build: Remove any mentions of qmake from the documentation

This removes all mentions of the qmake build system from our build instructions because we are planning to remove support for qmake in the near future. Building using cmake should work fine on all platforms.
gui17aume · Aug 13, 2021 · c54304c · c54304c
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diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ It requires SQLite and Qt 5.x to be installed first.  These are the
     $ brew tap sqlitebrowser/sqlite3
     $ brew install sqlitefts5
     $ brew install qt
+    $ brew install cmake
     $ brew link sqlitefts5 --force
 
 Then it's just a matter of getting the source:
@@ -148,43 +149,16 @@ its name (eg ~/tmp/foo'), as compiling will error out.
 
 And compiling it:
 
-    $ cd sqlitebrowser
-    $ qmake CONFIG+="c++14"
-    $ make
-    $ brew unlink sqlitefts5
-    $ mv src/DB\ Browser\ for\ SQLite.app /Applications/
-
-An icon for "DB Browser for SQLite" should now be in your main OSX Applications
-list, ready to launch.
-
-**Note 2** - There have been occasional [reports of compilation problems on OSX
-10.9](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/issues/38), with the
-'make' step complaining about no targets.  This seems to be solvable by
-running:
-
-    $ qmake -spec macx-g++ CONFIG+="c++14"
-
-or:
-
-    $ qmake -spec macx-llvm CONFIG+="c++14"
-
-(before the 'make' step)
-
-### Building with CMake
-
-Install Qt and SQLite as instructed in the previous section and clone the repo to a directory (it's `sqlitebrowser` as usual).
-
-Install CMake:
-
-    $ brew install cmake
-
-And build with these commands:
-
     $ cd sqlitebrowser
     $ mkdir build       # You can easily make a fresh build again by removing this directory
     $ cd build
     $ cmake -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/usr/local/opt/qt ..
     $ cmake --build .
+    $ brew unlink sqlitefts5
+    $ mv sqlitebrowser.app /Applications/DB\ Browser\ for\ SQLite.app
+
+An icon for "DB Browser for SQLite" should now be in your main OSX Applications
+list, ready to launch.
 
 ### Compiling on Windows with MSVC
 
@@ -252,12 +226,11 @@ to download and compile the code as described on the
 
 If SQLCipher is installed, simply follow the standard instructions for your
 platform but enable the 'sqlcipher' build option by replacing any calls to
-cmake and qmake like this:
+cmake like this:
 ```
 If it says...			Change it to...
 cmake				cmake -Dsqlcipher=1
 cmake ..			cmake -Dsqlcipher=1 ..
-qmake				qmake CONFIG+=sqlcipher
 ```
 
 ## Building and running the Unit Tests

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ Check `LICENSE-PLUGINS` for other rights regarding included third-party resource
   [download-img]: https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/total.svg
   [download]: https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases
 
-  [qt-img]: https://img.shields.io/badge/Qt-qmake-green.svg
+  [qt-img]: https://img.shields.io/badge/Qt-cmake-green.svg
   [qt]: https://www.qt.io
 
   [coverity-img]: https://img.shields.io/coverity/scan/11712.svg