# Slicer 4.8.1 release and transition to Qt5 and VTK9

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-4-8-1-release-and-transition-to-qt5-and-vtk9/1551>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** qt\
**Created:** [November 28, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-4-8-1-release-and-transition-to-qt5-and-vtk9/1551 "2017-11-28T22:57:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![jcfr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jcfr/32/17825_2.png) [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 8:49am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-4-8-1-release-and-transition-to-qt5-and-vtk9/1551/9 "2017-12-27T08:49:11Z")

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> The process will be completed in the coming days. Thanks for your patience

Slicer 4.8.1 packages have been marked as released (see [http://slicer.kitware.com/midas3/folder/4989](http://slicer.kitware.com/midas3/folder/4989)) and should show up on [http://download.slicer.org/](http://download.slicer.org/) shortly.

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