Someone please remove me from this list On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 8:44 AM Jason H <jh...@gmx.com> wrote:
> > 11.04.2019, 04:05, "Richard Weickelt" <rich...@weickelt.de>: > > > On 10.04.2019 23:21, Marco Bubke wrote: > > >> Sounds you want flatpak. ;-) > > > > > > All those run-time extracted application container formats might be > nice > > > solutions for GUI applications which is apparently the main target of > Qt. > > > But my observation is that they perform rather poorly when being used > for > > > command line applications or a combination of both. > > > > You can use static linking for command-line applications, or use AppImage > > where artifact is just a single executable file which could be put > anywhere in $PATH > > Doesn't static linking require a static Qt? > > Last time I messed with this was 1 years ago on a windows system which was > pretty easy. I would use depends.exe and make sure the dependencies were > next to the binary. Since then I've been mainly doing mobile apps which > have their own packages. But once in a while I'll whip up a program for > automation. I've lucked out that these systems are large and not Pis with > limited storage, so I can put all of Qt on and compile it there. That's > easiest. It was easier to just install Qt and build it on that system. > > Minimally I would like something to produce an image suitable for and > "/opt" install. That is to me to be a structure like: > project/ > + bin/ > + + a.out > + libs/ > + + [list of libs, Qt | system] > + etc/ > > Given a generic binary, I would assume there's a generic tool to do this > already? Is there a [what is the] Qt value-add? > > I tried linuxdeployqt and it made my head spin. It stats out: "You'll need > to provide the basic structure of an AppDir which should look something > like this:". To which I say "No" this should be done for me. QMake knows > all the things. There is no value-add in a human doing it. It continues > "Where your desktop file would look something like:" Again, no, generate > one for me. If I need to adjust things, I'll do that after they are > generated. Of this, the application icon is the only thing I might want to > modify. The time to do all that setup is greater than installing Qt, > checking out the source and building. > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Development mailing list > Development@qt-project.org > https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/development > -- all the best, ashley www.ashleysibille.com
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