CMake macro to deploy and create installer for Qt application on windows.
The project provide a cmake function that wrap linuxdeployqt. You will need linuxdeployqt installed for the function to work.
This Linux Deployment Tool, linuxdeployqt, takes an application as input and makes it self-contained by copying in the resources that the application uses (like libraries, graphics, and plugins) into a bundle. The resulting bundle can be distributed as an AppDir or as an AppImage to users, or can be put into cross-distribution packages. It can be used as part of the build process to deploy applications written in C, C++, and other compiled languages with systems like CMake, qmake, and make. When used on Qt-based applications, it can bundle a specific minimal subset of Qt required to run the application.
add_qt_linux_appimage(MyApp
ALL
APP_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/AppDir
QML_DIR ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/qml
NO_COPYRIGHT_FILES
# NO_TRANSLATIONS
# NO_PLUGINS
# NO_STRIP
# NO_APPIMAGE
VERBOSE_LEVEL 3
)This function will generate a target MyAppAppImage.
APP_DIR
Should point to the folder containing an AppDir structure.
└── usr
├── bin
│ └── your_app
├── lib
└── share
├── applications
│ └── your_app.desktop
└── icons
└── <theme>
└── <resolution>
└── apps
└── your_app.png
QML_DIR
Scan for QML imports in the given path.
NO_TRANSLATIONS
Skip deployment of translations.
NO_PLUGINS
Skip plugin deployment.
EXTRA_PLUGINS
List of extra qt plugins to deploy.
EXTRA_PLUGINS
"platformthemes/libqgtk3.so"
"sqldrivers/libqmsql.so"
"iconengines"
"gamepads"More about -extra-plugins in official Readme
NO_STRIP
Don't run 'strip' on the binaries.
NO_APPIMAGE
Only create AppDir
NO_COPYRIGHT_FILES
Skip deployment of copyright files.
The project QaterialGallery show usage.
It can be very annoying to set the perfect environment to deploy an app, even in CI. I created a docker image ready to be used with this macro.