile Glib support.
+
+ -no-pulseaudio ....... Do not compile PulseAudio support.
+ + -pulseaudio .......... Compile PulseAudio support.
+
+ -no-alsa ............. Do not compile ALSA support.
+ + -alsa ................ Compile ALSA support.
+
+ -no-gtk .............. Do not compile GTK platform theme support.
+ + -gtk ................. Compile GTK platform theme support.
+
+Additional options:
+
+ -make <part> ......... Add part to the list of parts to be built at make time.
+ (defaults to: libs tools examples)
+ -nomake <part> ....... Exclude part from the list of parts to be built.
+
+ -skip <module> ....... Exclude an entire module from the build.
+
+ -no-compile-examples . Install only the sources of examples.
+
+ -no-gui .............. Don't build the Qt GUI module and dependencies.
+ + -gui ................. Build the Qt GUI module and dependencies.
+
+ -no-widgets .......... Don't build the Qt Widgets module and dependencies.
+ + -widgets ............. Build the Qt Widgets module and dependencies.
+
+ -R <string> .......... Add an explicit runtime library path to the Qt
+ libraries.
+ -l <string> .......... Add an explicit library.
+
+ -no-rpath ............ Do not use the library install path as a runtime
+ library path. On Apple platforms, this implies using
+ absolute install names (based in -libdir) for dynamic
+ libraries and frameworks.
+ + -rpath ............... Link Qt libraries and executables using the library
+ install path as a runtime library path. Equivalent
+ to -R install_libpath
+
+ -continue ............ Continue as far as possible if an error occurs.
+
+ -verbose, -v ......... Print verbose information about each step of the
+ configure process.
+
+ -silent .............. Reduce the build output so that warnings and errors
+ can be seen more easily.
+
+ -no-nis .............. Do not compile NIS support.
+ * -nis ................. Compile NIS support.
+
+ -no-cups ............. Do not compile CUPS support.
+ * -cups ................ Compile CUPS support.
+ Requires cups/cups.h and libcups.so.2.
+
+ -no-iconv ............ Do not compile support for iconv(3).
+ * -iconv ............... Compile support for iconv(3).
+
+ -no-evdev ............ Do not compile support for evdev.
+ * -evdev ............... Compile support for evdev.
+
+ -no-tslib ............ Do not compile support for tslib.
+ * -tslib ............... Compile support for tslib.
+
+ -no-icu .............. Do not compile support for ICU libraries.
+ + -icu ................. Compile support for ICU libraries.
+
+ -no-fontconfig ....... Do not compile FontConfig support.
+ + -fontconfig .......... Compile FontConfig support.
+
+ -no-strip ............ Do not strip binaries and libraries of unneeded symbols.
+ * -strip ............... Strip binaries and libraries of unneeded symbols when installing.
+
+ * -no-pch .............. Do not use precompiled header support.
+ -pch ................. Use precompiled header support.
+
+ * -no-ltcg Do not use Link Time Code Generation
+ -ltcg Use Link Time Code Generation.
+
+ -no-dbus ............. Do not compile the Qt D-Bus module.
+ + -dbus-linked ......... Compile the Qt D-Bus module and link to libdbus-1.
+ -dbus-runtime ........ Compile the Qt D-Bus module and dynamically load libdbus-1.
+
+ -reduce-relocations .. Reduce relocations in the libraries through extra
+ linker optimizations (Qt/X11 and Qt for Embedded Linux only;
+ experimental; needs GNU ld >= 2.18).
+
+ -no-use-gold-linker .. Do not link using the GNU gold linker.
+ + -use-gold-linker ..... Link using the GNU gold linker if available.
+
+ -force-asserts ....... Force Q_ASSERT to be enabled even in release builds.
+
+ -sanitize [address|thread|memory|undefined] Enables the specified compiler sanitizer.
+
+ -device <name> ............... Cross-compile for device <name> (experimental)
+ -device-option <key=value> ... Add device specific options for the device mkspec
+ (experimental)
+
+ -host-option <key=value> ..... Add host specific options for the host mkspec
+
+ * -no-separate-debug-info ...... Do not store debug information in a separate file.
+ -separate-debug-info ......... Strip debug information into a separate file.
+
+ -no-xcb .............. Do not compile Xcb (X protocol C-language Binding) support.
+ * -xcb ................. Compile Xcb support.
+
+ -no-eglfs ............ Do not compile EGLFS (EGL Full Screen/Single Surface) support.
+ * -eglfs ............... Compile EGLFS support.
+
+ -no-kms .............. Do not compile backends for KMS.
+ * -kms ................. Compile backends for KMS.
+
+ -no-gbm .............. Do not compile backends for GBM.
