MiQT MacOS arm64 support

[ksckaan1]

I have tried MiQT on macos arm64. It's running properly. I tried example hello world application on the example folder.

I followed to run commands on bellow

xcode-select --install
brew install golang
brew install pkg-config
brew install qt@5
go build -ldflags '-s -w'

But after running these commands, i occurend an error output about pkg-config.

Then i added some lines in my .zshrc or .zprofile file that written like output running after brew install qt@5 command.

Like bellow

We agreed to the Qt open source license for you.
If this is unacceptable you should uninstall.

You can add Homebrew's Qt to QtCreator's "Qt Versions" in:
  Preferences > Qt Versions > Link with Qt...
pressing "Choose..." and selecting as the Qt installation path:
  /opt/homebrew/opt/qt@5

qt@5 is keg-only, which means it was not symlinked into /opt/homebrew,
because this is an alternate version of another formula.

If you need to have qt@5 first in your PATH, run:
  echo 'export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/qt@5/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc

For compilers to find qt@5 you may need to set:
  export LDFLAGS="-L/opt/homebrew/opt/qt@5/lib"
  export CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/homebrew/opt/qt@5/include"

For pkg-config to find qt@5 you may need to set:
  export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/qt@5/lib/pkgconfig"

[mappu]

Thanks for trying MIQT!

• What is the output of pkg-config --cflags Qt5Widgets ?

I think the final command (export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=...) would be essential to make miqt work on your system. If you only put it in your zshrc, it would not take effect until zsh is restarted.

[ksckaan1]

You're welcome!

Output for pkg-config --cflags Qt5Widgets.

-DQT_WIDGETS_LIB -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/qt@5/5.15.17/lib/QtWidgets.framework/Headers -F/opt/homebrew/Cellar/qt@5/5.15.17/lib -DQT_GUI_LIB -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/qt@5/5.15.17/lib/QtGui.framework/Headers -DQT_CORE_LIB -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/qt@5/5.15.17/lib/QtCore.framework/Headers

If there is something else you wonder in Mac OS Arm64 systems, I would be happy to help.

[mappu]

That output looks pretty good. 👍

So, what happens when you do go build of a Miqt project? Does it work, or else what is the full error message?

We could add a message to the Miqt README.md guide for macOS, to say that the export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=... part should definitely be used.

[ksckaan1]

Everything is OK! There is no problem when running or building app. I just wanna mention more detailed about macOS arm64 build. Because some parts may skipable by user when trying for first time. I will be add this env var info to README.md file