Building Qt6 discouraged?

Christoph Kukulies kuku at kukulies.org
Tue Apr 1 15:09:37 UTC 2025


Hi Marius,

thanks for answering. I'm using BigSur 11.7.10 - no chance to ugrade since I'm running a mid 2014 MBP.


> Am 01.04.2025 um 17:00 schrieb Marius Schamschula <mschamschula at gmail.com>:
> 
> Christoph,
> 
> Qt6 (for that matter all versions of Qt) only have limited backward compatibility for macOS.
> 
> Which macOS version are you trying to build on?
> 
>> On Apr 1, 2025, at 9:49 AM, Christoph Kukulies via macports-users <macports-users at lists.macports.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I'm trying to build LibrePCB from Sources under macOS. After having take the first hurdle, opencascade, I'm now
>> trying to take the next one, Qt 6.2.#When typing in:
>> 
>> $ sudo port install qt6
>> Password:
>> qt6 is known to fail. Try to install anyway? [y/N]:
>> 
>> What should I answer? Alternative?
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Christoph
>> 
> 
> Marius
> --
> Marius Schamschula
> 
> 
> 

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