Arttu Tarkiainen c7066c9dc2 Update usage of Apple-related terminology
Replace deprecated Q_OS_OSX macro used in several places with the newer
Q_OS_MACOS. Old style reference of Apple's desktop operating system name
as "OS X" in documentation and files are also replaced with "macOS"
where applicable.

Task-number: QTIFW-1406
Change-Id: I0561d5e0d964917ac4fca0702d58a06b85d30e57
Reviewed-by: Katja Marttila <katja.marttila@qt.io>
2019-08-16 08:35:19 +00:00

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How to build
=====================
The instructions should help you build the Installer Framework from scratch.
Get the sources
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Use Git to check out the Qt Installer Framework sources that are hosted at:
http://code.qt.io/cgit/installer-framework/installer-framework.git/
Build a static Qt
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Building the Qt Installer Framework from sources requires Qt version 5.9.x.
Supported compilers are MSVC 2013 or newer, GCC 4.7 or newer,
and Clang 3.1 or newer.
If you want to ship your installer as a single file you have to build
Qt and the Qt Installer Framework statically.
See the Qt documentation for the prerequisites and steps to build Qt from sources.
Please read SSL Import and Export Restrictions from http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/ssl.html if
you are statically linking against OpenSSL libraries.
### Windows
Recommended configuration options for Microsoft Windows:
configure -prefix %CD%\qtbase -release -static -static-runtime -accessibility -no-icu -no-sql-sqlite -no-qml-debug -nomake examples -nomake tests
Build Qt:
nmake (or 'mingw32-make') module-qtbase module-qtdeclarative module-qttools module-qttranslations module-qtwinextras
### Linux
Recommended configuration options for Linux:
configure -prefix $PWD/qtbase -release -static -accessibility -qt-zlib -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -qt-xcb -qt-pcre -no-glib -no-cups -no-sql-sqlite -no-qml-debug -no-opengl -no-egl -no-xinput2 -no-sm -no-icu -nomake examples -nomake tests -no-libudev
Build Qt:
make module-qtbase module-qtdeclarative module-qttools module-qttranslations
### macOS
Recommended configuration options for macOS:
configure -prefix $PWD/qtbase -release -static -no-securetransport -accessibility -qt-zlib -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -no-cups -no-sql-sqlite -no-qml-debug -nomake examples -nomake tests -no-freetype
Build Qt:
make module-qtbase module-qtdeclarative module-qttools module-qttranslations
Build the Framework
---------------------
Run 'qmake && make' (or 'mingw32-make', 'nmake' ...) to build the Qt Installer
Framework. The documentation can be generated by 'make docs'.