CQtDeployer 1.6.2351.ec4840f
CQtDeployer helps you to extract all libraries your executable depends on and to create a launch script for your application.
How to deploy

How to deploy C++ Application

In this article i describe deploy processes of c++/qt application with cqtdeployer.

Recommendation

If you want maximum stability of your distribution and you want to run your application on different Distributions with a different versions then you need to use Qt from official build.

Case

In this case we deploy Qt GUI Application for Ubuntu 16.04,Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 20.04 ++.

If you want support all distributions begin from Ubuntu 16.04 you need build and deploy you application on the older distribution (in my case it is 16.04)

Install CQtDeployer

If you want use system qt from your OS then install classic version of the cqtdeployer.

wget https://github.com/QuasarApp/CQtDeployer/releases/download/1.4.7/LinuxInstaller.run
chmod +x LinuxInstaller.run
./LinuxInstaller.run

CQtDeployer Setup

Select latest stable version (1.4)

Screenshot from 2020-11-24 12-50-54

Done.

If You use official qt build then you can use snap version of the cqtdeployer.

sudo snap install cqtdeployer

After install add requirement permissions.

sudo snap connect cqtdeployer:process-control
sudo snap connect cqtdeployer:removable-media
sudo snap connect cqtdeployer:system-backup

Done!!!

Deploy Qt GUI Application

Deploy your executable file.

  • For Linux systems:
cqtdeployer -bin myexecutable
  • For Windows systems:
cqtdeployer -bin myexecutable.exe -qmake C:/Qt/5.15.0/min_gw/bin/qmake.exe
  • For crossplatform build (Linux -> Windows)
cqtdeployer -bin myexecutable.exe -qmake ~/crossbuildet-Qt/5.15.0/min_gw/bin/qmake

Extra options

If you use extra libraries, just add path for cqtdeployer to used libs.

cqtdeployer -bin myexecutable -libDir /PathToMyExtraLibs

If you want find libraries recursively from libDir path, just add recursive Depth option.

cqtdeployer -bin myexecutable -libDir /PathToMyExtraLibs -recursiveDepth 5

If you application use qml, just add qmlDir option

cqtdeployer -bin myexecutable -libDir /PathToMyExtraLibs -recursiveDepth 5 -qmlDir /path/to/my/qml/sources

If you want create simple installer for your application just add gif option.

cqtdeployer -bin myexecutable -libDir /PathToMyExtraLibs -recursiveDepth 5 -qmlDir /path/to/my/qml/sources qif

If cqtdeployer not found qmake then add the -qmake option to an invoke command.

cqtdeployer -bin myexecutable -libDir /PathToMyExtraLibs -recursiveDepth 5 -qmlDir /path/to/my/qml/sources qif -qmake /path/to/my/qmake

Using a live animation example from Qt Examples

Build the project as a release

Run qmake with the -r option for release build

andrei@X570-GAMING-X:~/Qt/Examples/Qt-5.152/quick/animation$ ~/Qt/5.15.2/gcc_64/binqmake -r .

Call your make command.

For Linux:

make -j${nproc}

For Windows

Qt/Tools/QtCreator/bin/jom.exe

Build log:

