The instructions say 'By default, Qt is configured for installation in the /usr/local/Qt-%VERSION% directory' However, this folder never appears in my /usr/local directory. First make run takes hours, subsequent runs take ~5 mins, so I feel confident that it's working through the make process.īut here's where I'm stuck. No errors, I get the 'nothing to be done for 'first'' message, which I think indicates success. Then I run make in the tmp directory (for me, tmp/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.5) and make runs totally fine, too. configure -prefix $PWD/qtbase -opensource -nomake tests). configure and, as suggested by another website. I specifically need qt5 but brew doesn't support this anymore, so I'm building from source by following these directions: Īll good through unpacking the archive (in tmp), running config (tried running both. I am trying to install qt5.15.5 on an old mac (10.13/high sierra) to run an old program.