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
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