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/*!
    \page supported-platforms.html
    \title Supported Platforms
    \brief The platforms supported by Qt.

    Qt is a cross-platform application and UI framework. Using Qt,
    you can write GUI applications once and deploy them
    across desktop, mobile and embedded operating systems without
    rewriting the source code.In Qt 5 all platforms are created using
    the new \l{Qt Platform Abstraction} (QPA), which makes it easier
    than before to port Qt into a new operating system.

    Qt is supported on a variety of 32-bit and 64-bit platforms,
    and can usually be built on each platform with GCC, a vendor-supplied
    compiler, or a third party compiler. Open GL (ES) 2.0 or
    DirectX 9 (with ANGLE) is required for Qt Quick 2. Widgets and
    Qt Quick 1 can be used also without hardware acceleration.

    \section1 Desktop Platforms

    You can develop with Qt on the following desktop platforms:

    \list
        \li \l{Qt for Windows}{Windows}
        \li \l{Qt for Linux/X11}{Linux/X11}
        \li \l{Qt for Mac OS X}{Mac OS X}
    \endlist

    \section1 Embedded Platforms
    You can develop with Qt for the following embedded platforms:
    \list
        \li \l{Qt Enterprise Embedded}{Embedded Android}
        \li Embedded Linux (DirectFB, EGLFS, KMS, and Wayland)
        \li \l{Windows CE - Introduction to using Qt}{Windows Embedded (Compact and Standard)}
        \li Real-Time Operating Systems, such as \l{QNX}, VxWorks and INTEGRITY
    \endlist

    \section1 Mobile Platforms

    You can develop with Qt for the following mobile platforms supported
    by Digia:

    \list
        \li \l{Qt for Android}{Android}
        \li \l{Qt for iOS}{iOS}
    \endlist

    The following platforms also support Qt:

    \list
        \li \l{Qt for BlackBerry}{BlackBerry 10}
        \li \l{Sailfish OS}
    \endlist

    Work in progress ports of Qt exist for:

    \list
        \li WinRT (including Windows Phone)
        \li \l{Tizen}
    \endlist

    For more information about the Qt modules for mobile platforms, visit
    the \l{Mobile APIs} page.

    \section1 Reference Configurations

    A \e {reference configuration} is a combination of an operating system version,
    a compiler version, and a graphics system. The following table lists the
    configurations that are tested by the Qt Project:

    \table
    \header \li Platform
                                     \li Compiler
    \row    \li Ubuntu Linux 11.10, X11 (32-bit and 64-bit)
                                     \li As provided by Ubuntu
    \row    \li Ubuntu Linux 12.04, X11 (64-bit)
                                     \li As provided by Ubuntu
    \row    \li Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit)
                                     \li MSVC 2010 SP1
    \row    \li Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit)
                                     \li \l{http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingwbuilds/files/host-windows/releases/4.8.0/32-bit/threads-posix/dwarf/x32-4.8.0-release-posix-dwarf-rev1.7z}{MinGW-builds gcc 4.8.0 (32-bit)}
    \row    \li Microsoft Windows 8 (32-bit and 64-bit)
                                     \li MSVC 2012 SP2
    \row    \li Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32-bit and 64-bit)
                                     \li MSVC 2012 SP2
    \row    \li Apple Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion", Cocoa (64-bit)
                                     \li Clang as provided by Apple
    \row    \li Apple Mac OS X 10.8 "Mountain Lion", Cocoa (64-bit)
                                     \li Clang as provided by Apple
    \row    \li Apple Mac OS X 10.9 "Mavericks", Cocoa (64-bit)
                                     \li Clang as provided by Apple
    \row    \li Apple iOS 6
                                     \li Clang as provided by Apple
    \row    \li Google Android 4.2
                                     \li As provided by Google (Android NDK 4.8)
    \endtable

    These reference configurations are run on the continuous integration (CI)
    system within Qt Project. In addition, they are subjected to unit test suite
    and other internal testing tools on a frequent basis (prior to new version
    releases, source tree branching, and at other significant period points in
    the development process). Errors or bugs discovered in these platforms are
    prioritized for correction. Significant errors discovered in tested
    configurations can impact release dates.

    Any configurations not listed above are not actively tested by the Qt
    Project. However, Qt may run on configurations other than those actively
    tested on, and additional configurations may be raised to tested state, if
    sufficient effort is made to bring continuous integration to an acceptable
    state for that particular configuration.

    In addition to the reference platforms Qt is occasionally tested on other
    configurations in which it is known to run well. These include, for example:

    \table
    \header \li Platform
                                     \li Compiler
    \row    \li Ubuntu Linux 10.04, X11 (32-bit)
                                     \li As provided by Ubuntu
    \row    \li Microsoft Windows XP (32-bit)
                                     \li MSVC 2008
    \row    \li Apple Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard", Cocoa (32-bit)
                                     \li GCC as provided by Apple
    \endtable

    Digia, Qt partners, open source projects and community users
    are able to provide assistance with various different supported
    platforms and configurations.

    \section1 Availability of Packages

    The Qt Project provides binary Qt installation packages for all of the
    reference platforms from \l{http://qt-project.org/downloads}. The site
    provides download links for all supported development platforms. The
    \l{Qt Installation Program} page has more information about the installers.

    Source packages are also found in the downloads page.
    The \l{Building Qt Sources} page has more information about compiling
    Qt from the source packages.

    \section1 Deployment of Qt Applications

    The deployment procedure for each platform is different and they are
    covered in greater detail in their platform pages. Meanwhile, there is a
    deployment article for summarizing the deployment procedure in general.
    \list
    \li \l{Deploying Qt Applications}
        \list
            \li \l{Platform and Compiler Notes - Android#Deployment}{Android}
            \li \l{Qt for iOS}{iOS}
            \li \l{Qt for Linux/X11 - Deployment}{Linux/X11}
            \li \l{Qt for Mac OS X - Deployment}{Mac OS X}
            \li \l{Qt for Windows - Deployment}{Windows}
        \endlist
    \endlist

    \section1 General Legal Disclaimer

    Please note that Qt is offered on an "as is" basis without warranty
    of any kind and that our products are not error or bug free. To the maximum extent
    permitted by applicable law, Digia on behalf of itself and its suppliers, disclaims all
    warranties and conditions, either express or implied, including, but not limited to,
    implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and
    non-infringement with regard to the Licensed Software.

*/
