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2. Install Qt:
*Note*: Qt 5.7 is the minimum version required to build the GUI. This makes **some** distributions (mostly based on debian, like Ubuntu 16.x or Linux Mint 18.x) obsolete. You can still build the GUI if you install an [official Qt release](https://wiki.qt.io/Install_Qt_5_on_Ubuntu), but this is not officially supported.
*Note*: Qt 5.9.7 is the minimum version required to build the GUI. This makes **some** distributions (mostly based on debian, like Ubuntu 16.x or Linux Mint 18.x) obsolete due to their repositories containing an older Qt version.
The recommended way is to install 5.9.7 from the [official Qt installer](https://www.qt.io/download-qt-installer) or [compiling it yourself](https://wiki.qt.io/Install_Qt_5_on_Ubuntu). This ensures you have the correct version. Higher versions *can* work but as it differs from our production build target, slight differences may occur.
The following instructions will fetch Qt from your distribution's repositories instead. Take note of what version it installs. Your mileage may vary.
- For Ubuntu 17.10+
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4. Install Qt:
`brew install qt5` (or download QT 5.8+ from [qt.io](https://www.qt.io/download-open-source/))
`brew install qt5` (or download QT 5.9.7+ from [qt.io](https://www.qt.io/download-open-source/))
If you have an older version of Qt installed via homebrew, you can force it to use 5.x like so:
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