andrei@X570-GAMING-X:~/Qt/Examples/Qt-5.15.2/quick/animation$ make -j${nproc}
g++ -c -pipe -O2 -Wall -Wextra -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_QUICK_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_QMLMODELS_LIB -DQT_QML_LIB -DQT_NETWORK_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I. -I../../../../5.15.2/gcc_64/include -I../../../../5.15.2/gcc_64/include/QtQuick -I../../../../5.15.2/gcc_64/include/QtGui -I../../../../5.15.2/gcc_64/include/QtQmlModels -I../../../../5.15.2/gcc_64/include/QtQml -I../../../../5.15.2/gcc_64/include/QtNetwork -I../../../../5.15.2/gcc_64/include/QtCore -I. -I/usr/include/libdrm -I../../../../5.15.2/gcc_64/mkspecs/linux-g++ -o main.o main.cpp
/home/andrei/Qt/5.15.2/gcc_64/bin/rcc -name shared ../shared/shared.qrc -o qrc_shared.cpp
/home/andrei/Qt/5.15.2/gcc_64/bin/rcc -name animation animation.qrc -o qrc_animation.cpp
g++ -c -pipe -O2 -Wall -Wextra -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_QUICK_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_QMLMODELS_LIB -DQT_QML_LIB -DQT_NETWORK_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I. -I../../../../5.15.2/gcc_64/include -I../../../../5.15.2/gcc_64/include/QtQuick -I../../../../5.15.2/gcc_64/include/QtGui -I../../../../5.15.2/gcc_64/include/QtQmlModels -I../../../../5.15.2/gcc_64/include/QtQml -I../../../../5.15.2/gcc_64/include/QtNetwork -I../../../../5.15.2/gcc_64/include/QtCore -I. -I/usr/include/libdrm -I../../../../5.15.2/gcc_64/mkspecs/linux-g++ -o qrc_animation.o qrc_animation.cpp
g++ -c -pipe -O2 -Wall -Wextra -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_QUICK_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_QMLMODELS_LIB -DQT_QML_LIB -DQT_NETWORK_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I. -I../../../../5.15.2/gcc_64/include -I../../../../5.15.2/gcc_64/include/QtQuick -I../../../../5.15.2/gcc_64/include/QtGui -I../../../../5.15.2/gcc_64/include/QtQmlModels -I../../../../5.15.2/gcc_64/include/QtQml -I../../../../5.15.2/gcc_64/include/QtNetwork -I../../../../5.15.2/gcc_64/include/QtCore -I. -I/usr/include/libdrm -I../../../../5.15.2/gcc_64/mkspecs/linux-g++ -o qrc_shared.o qrc_shared.cpp
g++ -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-rpath,/home/andrei/Qt/5.15.2/gcc_64/lib -o animation main.o qrc_shared.o qrc_animation.o /home/andrei/Qt/5.15.2/gcc_64/lib/libQt5Quick.so /home/andrei/Qt/5.15.2/gcc_64/lib/libQt5Gui.so /home/andrei/Qt/5.15.2/gcc_64/lib/libQt5QmlModels.so /home/andrei/Qt/5.15.2/gcc_64/lib/libQt5Qml.so /home/andrei/Qt/5.15.2/gcc_64/lib/libQt5Network.so /home/andrei/Qt/5.15.2/gcc_64/lib/libQt5Core.so -lGL -lpthread

Find our resulting executable file

If you built the project using qtCreator, your executable file will be found one level higher in the build-animations-Desktop_Qt_5_15_2_GCC_64bit-Release folder. In my case, the executable file is located in the root directory of the project.

andrei@X570-GAMING-X:~/Qt/Examples/Qt-5.15.2/quick/animation$ tree
.
├── animation # Here it is.
├── animation.pro
├── animation.qml
├── animation.qmlproject
├── animation.qrc
├── basics
│ ├── animators.qml
│ ├── color-animation.qml
│ ├── images
│ │ ├── face-smile.png
│ │ ├── moon.png
│ │ ├── shadow.png
│ │ ├── star.png
│ │ └── sun.png
│ └── property-animation.qml
├── behaviors
│ ├── behavior-example.qml
│ ├── FocusRect.qml
│ ├── SideRect.qml
│ ├── tvtennis.qml
│ └── wigglytext.qml
├── doc
│ ├── images
│ │ └── qml-animations-example.png
│ └── src
│ └── animation.qdoc
├── easing
│ └── easing.qml
├── main.cpp
├── main.o
├── Makefile
├── pathanimation
│ └── pathanimation.qml
├── pathinterpolator
│ └── pathinterpolator.qml
├── qrc_animation.cpp
├── qrc_animation.o
├── qrc_shared.cpp
├── qrc_shared.o
└── states
├── qt-logo.png
├── states.qml
└── transitions.qml
10 directories, 33 files

Call cqtdeployer to form the base distribution

For Linux:

cqtdeployer -bin animation -qmlDir . qif -qmake ~/Qt/5.15.2/gcc_64/bin/qmake

For Windows:

cqtdeployer -bin animation -qmlDir . qif -qmake ~/Qt/5.15.2/mingw_810_64/bin/qmake.exe

Deploy log:

