Cannot make new project in QT on mac osx

Question

I have been stuck on this for the past couple days. I have installed QT 4.8 and I have installed the libraries as well. But when I come to make a new project, I am only given the option of creating a plain C++ project with CMake. I do not have the option of using the automated qmake. And I have no idea why. If someone could please help it out it would be much appreciated.

Here is a picture of what I see.

When I see the kits in preferences, I see this.

But in the QT versions section, If I click on that to choose something, It is empty. There is nothing to choose from.

Junk

I don't have creator on this computer, but there should be a settings section where you point it at your Qt installation. Have you checked that? – Credulity

Have you setup any kits? – Rollback

I havent setup any kits. Everytime i come to do that it doesnt work for some reason. – Junk

Go to 'Qt Versions' and add path to 'qmake'. After that you will be able to set 'Qt version' in your kit. – Strobile

When I try to add the path to QT version, I cant because I cant access the /usr/bin folder from the popup window that asks me to choose the executable file to add. do you know how I can get around that – Junk

That is very strange. Try typing ls -l /usr. Access rights to your bin directory shold be: drwxr-xr-x. If they are not - type sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin. Up: all above is true for linux. As I can see, you are using macos. I am not familar with it. Basically, what you need to do, is to give yourself access rights to read and execute from /usr/bin – Strobile

Answer 1

1. Add a Qt Version. Go to Qt Creator > Preferences... > Build & Run > Qt Versions.
   • Click Add.
   • On Mac, /usr is hidden by default, but you can access the path directly — press ⌘⇧G and type /usr into the popup.
   • Navigate to your qmake executable and click Open.
   • Under Helpers, expand Details, and click Build All.
2. Add a Qt Kit. Go to Qt Creator > Preferences... > Build & Run > Kits.
   • Click Add.
   • Select your compiler and Qt version.
   • Click OK.
3. Make sure the qmake-related plugins are enabled. Go to Qt Creator > About Plugins... and enable the following:
   • Build Systems > GenericProjectManager
   • Build Systems > Qt4ProjectManager
   • Build Systems > QtSupport
   • Qt Creator > ProjectExplorer
   • Qt Quick > QmlJSTools — As of Qt Creator 2.7.0, qmake projects now need QmlJSTools, which might not be enabled if you had a previous version of Qt Creator installed.
   • Then, click Close and restart Qt Creator. You should now be able to create qmake projects.

Vola

Thank you SO MUCH. That did it for me. I appreciate the detailed explanation of this solution. Thanks again. – Junk