From 67674bca36005f9a42a1118664b4649152e55311 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leena Miettinen Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 16:05:35 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Doc: Add alternatives for installing Conan The installation has been temporarily removed from Qt Installer. Task-number: QTCREATORBUG-26278 Change-Id: I8de557045857ddaa73e984cce37f31f3d93690bd Reviewed-by: Cristian Adam Reviewed-by: hjk --- doc/qtcreator/src/conan/creator-projects-conan.qdoc | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/qtcreator/src/conan/creator-projects-conan.qdoc b/doc/qtcreator/src/conan/creator-projects-conan.qdoc index abaf4139393..fc20640b861 100644 --- a/doc/qtcreator/src/conan/creator-projects-conan.qdoc +++ b/doc/qtcreator/src/conan/creator-projects-conan.qdoc @@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ sources. Because the client has a local cache for package storage, you can work offline, as long as no new packages are needed from remote servers. - To use Conan, install it by using the Qt installer. + To use Conan, install it by using the Qt installer or the tools provided by + your operating system. For example, on Windows, you can use the + \c {choco install conan} or \{pip install conan} command. To enable the experimental Conan plugin, select \uicontrol Help > \uicontrol {About Plugins} > \uicontrol Utilities > \uicontrol Conan. @@ -63,4 +65,7 @@ Then, you must edit the build settings of the project to specify the location of the file and the contents of the Conan install command. For more information, see \l {Conan Build Steps}. + + Alternatively, you can automatically set up the Conan package manager for + use with CMake. For more information, see \l{Using CMake with Conan}. */