diff --git a/web/content/docs/devguide/getting-started/prerequisites.md b/web/content/docs/devguide/getting-started/prerequisites.md index c1e1e0eed26966f0981256c859c8d69f8697cf00..323cc6c2785aeba1e978f2dfdf9efbeb5390c6f5 100644 --- a/web/content/docs/devguide/getting-started/prerequisites.md +++ b/web/content/docs/devguide/getting-started/prerequisites.md @@ -269,12 +269,52 @@ pip3 install --user ninja Make sure that `ninja` is in the path afterwards. See Conan install instructions above. + +## Optional: Install Qt for the Data Explorer + + +Use [Another Qt installer(aqt)](https://github.com/miurahr/aqtinstall) for installing the Qt binaries to some path on your machine: + +<div class='win'> + +```bat +pip install aqtinstall +mkdir qt +cd qt +aqt install {{< dataFile "versions.tested_version.qt" >}} windows desktop win64_msvc2019_64 -m qtxmlpatterns +``` + +This will install Qt to `[your-directory]/qt/{{< dataFile "versions.tested_version.qt" >}}/msvc2019_64`. + +To finish add `[your-directory]/qt/{{< dataFile "versions.tested_version.qt" >}}/msvc2019_64/bin` bin to the `PATH` environment variable. + +</div> + +<div class='linux'> + +```bash +pip install aqtinstall +mkdir /opt/qt +cd /opt/qt +aqt install {{< dataFile "versions.tested_version.qt" >}} linux desktop -m xmlpatterns,x11extras +``` + +Make sure to add `/opt/qt/{{< dataFile "versions.tested_version.qt" >}}/bin` to the `PATH`. + +</div> + +<div class='mac'> + +See Linux-tab! + +</div> + ## Optional: Install Conan package manager You only need Conan if you intend to build with one of the following settings **and** do not want to install their dependencies manually: -- `OGS_BUILD_GUI` – Builds the Data Explorer, requires Qt -- `OGS_USE_NETCDF` – NetCDF IO, requires netcdf-cxx +- `OGS_USE_LIS` +- `OGS_USE_NETCDF` – NetCDF IO, requires netcdf-cxx4 Install Conan (>= {{< dataFile "versions.minimum_version.conan" >}}) with Python's pip: