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How to Install Qt Open Source Library 5 Binary Version for Windows

This question concerns roughly Qt libraries 5.0.0 for Windows (VS 2010 406 MB) at http://qt-project.org/downloads (but I assume that it will apply to future versions of 5.xx), and setting this to "clean" Windows workstation.

What does it take to make it work? I get the exact minimum set of downloadable packages, which means an ordered list of "fully qualified" downloadable names, preferably with links to Microsoft downloads.

The latest Qt creator from the same download page will be used as an IDE, so Visual Studio does not need to be installed, and it would really be better if this could be avoided.

My real understanding is that I need to find VC ++ Express, and then find the SP1 update for it, and then find the debug package to get the debug backend for Qt Creator. Not sure if I need the Windows SDK or if I can replace VS with some version of the Windows SDK. And no, the qt project's web pages do not respond to this, the instructions there are rather vague for this particular scenario (using loading a binary library without full non-free Visual Studio 2010).

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Strictly, all you need is the Windows SDK v7.1 and SP1 Compiler Update . Be sure to install "Debugging Tools for Windows" (necessary for Qt Creator to integrate the debugger). This will install the command line compiler and tools included in VS2010.

You can use Qt Creator as an IDE, which is awesome for Qt projects and great even for projects other than Qt. Of course, you can use any IDE you want, it’s just that Qt Creator has it all: integrated Qt documentation, built-in graphic designer, built-in QML designer, integration with version control (svn / git must be installed separately).

In addition, you will need to find the VS2010 Express and its update, although this will leave you without Qt integration in the IDE (since free VS versions do not support extensions).

Edit by hyde to add links (verified January 2013):

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For Windows 10 and Qt 5.7, I downloaded and installed the following tools:

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