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StellarScience | 1 month ago

  git clone --branch v6.10.1 https://code.qt.io/qt/qt5.git .
No login required.

They do require a login to download precompiled binaries, but what self-respecting Hacker News reader wants those?!

Ok, I'll admit, I've done it. And yes, I received Qt marketing at that email alias for a while, but they've stopped.

And remember, Qt has an LPGL license too, not just Commercial and GPL.

EDIT: Ah, ranger_danger pointed out that https://download.qt.io/archive/qt/6.10/ hosts binaries with no login required as well!

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jcelerier|1 month ago

> They do require a login to download precompiled binaries, but what self-respecting Hacker News reader wants those?!

even then, they're freely accessible and there's a simple CLI to get them.

    uvx --from aqtinstall aqt install-qt linux desktop 6.10.1
and tada