Qbs Manual | Configuring

Qbs 1.12.2

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# Configuring

## Setting Up Toolchains

Open a build shell (on Windows open an MSVC command prompt, on other platforms you can usually open the default shell):

      qbs setup-toolchains --detect

The tool chain detector automatically sets up a profile for each detected tool chain. You can list the existing profiles by running:

      qbs config --list profiles

Now you should be ready to build your first project with Qbs. Go into examples/helloworld-minimal and type:

      qbs profile:<profile name>

If you want to build projects that use Qt, additional steps are necessary. Please refer to Managing Qt Versions for more information.

## Managing Settings

You can use the config command to manage Qbs settings, such as preferences and profiles from the command line or the config-ui command to open the Qbs Settings application where you can manage the settings in a hierarchical view.

Qbs Settings displays the keys in the specified settings directory and their values. To expand all keys, select View > Expand All (Ctrl+E or Cmd+E on macOS). To collapse all keys, select Collapse All (Ctrl+C or Cmd+C).

To change the value of a key, double-click it and enter the new value.

To save your changes, select File > Save.

To refresh the settings from the settings directory, select File > Reload.

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