This is the qtcreator plugin for ubuntu. To build it run: $ mkdir build $ cd build $ qmake .. $ make To test (if you already have the package "qtcreator-plugin-ubuntu" installed): $ sudo cp ./builddir/lib/qtcreator/plugins/Canonical/libUbuntu.so \ /usr/lib/$(dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH )/qtcreator/plugins/Canonical/libUbuntu.so