[Qt-creator] osx deployment - deployqtHelper_mac.sh

[Ziller Eike]

> On Mar 15, 2015, at 9:48 PM, Petr Vaněk <petr at yarpen.cz> wrote:
> 
> hi all,
> 
> let's assume I want to build my own qt creator for mac (os x). After
> building I have environment dependent "mac bundle" in <BUILD>/bin directory.
> Normally I'd use macdeployqt to make the bundle distributable. And it
> works expect one thing - the "welcome" page-qml (?) is not loaded correctly.
> Then I found deployqtHelper_mac.sh in <SOURCE>/scripts directory.
> Regarding the script content it should provide macdeployqt on steroids.
> But its usage is quite cryptic for me.
> 
> Usage: deployqtHelper_mac.sh <app folder> <qt translations folder> <qt
> plugin folder> <qt quick imports folder> <qt quick 2 imports folder>
> 
> I use standard qt-project distro package located in:
> /Users/pvanek/Qt/5.4/clang_64
> but I'm really wondering what directory should be used for these
> arguments: <qt translations folder> <qt plugin folder> <qt quick imports
> folder> <qt quick 2 imports folder>
> 
> can anybody provide some experience with it, please?

Just run “make deployqt” in your Qt Creator build directory! It does all the magic.
https://wiki.qt.io/Building-Qt-Creator-Packages
If you are interested in what the command line arguments for the script are, have a look at the  deployqt.commands that qtcreator.pro sets for macx.

Br, Eike

> thanks,
> Petr
> 
> 
> lister:clang_64 pvanek$ ls -l
> total 0
> drwxr-xr-x  43 pvanek staff 1462 Mar 15 20:25 bin
> drwxr-xr-x   5 pvanek staff  170 Mar 15 20:25 imports
> drwxr-xr-x   6 pvanek staff  204 Mar 15 20:25 include
> drwxr-xr-x 157 pvanek staff 5338 Mar 15 20:28 lib
> drwxr-xr-x   3 pvanek staff  102 Mar 15 20:25 libexec
> drwxr-xr-x 100 pvanek staff 3400 Mar 15 20:25 mkspecs
> drwxr-xr-x  15 pvanek staff  510 Mar 15 20:25 phrasebooks
> drwxr-xr-x  18 pvanek staff  612 Mar 15 20:25 plugins
> drwxr-xr-x  19 pvanek staff  646 Mar 15 20:27 qml
> drwxr-xr-x 163 pvanek staff 5542 Mar 15 20:25 translations
> 
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