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> Installation of Qt binaries will require a Qt Account Distributions ship binaries with OS anyways. You won't have to build it yourself.

• vetinari 6y ago
  Opensource doesn't mean Linux distributions only. Project like VLC or QGIS have releases not only for Linux, but for Windows and Mac too.
  • pritambaral 6y ago
    Don't those platforms have their own package distributions? macOS has homebrew, and I hear Windows has a few.
  • de_watcher 6y ago
    Well, when you target Windows or Mac it's a mess anyway: when your project reaches certain level of complexity then you probably build Qt alongside with it. But I think that adding friction to the "download binaries from some site" is doing nothing more than alienating Windows developers. Qt just must add something like "Sign in with Google/Facebook with one click" because this audience cares about convenience.