[oi-dev] tips for building a Qt6 extension?

Tim Mooney Tim.Mooney at ndsu.edu
Tue Oct 27 20:30:22 UTC 2026


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Some software I'm experimenting with needs Qt WebEngineWidgets,

 	https://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qtwebengine/qtwebengine-platform-notes.html

That's not part of OI's Qt6 build.  That's fine, it looks like it should
be built (and if relevant, packaged) separately.

I've never built a Qt extension, though, and this one specifically says
it can't be built with GNU C/C++, it requires Clang.

I'm not asking anyone to build and package this, but I'm wondering if
anyone has any suggestions for building *any* Qt(6) extension with Clang?
I'm pretty familiar with gcc, but I have next to no experience with Clang.

It looks like OI's qtcreator package uses g++ but also requires Clang?
Would that be the best option for an example, or is there something
better?

Thanks,

Tim
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