[Interest] Qt installer framework problems linux

[Ferguson, Eric W (397B)]

Hi there,

So I am trying to build a linux installer for my QT application. I downloaded the latest version of QT (5.4.1) and built QT statically using the configuration described in the INSTALL file in the installer-framework repository's root directory. The installer-framework also built just fine and my application's installer built when I ran the binary creator tool. However, when I deployed the installer to a clean Ubuntu 12.04 machine, I get the following warning and the fonts in the installer appear as just boxes. Do you know how I could fix this problem? Thanks!

[4] Warning: QFontDatabase: Cannot find font directory /home/eferguso/Qt/5.4/Src/qtbase/lib/fonts - is Qt installed correctly?

Below is a reference to the configuration settings I used to build QT statically. I built QT and the installer framework on a Ubuntu 12.04 machine.

configure -prefix $PWD/qtbase -release -static -accessibility -qt-zlib -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -qt-xcb -qt-pcre -qt-freetype -no-glib -no-cups -no-sql-sqlite -no-qml-debug -no-opengl -no-egl -no-xinput -no-xinput2 -no-sm -nomake examples -nomake tests -skip qtactiveqt -skip qtenginio -skip qtlocation -skip qtmultimedia -skip qtserialport -skip qtquick1 -skip qtquickcontrols -skip qtscript -skip qtsensors -skip qtwebkit -skip qtwebsockets -skip qtxmlpatterns

Build options:
  Configuration .......... accessibility accessibility-atspi-bridge audio-backend avx c++11 clock-gettime clock-monotonic compile_examples concurrent dbus evdev eventfd freetype full-config getaddrinfo getifaddrs gif harfbuzz iconv inotify ipv6ifname jpeg large-config largefile linuxfb medium-config minimal-config mremap nis pcre png posix_fallocate precompile_header qpa qpa reduce_exports reduce_relocations release rpath small-config sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 static xcb xcb-plugin xcb-qt xcb-xlib xkbcommon-qt xlib xrender zlib
  Build parts ............ libs tools
  Mode ................... release
  Using C++11 ............ yes
  Using gold linker....... no
  Using PCH .............. yes
  Target compiler supports:
    SSE2/SSE3/SSSE3 ...... yes/yes/yes
    SSE4.1/SSE4.2 ........ yes/yes
    AVX/AVX2 ............. yes/no

Qt modules and options:
  Qt D-Bus ............... yes (loading dbus-1 at runtime)
  Qt Concurrent .......... yes
  Qt GUI ................. yes
  Qt Widgets ............. yes
  Large File ............. yes
  QML debugging .......... no
  Use system proxies ..... no

Support enabled for:
  Accessibility .......... yes
  ALSA ................... no
  CUPS ................... no
  Evdev .................. yes
  FontConfig ............. no
  FreeType ............... qt
  Glib ................... no
  GTK theme .............. no
  HarfBuzz ............... yes (bundled copy)
  Iconv .................. yes
  ICU .................... no
  Image formats:
    GIF .................. yes (in QtGui, using bundled copy)
    JPEG ................. yes (in QtGui, using bundled copy)
    PNG .................. yes (in QtGui, using bundled copy)
  journald ............... no
  mtdev .................. no
  Networking:
    getaddrinfo .......... yes
    getifaddrs ........... yes
    IPv6 ifname .......... yes
    OpenSSL .............. no
  NIS .................... yes
  OpenGL / OpenVG:
    EGL .................. no
    OpenGL ............... no
    OpenVG ............... no
  PCRE ................... yes (bundled copy)
  pkg-config ............. yes
  PulseAudio ............. no
  QPA backends:
    DirectFB ............. no
    EGLFS ................ no
    KMS .................. no
    LinuxFB .............. yes
    XCB .................. yes (bundled copy)
      EGL on X ........... no
      GLX ................ no
      MIT-SHM ............ yes
      Xcb-Xlib ........... yes
      Xcursor ............ yes (loaded at runtime)
      Xfixes ............. yes (loaded at runtime)
      Xi ................. no
      Xi2 ................ no
      Xinerama ........... yes (loaded at runtime)
      Xrandr ............. yes (loaded at runtime)
      Xrender ............ yes
      XKB ................ yes
      XShape ............. yes
      XSync .............. yes
      XVideo ............. yes
  Session management ..... no
  SQL drivers:
    DB2 .................. no
    InterBase ............ no
    MySQL ................ no
    OCI .................. no
    ODBC ................. no
    PostgreSQL ........... no
    SQLite 2 ............. no
    SQLite ............... no
    TDS .................. no
  udev ................... no
  xkbcommon .............. yes (bundled copy, XKB config root: /usr/share/X11/xkb)
  zlib ................... yes (bundled copy)


WARNING: Using static linking will disable the use of dynamically
loaded plugins. Make sure to import all needed static plugins,
or compile needed modules into the library.

Qt is now configured for building. Just run 'make'.
Once everything is built, Qt is installed.
You should not run 'make install'.

Prior to reconfiguration, make sure you remove any leftovers from
the previous build.



Eric Ferguson
NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mission Operations Engineer (397B)
818.634.1928

"It’s human nature to stretch, to go, to see, to understand. Exploration is not a choice, really; it’s an imperative." - Michael Collins
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