@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ If you are on desktop and plan to use the Qt frontend, you *must* install Qt 6,
* Linux and macOS users may choose to use the installer as well.
* MSYS2 can also install Qt 6 via the package manager
If you are on Windows, a convenience script to install MSVC, MSYS2, Qt, all necessary packages for MSYS2, and set up a zsh environment with useful keybinds and aliases can be found [here](https://git.crueter.xyz/scripts/windev).
- For help setting up Qt Creator, run `./install.sh -h qtcreator`
If you are on Windows and NOT building with MSYS2, you may go [back home](Build.md) and continue.
## Externals
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<summary>MSYS2</summary>
* Open the `MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit` shell (`mingw64.exe`)
- Using `qt6-static` is possible but currently untested.
- Other environments are entirely untested, but should theoretically work provided you install all the necessary packages.
- Clang is installed as it generally works better here. You can compile with GCC just fine, however.
- Add `qt-creator` to the `MINGW` variable to install Qt Creator. You can then create a Start Menu shortcut to the MinGW Qt Creator by running `powershell "\$s=(New-Object -COM WScript.Shell).CreateShortcut('C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Qt Creator.lnk');\$s.TargetPath='C:\\msys64\\mingw64\\bin\\qtcreator.exe';\$s.Save()"` in Git Bash or MSYS2.
* Add MinGW binaries to the PATH if they aren't already: