Thanks for the response Marc. I've read the qmake manual several times and looked at DESTDIR and DLLDESTDIR. I don't seem to be any closer. There doesn't seem to be any examples illustrating this. The semantics of some of the .pro configuration seems to be quite confusing.
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Ladnar, Marc <[email protected]>wrote: > In the .pro file there is an option called DESTDIR, i think this is what > you are looking for. > > Check Assistant for further help. > > ------------------------------ > *Von:* Luke Krasnoff [mailto:[email protected]] > *Gesendet:* Mittwoch, 23. September 2009 07:36 > *An:* [email protected] > *Betreff:* [Qt-creator] Configure .pro to copy dependent dlls to a > directory with program exe. > > Hi, > > Could someone explain how to configure the Qt Creator .pro file to copy the > dependent dlls into a directory with the program executable. My intention is > to either zip up the directory to be dropped onto another computer or use > NSIS or equivalent, to package the software in an installer. It makes sense > for qmake to get the dependent dlls, as qmake knows what dlls it used to > bind with the exe. > > For example a Qt Creator project file (aprogram.pro) <http://aprogram.pro>on > XP using mingw and a non-statically built Qt. > > # aprogram.pro file > TARGET = aprogram > > TEMPLATE = app > > SOURCES += main.cpp\ > > mainwindow.cpp > > HEADERS += mainwindow.h > > FORMS += mainwindow.ui > > target.path = $$PWD/deploy > > INSTALLS += target > > This copies aprogram exe to the deploy directory when "make install" is > run. > <path to aprogram.pro directory>/deploy/aprogram.exe > > It would be nice if the dependent dlls could be copied to the deploy > directory as well. This list would depend on the QT variable in the .pro > file and the compiler (mingw or Visual Studio). > <path to aprogram.pro directory>/deploy/aprogram.exe > <path to aprogram.pro directory>/deploy/QtCore.dll > <path to aprogram.pro directory>/deploy/QtGui.dll > <path to aprogram.pro directory>/deploy/mingwm10.dll > > I've seen some discussion about a similar issue in previous Qt forum > question (2005?), where someone wanted a single exe generated. > > I'm using Qt Creator 1.2.1, Qt 4.5.2 on XP. > > Cheers, > Luke > > > _______________________________________________ > Qt-creator mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.trolltech.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator > >
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