“Could not determine which ”make“ command to run. Check the ”make“ step in the build configuration.” Qt creator

Question

I installed several times the qt creator but it never cost me as much as in my current PC; First I used the installer that always had on my Pendrive (that of Qt 5.8), told m

Answer 1

You have to set a valid compiler to build your project. As any compiler is not set, it is asking you to check the configuration.

For example in my PC, I get the following as compiler output:

11:13:33: Running steps for project ListViewExample...

11:13:33: Configuration unchanged, skipping qmake step.

11:13:33: Starting: "C:\Qt\Qt5.2.1\Tools\mingw48_32\bin\mingw32-make.exe"

C:/Qt/Qt5.2.1/Tools/mingw48_32/bin/mingw32-make -f Makefile.Debug

Here you can observe that C:/Qt/Qt5.2.1/Tools/mingw48_32/bin/mingw32-make is the make compiler which builds the application.

You can set the compiler path here: Tools > Options > Build & Run > Kits. Select the kit displayed and select a valid compiler.

How to add mingw compiler at the time of installation

Reference Video for similar issue

You can try this youtube video link. Hope this solves your problem.