- Qt Creator Documentation
- Connect remote Linux devices
- Qt Creator 17.0.1

How To

# Connect remote Linux devices

Create connections between generic Linux devices and Qt Creator to run, debug, and analyze applications on them.

To configure connections between Qt Creator and a remote Linux device:

1. Make sure that your device can be reached via an IP address.
2. Go to Preferences > Kits > Qt Versions.
3. Select Add to add the Qt version for embedded Linux.
4. Go to Preferences > Kits > Compilers.
5. Select Add to add the compiler for building the applications.
6. Go to Preferences > Devices > Devices.
7. Select Add to add a remote Linux device.
8. Go to Preferences > Kits.
9. Select Add to add a kit for building for the device.
10. Select the Qt version, compiler, and device that you added above.
11. In Run device, select Remote Linux Device in Type, and then select the actual device to run on in Device.
12. To specify build settings:
    1. Open a project for an application you want to develop for the device.
    2. Select Projects > Build & Run to enable the kit that you specified above.
13. Select Run to specify run settings. Usually, you can use the default settings.

    When you run the project, Qt Creator deploys the application as specified by the deploy steps.

See also How To: Develop for remote Linux, How To: Manage Kits, Developing for Remote Linux Devices, Remote Linux Deploy Configuration, and Remote Linux Run Settings.