[Qt-interest] Deploying apps in MacOS

[Dominik Kapusta]

Yep, but note that macdeployqt takes care only of Qt frameworks.
frameworkdeployqt.pl script can fix dependencies for other frameworks that
depend on Qt. If you have other non-Qt-dependent dynamic libraries, you
would have to deal with them on your own (this includes adding their
dependencies to the bundle as well) - let otool and install_name_tool be
your friends :)

Dominik


---------- Missatge reenviat ----------
> From: Deepak Chandran <dchandran1 at yahoo.com>
> To: Qt-interest <qt-interest at trolltech.com>
> Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 13:32:50 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: Re: [Qt-interest] Deploying apps in MacOS
> Thanks for all the help on this. I will try macdeployqt as well as
> EasyDMG.  My application has about a dozen plug-ins (dynamic libraries), but
> I think the same "otool' and "install_name_tool" procedure (done by
> macdeployqt) to change their reference to the one inside the bundle, right?
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Dominik Kapusta <d at ayoy.net>
> *To:* Qt-interest <qt-interest at trolltech.com>
> *Sent:* Sunday, May 31, 2009 7:18:00 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Qt-interest] Deploying apps in MacOS
>
> Concerning dmg creation, what about using e.g. EasyDMG:
>
> http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15863/easydmg
>
> then creating a folder where you put:
>
> 1. your application bundle
> 2. a shortcut to /Applications (or another folder where you intend to have
> the application installed).
>
> Doesn't look eye-candy awesome, but provides basic drag'n'drop
> functionality
> for easy installation.
>
> Dominik
>
>
>
>
> On 09-05-31 17:02, "Alexandre Courbot" <gnurou at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Deploying on Mac is indeed much easier since macdeployqt is
> > distributed with Qt (starting from 4.5,if I remember correctly). I
> > only have one complain about it, that it copies all plugins
> > inconditionally - being able to specify a list of plugins to copy
> > would help reducing the size of the bundle.
> >
> > <rant>
> > The problem that remains is to create a nice .dmg installer.
> > Macdeployqt is capable of creating a .dmg image, but it is clearly not
> > decent for the end-user to use (i.e. no "Drop the icon into the
> > application folder"). Because of that, it's still more convenient to
> > create a Windows-based installer using NSIS, since one only have to
> > specify the DLLs and plugins to use and end up with a pretty usable
> > installer. Right, there are tutorials for creating dmg images (see
> >
> http://digital-sushi.org/entry/how-to-create-a-disk-image-installer-for-apple
> -
> > mac-os-x/
> > ), but seriously this is a lot of hassle for a simple drag'n drop
> > installer!
> >
> > Last point, the fact that Qt libraries must be embedded with the
> > application makes the whole thing *huge*, but Qt is not to blame for
> > that. Here, both Mac and Windows suck equally - when will there be a
> > decent packaging and dependencies software that is available out of
> > the box on these systems?
> > </rant>
> >
> > Alex.
> >
>
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