.. _string-options-ref:

Command Line Options
====================

The CLI uses argparse to parse the command line options so the short or long versions may be used and the
long options may be truncated to the shortest unambiguous abbreviation.

Generic commands
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.. program::  aqt

.. option:: help

    show generic help

.. option:: list <Qt version> <target OS>

    list available variations.
    positional arguments:
    qt_version            Qt version in the format of "5.X.Y"
    {linux,mac,windows}   host os name
    {desktop,winrt,android,ios} target sdk

Installation command
--------------------

.. program::  aqt

.. option:: install <Qt version> <target OS> <target variant> <target architecture>

    install Qt library specified version and target.
    There are various combinations to accept according to Qt version.

.. describe:: Qt version

    This is a Qt version such as 5.9,7, 5.12.1 etc

.. describe:: target OS

    linux, windows or mac

.. describe:: target variant

    desktop, ios or android

.. describe:: target architecture

   * gcc_64 for linux desktop

   * clang_64 for mac desktop

   * win64_msvc2019_64, win64_msvc2017_64, win64_msvc2015_64, win32_msvc2015, win32_mingw53 for windows desktop

   * android_armv7, android_arm64_v8a, android_x86, android_x86_64 for android

.. option:: --version, -v

    Display version

.. option:: --help, -h

    Display help text

.. option:: --outputdir, -O <Output Directory>

    specify output directory.

.. option:: --base, -b <base url>

    specify mirror site base url such as  -b 'https://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/qt/'
    where 'online' folder exist.

.. option:: --modules, -m <list of modules>

    specify extra modules to install as a list.

.. code-block::

    -m qtcharts qtdatavis3d qtlottie qtnetworkauth qtpurchasing qtquicktimeline qtscript qtvirtualkeyboard qtwebglplugin


.. option:: --archives <list of archives>

    [Advanced] Specify subset of archives to **limit** installed archives.
    This is advanced option and not recommended to use for general usage.
    Main purpose is speed up CI/CD process by limiting installed modules.
    It can cause broken installation of Qt SDK.

.. option:: --noarchives

    [Advanced] Specify not to install all base packages.
    This is advanced option and you should use with --modules option.
    This allow you to add modules to existent Qt installation.

Tool installation commands
--------------------------

.. program::  aqt

.. option:: src <Qt version> <target OS> <target variant>

    install Qt sources specified version and target.


.. option:: doc <Qt version> <target OS> <target variant>

    install Qt documents specified version and target.


.. option:: examples <Qt version> <target OS> <target variant>

    install Qt examples specified version and target.


.. option:: tool <target OS> <target tool name> <target tool version> <tool variant name>

    install tools specified. tool name may be 'tools_openssl_x64', 'tools_ninja', 'tools_ifw', 'tools_cmake'
    and tool variants name may be 'qt.tools.openssl.gcc_64', 'qt.tools.ninja',  'qt.tools.ifw.32', 'qt.tools.cmake'.
    You may need to looking for version number at  https://download.qt.io/online/qtsdkrepository/


Command examples
================


Example: Installing Qt SDK 5.12.0 for Linux with QtCharts and QtNetworkAuth:

.. code-block:: bash

    pip install aqtinstall
    sudo aqt install --outputdir /opt 5.12.0 linux desktop -m qtcharts qtnetworkauth


Example: Installing Android (armv7) Qt 5.10.2:

.. code-block:: bash

    aqt install 5.10.2 linux android android_armv7


Example: Install examples, doc and source:

.. code-block:: bash

    C:\ aqt examples 5.15.0 windows desktop -m qtcharts qtnetworkauth
    C:\ aqt doc 5.15.0 windows desktop -m qtcharts qtnetworkauth
    C:\ aqt src 5.15.0 windows desktop


Example: Install Web Assembly

.. code-block:: bash

    aqt install 5.15.0 linux desktop wasm_32


Example: Install an Install FrameWork (IFW):

.. code-block:: bash

    aqt tool linux tools_ifw 4.0 qt.tools.ifw.40


Example: Install vcredist:

.. code-block:: bash

    C:\ aqt tool windows tools_vcredist 2019-02-13-1 qt.tools.vcredist_msvc2019_x64
    C:\ .\Qt\Tools\vcredist\vcredist_msvc2019_x64.exe /norestart /q


Example: Install MinGW on Windows

.. code-block:: bash

    C:\ aqt tool -O c:\Qt windows tools_mingw 8.1.0-1-202004170606 qt.tools.win64_mingw810w
    c:\ set PATH=C:\Qt\Tools\mingw810_64\bin


Example: Show help message

.. code-block:: bash

    aqt help