This tutorial shows how to cross-compile the Qt 5.5 framework for Beaglebone-Debian. We will build the X11-based version of Qt for the Beaglebone Black board.

Warning: Modern Beaglebone Debian distributions include a pre-built version of Qt that can be used by VisualGDB out-of-the-box. Follow this tutorial to create a cross-compiled Qt5 app based on the pre-built Qt package. The rest of this tutorial demonstrates building of the Qt framework from scratch that can be useful if you need specific Qt configuration that is different from the default package.