andrei@X570-GAMING-X:~/Qt/Examples/Qt-5.15.2/quick/animation$ cqtdeployer -bin animation -qmlDir . qif -qmake ~/Qt/5.15.2/gcc_64/bin/qmake
Info: Deploy ...
Info: flag targetDir not used. use default target dir :/home/andrei/Qt/Examples/Qt-5.15.2/quick/animation/DistributionKit
Info: target deploy started!!
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Info: try deploy msvc
Info: deploy done!
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Error: not exits
Info: [0] Parsed arguments, ok.
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Info: [12360] Read dom element: <Title>animation</Title>.
Info: [12360] Read dom element: <Publisher>Company</Publisher>.
[12360] Read dom element: <StartMenuDir>animation</StartMenuDir>.
[12360] Read dom element: <TargetDir>@HomeDir@/animation</TargetDir>.
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[12360] Read dom element: <ProductUrl></ProductUrl>.
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Info: [12407] Appending "/tmp/binarycreator-yOPMPa/Application/1.0bin.7z" ("61.58 KB")
[12407] Appending "/tmp/binarycreator-yOPMPa/Application/1.0bin.7z.sha1" ("40.00 bytes")
[12407] Appending "/tmp/binarycreator-yOPMPa/Application/1.0icons.7z" ("108.00 KB")
[12407] Appending "/tmp/binarycreator-yOPMPa/Application/1.0icons.7z.sha1" ("40.00 bytes")
[12407] Appending "/tmp/binarycreator-yOPMPa/Application/1.0lib.7z" ("18.08 MB")
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[12407] Appending "/tmp/binarycreator-yOPMPa/Application/1.0plugins.7z" ("1.08 MB")
[12407] Appending "/tmp/binarycreator-yOPMPa/Application/1.0plugins.7z.sha1" ("40.00 bytes")
[12407] Appending "/tmp/binarycreator-yOPMPa/Application/1.0qml.7z" ("53.29 KB")
[12407] Appending "/tmp/binarycreator-yOPMPa/Application/1.0qml.7z.sha1" ("40.00 bytes")
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[12407] Appending "/tmp/binarycreator-yOPMPa/Application/1.0translations.7z.sha1" ("40.00 bytes")
[12407] Appending "/tmp/binarycreator-yOPMPa/Application/1.0content.7z" ("439.00 bytes")
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Done. The distribution has been saved to the DistributionKit folder

andrei@X570-GAMING-X:~/Qt/Examples/Qt-5.15.2/quick/animation$ ./DistributionKit/Installeranimation.run

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After installation, all the necessary shortcuts will be created.

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Integration with QtCreator

Unfortunately, there is currently no integration with qtcreator. The only way is to enable build target for ** qmake ** or ** cmake **

qmake

QT_DIR= $$[QT_HOST_BINS]
win32:QMAKE_BIN= $$QT_DIR/qmake.exe
contains(QMAKE_HOST.os, Linux):{
QMAKE_BIN= $$QT_DIR/qmake
}
deploy.commands= cqtdeployer -bin $$DESTDIR/$$TARGET -qmake $$QMAKE_BIN -libDir $$PWD -qmlDir $$PWD -recursiveDepth 5 qif
QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += deploy

cmake

find_program(Q_MAKE_EXE qmake)
find_program(CQT_EXE cqtdeployer)
IF(NOT EXISTS ${CQT_EXE})
message("the cqtdeployer not exits please install the cqtdeployer and run cmake again!")
return()
endif(NOT EXISTS ${CQT_EXE})
ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(
deploy
COMMAND cqtdeployer clear -bin ${CURENT_PROJECT} -qmake ${Q_MAKE_EXE} -libDir ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} -qmlDir ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} -recursiveDepth 5
COMMENT "Deploy: cqtdeployer clear -bin ${CURENT_PROJECT} -qmake ${Q_MAKE_EXE} -libDir ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} -qmlDir ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} -recursiveDepth 5"
WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
)

The libDir parameter is used to set the paths to the directory paths contain dependencies of your application, and the qmlDir parameter is used to set the directory paths contain the qml files required by your application. In this example, the application source code root is selected by these two options. The recursiveDepth parameter is used to set the search depth of libDir and qmlDir. The qif parameter is used to create a installer using Qt Installer Framework.

Integration example

Create a test project

QT += quick
CONFIG += c++11
# You can make your code fail to compile if it uses deprecated APIs.
# In order to do so, uncomment the following line.
#DEFINES += QT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0x060000 # disables all the APIs deprecated before Qt 6.0.0
SOURCES += \
main.cpp
RESOURCES += qml.qrc
# Additional import path used to resolve QML modules in Qt Creator's code model
QML_IMPORT_PATH =
# Additional import path used to resolve QML modules just for Qt Quick Designer
QML_DESIGNER_IMPORT_PATH =
# Default rules for deployment.
qnx: target.path = /tmp/$${TARGET}/bin
else: unix:!android: target.path = /opt/$${TARGET}/bin
!isEmpty(target.path): INSTALLS += target
QT_DIR= $$[QT_HOST_BINS]
win32:QMAKE_BIN= $$QT_DIR/qmake.exe
contains(QMAKE_HOST.os, Linux):{
QMAKE_BIN= $$QT_DIR/qmake
}
DESTDIR=$$PWD/Build
deploy.commands= cqtdeployer -bin $$DESTDIR/$$TARGET -qmake $$QMAKE_BIN -libDir $$PWD -qmlDir $$PWD -recursiveDepth 5 qif
QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += deploy
  1. Open the project control panel Снимок экрана от 2021-02-22 12-15-51
  2. Choose a release build изображение
  1. Add "Custom build step" изображение
  2. In the "Make arguments" field, add our "deploy" deployment step изображение
  3. Save
  4. Start the building

As a result, you will receive a DistributionKit folder with the installer of your application.

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