+ * -gbm ................. Compile backends for GBM.
+
+ -no-directfb ......... Do not compile DirectFB support.
+ * -directfb ............ Compile DirectFB support.
+
+ -no-linuxfb .......... Do not compile Linux Framebuffer support.
+ * -linuxfb ............. Compile Linux Framebuffer support.
+
+ * -no-mirclient......... Do not compile Mir client support.
+ -mirclient............ Compile Mir client support.
+
+ -qpa <name> .......... Sets the default QPA platform (e.g xcb, cocoa, windows).
+
+ -xplatform target .... The target platform when cross-compiling.
+
+ -sysroot <dir> ....... Sets <dir> as the target compiler's and qmake's sysroot and also sets pkg-config paths.
+ -no-gcc-sysroot ...... When using -sysroot, it disables the passing of --sysroot to the compiler
+
+ -external-hostbindir <path> .. Path to Qt tools built for this machine. Use this when -platform
+ does not match the current system, i.e., to make a Canadian Cross Build.
+
+ -no-feature-<feature> Do not compile in <feature>.
+ -feature-<feature> ... Compile in <feature>. The available features
+ are described in src/corelib/global/qfeatures.txt
+
+ -qreal [double|float] typedef qreal to the specified type. The default is double.
+ Note that changing this flag affects binary compatibility.
+
+ -no-opengl ........... Do not support OpenGL.
+ -opengl <api> ........ Enable OpenGL support
+ With no parameter, this will attempt to auto-detect
+ OpenGL ES 2.0 and higher, or regular desktop OpenGL.
+ Use es2 for <api> to override auto-detection.
+
+ -no-libinput ......... Do not support libinput.
+ * -libinput ............ Enable libinput support.
+
+ -no-gstreamer ........ Do not support GStreamer.
+ + -gstreamer <version> . Enable GStreamer support
+ With no parameter, this will attempt to auto-detect GStreamer 0.10 and
+ 1.0. GStreamer 1.0 is used by default when available.
+ Use 0.10 or 1.0 for <version> to override auto-detection.
+
+ * -no-system-proxies ... Do not use system network proxies by default.
+ -system-proxies ...... Use system network proxies by default.
+
+ -no-warnings-are-errors Make warnings be treated normally
+ -warnings-are-errors Make warnings be treated as errors
+ (enabled if -developer-build is active)
+
+QNX options:
+
+ -no-slog2 ........... Do not compile with slog2 support.
+ -slog2 .............. Compile with slog2 support.
+
+ -no-pps ............. Do not compile with pps support.
+ -pps ................ Compile with pps support.
+
+ -no-imf ............. Do not compile with imf support.
+ -imf ................ Compile with imf support.
+
+ -no-lgmon ........... Do not compile with lgmon support.
+ -lgmon .............. Compile with lgmon support.
+
+Apple platform options:
+
+ -Fstring ............ Add an explicit framework path.
+ -fw string .......... Add an explicit framework.
+
+ * -framework .......... Build Qt as a series of frameworks and
+ link tools against those frameworks.
+ -no-framework ....... Do not build Qt as a series of frameworks.
+
+ * -securetransport .... Use SecureTransport instead of OpenSSL
+
+ -no-securetransport . Do not use SecureTransport, either use OpenSSL or do not use any SSL backend
+ at all (if combined with -no-openssl).
+
+ -sdk <sdk> .......... Build Qt using Apple provided SDK <sdk>. The argument should be
+ one of the available SDKs as listed by 'xcodebuild -showsdks'.
+ Note that the argument applies only to Qt libraries and applications built
+ using the target mkspec - not host tools such as qmake, moc, rcc, etc.
+
+Android options:
+
+ -android-sdk path .............. The Android SDK root path.
+ (default $ANDROID_SDK_ROOT)
+
+ -android-ndk path .............. The Android NDK root path.
+ (default $ANDROID_NDK_ROOT)
+
+ -android-ndk-platform .......... Sets the android platform
+
+ -android-ndk-host .............. Sets the android NDK host (linux-x86, linux-x86_64, etc.)
+ (default $ANDROID_NDK_HOST)
+
+ -android-arch .................. Sets the android architecture (armeabi, armeabi-v7a, x86, mips,
+ arm64-v8a, x86_64, mips64)
+
+ -android-toolchain-version ..... Sets the android toolchain version
+
+ -no-android-style-assets ....... Do not compile in the code which automatically extracts
+ style assets from the run-time device. Setting this will
+ make the Android style behave incorrectly, but will enable
+ compatibility with the LGPL2.1 license.
+ * -android-style-assets .......... Compile the code which automatically extracts style assets
+ from the run-time device. This option will make the
+ Android platform plugin incompatible with the LGPL2.1.