[solved] Deploying application with Qt interface

[Ocye]

The wiki says I shouldn't care about X11 and GTk but doesn't tells me anything what to distribute. My file has, of course, dependency to qt4pas framework.

   /usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib (compatibility version 7.0.0, current version 7.0.0)
   /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 125.2.0)
   /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Carbon (compatibility version 2.0.0, current version 152.0.0)
   Qt4Pas.framework/Versions/5/Qt4Pas (compatibility version 5.2.0, current version 5.2.5)
   /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/CoreServices (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 44.0.0)
   /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation (compatibility version 150.0.0, current version 550.29.0)

Qt4 itself is linked to all Qt stuff which I downloaded from Nokia.

   Qt4Pas.framework/Versions/5/Qt4Pas (compatibility version 5.2.0, current version 5.2.5)
   QtWebKit.framework/Versions/4/QtWebKit (compatibility version 4.7.0, current version 4.7.3)
   QtGui.framework/Versions/4/QtGui (compatibility version 4.7.0, current version 4.7.3)
   QtNetwork.framework/Versions/4/QtNetwork (compatibility version 4.7.0, current version 4.7.3)
   QtCore.framework/Versions/4/QtCore (compatibility version 4.7.0, current version 4.7.3)
   /usr/lib/libstdc++.6.dylib (compatibility version 7.0.0, current version 7.4.0)
   /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.0.0)
   /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 111.1.4)

As a Linux user it's very uncommon to me to distribute libs. I'm afraid to override other versions. On the other hand, I don't think Mac-users will install Qt from Nokia. What should I do to distribute a complete application?

[Leledumbo]

What should I do to distribute a complete application?

Only Qt4Pas and your app, just say Qt as part of the system requirement. For Mac, you could use the Carbon interface if you don't want your users to download additional libs.

[Ocye]

I don't want to use Carbon because of it's lack of user driven painting. And I don't want to force a normal user to fiddle around with libraries that my program needs. If there would be some kind of repository I could refer to...

[Leledumbo]

Hmm... it would be quite hard for you to distribute if you want single package solution. However, if your user don't mind, I guess you could give all libraries that are listed by `ldd <your executable>`.

[Jonas Maebe]

See http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/deployment-mac.html

[Ocye]

Thanks for the link. The clue is on the bottom: "</usr/bin/>macdeployqt <project.app> -no-plugin -dmg". Very simple.
Unfortunately, the app becomes quite fat: 85MB (35MB in dmg). But those people that uses an Apple needs to get punished a little bit.

PS: I added a short passage to the wiki.

[Shebuka]

The guide also says that

Your application will depend on the Qt4 Framework Library and on Qt4 Interface Binary Bindings. But you can put them inside your application bundle like you do with .dylib following OS X Programming Tips#Using a library in a Mac application.

But i think that the bundle will be much bigger that using macdeployqt.