Available for GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows

Oct 12, 2016 21:15 GMT  ·  By

Today, October 12, 2016, the Qt Company, through Tuukka Turunen, announced the general availability of the second maintenance release to the long-term supported Qt 5.6 open-source and cross-platform GUI toolkit.

Qt 5.6.2 is here four months after the release of the first maintenance version, Qt 5.6.1, bringing approximately 900 improvements and bug fixes to keep Qt 5.6 a stable and reliable release for Qt application developers on GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows operating systems.

"This is the second patch release to the long-term supported Qt 5.6, and there will still be more patch releases to come. While a patch release does not bring new features, it contains security fixes, error corrections and general improvements," says Tuukka Turunen in today's announcement.

If you're curious to know what exactly has been changed in the Qt 5.6.2 maintenance update, we recommend studying the changelogs for each module included in the toolkit. To update your Qt 5.6.1 installation to Qt 5.6.2, you can use the online installer, or download the binaries for GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows from the official website.

As mentioned before, Qt 5.6 is a long-term support release, which means that it will receive more updates in the coming months. Also, the Qt 5.7 branch, which is currently the latest stable and most advanced version, will get its first point release at the end of the month, along with the Beta of the upcoming Qt 5.8 series.