On Mon, 8 Aug 2022 at 18:10, Scott Bloom <sc...@towel42.com> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 8 Aug 2022 at 08:10, Jörg Bornemann <joerg.bornem...@qt.io> wrote: > > On 8/4/22 19:42, Scott Bloom wrote: > > > Is there a Qt supported linuxdeployqt comparable to the windeployqt? > > > > I found the 3^rd party version, but the command line args are very > > different. > > Mitch already pointed you to QTBUG-74940. The biggest question > regarding a linuxdeployqt is: what exactly is the deployment format > going to be? There's no standard way of deploying Linux applications. > There are many. > > The community contributions create AppImage packages. That seems to be > a reasonable choice. Other opinions? > > > It seems to me that how a Qt app is actually packaged/deployed is > out-of-scope of a linuxdeployqt tool. > > It seems macdeployqt actually build bundles, but windeployqt just copy > files next to the .exe file. > IMHO a linuxdeployqt should just copy files, like windeployqt. Given the > number of way to package apps under Linux, the actual packaging should be > left to other tools. > > BR > > Benjamin > > > > Honestly, I would prefer a different option all together. > > I would like to be able to give the tool a shared library or an > executable, and it returns a JSON stream of data. > > > Where the data would include any runtime dependencies + any other Qt > dynamically bound package files with their appropriate directories. > > > Then the user (or cmake function) could read in the data, and copy or > build the bundle as necessary. > > > > Having the option to “list” the data vs “copy and build” the > bundle/application directory would give a very powerful resultant tool > > > As to “how to package” linux, honestly I would assume it would just copy > the files into the correct location relative to the executable/shared > library sent in. > > > > Scott >
windeployqt does have --list and --json options I never used them, but they should be able to provide exactly what you described. Benjamin
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