Quick Guide

How to deploy project with cqtdeployer.

1. First one you need to install cqtdeployer into your platform

   • Snap (14 more linux destributions):

     sudo snap install cqtdeployer
     

     Or

   Install from snap store and add all requirement permissions.

   

   • Other linux LinuxInstaller.run.

     chmod +x LinuxInstaller.run
     ./LinuxInstaller.run
     

   • Windows installer

2. Build your project on release mode.

3. Deploy yor executable file.

   • For Linux systems:

     cqtdeployer -bin myexecutable
     

   • For Windows systems:

     cqtdeployer -bin myexecutable.exe -qmake C:/Qt/5.15.0/min_gw/bin/qmake.exe
     

   • For crossplatform build (Linux -> Windows)

     cqtdeployer -bin myexecutable.exe -qmake ~/crossbuildet-Qt/5.15.0/min_gw/bin/qmake
     

Extra options

If you use extra libraries, just add path for cqtdeployer to used libs.

cqtdeployer -bin myexecutable -libDir /PathToMyExtraLibs 

If you want find libraries recursively from libDir path, just add recursive Depth option.

cqtdeployer -bin myexecutable -libDir /PathToMyExtraLibs -recursiveDepth 5

If you application use qml, just add qmlDir option

cqtdeployer -bin myexecutable -libDir /PathToMyExtraLibs -recursiveDepth 5 -qmlDir /path/to/my/qml/sources

If you want create simple installer for your application just add gif option.

cqtdeployer -bin myexecutable -libDir /PathToMyExtraLibs -recursiveDepth 5 -qmlDir /path/to/my/qml/sources qif

If you use system libraries from system PATH, just add deploySystem option.

Warning: snap version do not have permision to system files. To deploy system libraries use the cqtdeployer version from the installer

cqtdeployer -bin myexecutable -libDir /PathToMyExtraLibs -recursiveDepth 5 -qmlDir /path/to/my/qml/sources qif deploySystem

If you have any problems with use cqtdeployer then ask you questions on the official github issues page.

For more options of CQtDeploye see oficial documentation.