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Unlike the online installer (which downloads components on the fly), the offline installer contains a pre-selected set of components for a specific host platform (Windows, Linux, or macOS) and target compiler. It is larger, but does not require a continuous internet connection during installation. Qt6 Offline Installer

./qt-opensource-linux-x64-6.5.3.run --script control_script.js --silent

This allows you to deploy Qt6 to 100 build agents in parallel without human intervention.

A: Yes, but availability varies. Qt often restricts the most recent offline installers to commercial license holders. Open-source users may need to use the Online Installer or compile Qt from source if an offline package is unavailable for the latest version.

qt-unified-windows-x64-6.5.3.exe --script qt-install-script.qs --platform minimal

Example qt-install-script.qs:

function Controller() 
    installer.autoRejectMessageBoxes();
    installer.installationFinished.connect(function() 
        gui.clickButton(buttons.NextButton);
    );
Controller.prototype.WelcomePageCallback = function() 
    gui.clickButton(buttons.NextButton);
;
Controller.prototype.ComponentSelectionPageCallback = function() 
    // Select desired components by widget name
    var widget = gui.currentPageWidget();
    widget.deselectAll();
    widget.selectComponent("qt.qt6.650.gcc_64");
    widget.selectComponent("qt.qt6.650.qtcharts");
    gui.clickButton(buttons.NextButton);
;

Once you have the offline installer file, the process is robust and fast.

For DevOps engineers, the GUI installation is a bottleneck. The Qt6 Offline Installer supports command-line, silent installation using a control script.

| Feature | Offline Installer | Online Installer | |---------|------------------|------------------| | Internet required | Only for download | During entire install | | Component selection | Fixed at download time | Flexible, any combination | | Install size | Larger (contains all selected) | Smaller (downloads only needed) | | Multiple machines | Copy once, install many times | Each machine downloads its own | | Version updates | Uninstall & reinstall | Use Maintenance Tool | | Availability | Commercial primarily | Open-source + Commercial |

qmake --version
# Should show: Using Qt version 6.x.x