QtCreator: No valid kits found

Installed just the IDE on Windows 7. I want to create a Plain C++ Project (Non-QT Project); however I get an error: No valid kits found. When I click on Options->Kits, I see the Desktop (default) kit, and it shows no errors.

Am I getting the error because I didn't install a Qt library? If so, is there any way I can bypass downloading/installing that and just use the IDE?

Though OP is asking about Windows, this error also occurs on Ubuntu Linux and Google lists this result first when you search for the error"QtCreator: No valid kits found".

On Ubuntu this is solved by running:

For Qt5:

sudo apt-get install qt5-default

For Qt4:

sudo apt-get install qt4-dev-tools libqt4-dev libqt4-core libqt4-gui

This question is answered here and here, though those entries are less SEO-friendly...

Found the issue. Qt Creator wants you to use a compiler listed under one of their Qt libraries. Use the Maintenance Tool to install this.

To do so:

Go to Tools -> Options.... Select Build & Run on left. Open Kits tab. You should have Manual -> Desktop (default) line in list. Choose it. Now select something like Qt 5.5.1 in PATH (qt5) in Qt version combobox and click Apply button. From now you should be able to create, build and run empty Qt project.

No valid Kits found The problem occurs because qt-creator don't know the versions of your qt, your compiler or your debugger. First off, let's solve the Qt versions. It may normally solve the others too ;).

You try to create a new project, run select a kit and then there is no kit available in the list.

Follow the steps:

1. Execute in your terminal the command: sudo apt-get install qt5-default to install qt version 5.
2. Verify the version of your Qt and the location of your qmake file. Do this by executing in your terminal the command qmake --version. You may have a result similar to this line. QMake version 3.1 Using Qt version 5.9.5 in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu. What's important here is the location /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu.
3. Open your Qt-creator.
4. Go to "Tools>Options" or "Outils>Options"
5. Select the Qt Versions combobox and select and click "Add" or "Ajouter"
6. Then find the qmake file in the location of step 2. Here /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/ here you have the qmake file for qt5. Open it, click Apply.
7. Go to "Kits" combobox. Select Desktop(by default) or Desktop(par défaut). Then scroll down to the button to select Qt version: and list down to select the version you just add. 8.Then apply all. Check your compiler and debugger and it's ok. You're done.

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