[Qt-interest] How to create a custom Qt Installer from VS compiled Qt.

[Michael Jackson]

On 3/10/10 12:56 PM, in article
C10F29AB06447B4881FC0DE1E302E2F205DDA03E09 at sg000036.corproot.net,
"Oliver.Knoll at comit.ch" wrote:

> Michael Jackson wrote on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 6:44 PM:
> 
>> ...
>>  I would really like to be able to just Build Qt using those versions
>> (Using Virtual machines to host the builds) and then create the
>> proper installer for each type of build.
>> 
>>  I keep seeing the files in the qt source download that looks like I
>> could build the installers but either I am missing the documentation
>> or just "can't see the forest for the trees".
>> 
>>  Do I need a commercial license to have access to the technologies
>> needed to generate these installers?
> 
> What /exactly/ do you want to distribute - the entire Qt build (build with the
> various VS versions/service pack levels)? I have never looked at the Qt
> "installer sources", but IIRC it is using some "InstallAnywhere" (=
> commercial) or something? So you would at least have to have this 3rd party
> tool.
> 
> Cheers, Oliver

I would like to distribute a custom built Qt ( I don't need qt43 support,
QtWebkit, SQL Drivers and a few other things) in self contained installer
that supports installing Qt to where ever it is the customer wants. I Have
customers that can NOT write to their "C" drive at all. I have customers
that don't have admin privs and so need a local install in their home
directory. I can certainly build Qt but the folder bloats up to over 2GB in
size where as the installer from Nokia is only a few hundred MB in size.
That is what I want.


Thanks, I'll take a look at InstallAnywhere prices.

Mike Jackson