Supported Platforms

You can install and run Qt Creator on several operating systems to create applications for multiple desktop and mobile device platforms.

Development Platforms

Qt Creator is available in binary packages for the following operating systems:

Windows 7
Windows XP Service Pack 2
Windows Vista
(K)Ubuntu Linux 8.04 (32-bit and 64-bit) or later, with the following:
- g++
- make
- libglib2.0-dev
- libSM-dev
- libxrender-dev
- libfontconfig1-dev
- libxext-dev
- libfreetype6-dev
- libx11-dev
- libxcursor-dev
- libxfixes-dev
- libxft-dev
- libxi-dev
- libxrandr-dev
- If you are using QtOpenGL, libgl-dev and libglu-dev
Mac OS 10.5 or later with the following:
- Xcode tools for your Mac OS X version available from your Mac OS X installation DVDs or at http://developer.apple.com.

To build Qt Creator from the source, see the requirements and instructions in the readme file that is located in the source repository.

You can develop applications for the following platforms:

The following table summarizes operating system support for developing applications for mobile device platforms.

Platform
Desktop	Qt Simulator	Maemo 5	MeeGo Harmattan	Generic Remote Linux	Symbian
Windows	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Linux	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (by using Remote Compiler for building)
Mac OS X	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (by using Remote Compiler for building)