Install Xcode

A full installation of Xcode.app is required to compile qt5.
Xcode can be installed from the App Store.

After installing Xcode you need to do bellow. See this discussion.

sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

(cd /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin; sudo ln -s xcodebuild xcrun)

Install Homebrew

See Install Homebrew.

Install tools and dependencies

brew install pkg-config autoconf automake libtool openssl boost

Install ibtorrent-rasterbar from source

git clone https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent.git

cd libtorrent

git checkout RC_1_0

Edit the src/Makefile.am file. Find the libtorrent_rasterbar_la_LIBADD = line and add @OPENSSL_LDFLAGS@ before @OPENSSL_LIBS@.
sed -i “” -e "s/^$libtorrent_rasterbar_la_LIBADD$$.*$$@OPENSSL_LIBS@$/\1\2@OPENSSL_LDFLAGS@ \3/" src/Makefile.am

./autotool.sh

CXXFLAGS=-std=c++11 ./configure --disable-dependency-tracking --disable-silent-rules --enable-encryption --prefix=/usr/local --with-boost=/usr/local/opt/boost --with-openssl=/usr/local/opt/openssl

make && make install

Install qt5 from source

curl -L -O https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/5.7/5.7.0/single/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.7.0.tar.xz

tar xvf qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.7.0.tar.xz

cd qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.7.0

Apply this patch.
curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/okeatime/dc2f7dabd9321e8b57cdb27a096e4058/raw/72dc3618423b1e9876d3d4b94412f977b9a2f33e/macdeployqt.patch | patch -p1

OPENSSL_LIBS='-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib -lssl -lcrypto' ./configure -prefix /usr/local/qt5.7.0 -I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include -no-rpath -opensource -confirm-license -release -openssl-linked -no-securetransport -make libs -make tools -nomake examples -nomake tests -skip qt3d -skip qtactiveqt -skip qtandroidextras -skip qtcanvas3d -skip qtdeclarative -skip qtdoc -skip qtgraphicaleffects -skip qtimageformats -skip qtlocation -skip qtmacextras -skip qtmultimedia -skip qtquickcontrols -skip qtscript -skip qtsensors -skip qtserialport -skip qtsvg -skip qtwayland -skip qtwebchannel -skip qtwebsockets -skip qtwinextras -skip qtx11extras -skip qtxmlpatterns -skip qtwebview -skip qtwebengine -skip qtconnectivity -v

make && make install

Download qBittorrent source

Download main source from qBittorrent's download page and extract the tarball or grab the HEAD from GitHub (git clone https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent.git).
Optional: Download the geoip dat file and extract it to qbittorrent's src/gui/geoip folder using gzip or a similar tool.

Compilation

Set environment variable: export QT_QMAKE=/usr/local/qt5.7.0/bin
Configuration: ./configure --disable-qt-dbus
Compilation: make -j4 where 4 is your number of cores
Packaging: $QT_QMAKE/macdeployqt src/qbittorrent.app (may require sudo)
Or packaging and create DMG: $QT_QMAKE/macdeployqt src/qbittorrent.app -dmg (may require sudo)

Optionally install python for the search function

You can choose python2 or python3.

brew install python
or
brew install python3

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