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@@ -12,13 +12,14 @@ Use Git to check out the Qt Installer Framework sources that are hosted at: http://qt.gitorious.org/installer-framework -Build Qt +Build a static Qt --------------------- -To build an installer, it is advised to use a statically linked Qt. For maximum -portability we recommend the latest version of the Qt 5.x series. The minimal -required version is Qt 5.3.0 See the Qt documentation for the prerequisites and -steps to build Qt from sources. +Building the Qt Installer Framework from sources requires Qt (version 5.3.0 +or newer). If you want to ship your installer as a single file you have to build +Qt and the Qt Installer Framework statically. + +See the Qt documentation for the prerequisites and steps to build Qt from sources. ### Windows diff --git a/doc/installerfw-getting-started.qdoc b/doc/installerfw-getting-started.qdoc index 96fdea972..dcca88a91 100644 --- a/doc/installerfw-getting-started.qdoc +++ b/doc/installerfw-getting-started.qdoc @@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ \title Getting Started - Qt Installer Framework is developed as part of the Qt project. Fetch the - sources from Gitorious and build the necessary tools before you start to - create installers for your products. + Qt Installer Framework is developed as part of the Qt project. The + framework itself uses Qt. However, it can be used to install all kind of + applications, including (but not limited to) applications built with Qt. \section1 Supported Platforms @@ -52,13 +52,19 @@ \o Mac OS X 10.6, and later \endlist - \section1 Configuring Qt + \section1 Building from Sources - If you use a statically built Qt to create your installer, you do not have - to deliver Qt libraries, which enables you to distribute the installer as - one package. + The following steps describe how to build the Qt Installer Framework + yourself. You can skip this if you have downloaded a pre-built version + of the framework. - \section2 Configuring Qt for Windows + \section2 Configuring Qt + + If you use a statically built Qt to build the Qt Installer Framework + you do not have to deliver Qt libraries, which enables you to distribute + installers as one file. + + \section3 Configuring Qt for Windows Before running configure you should tweak Qt to statically link in the C runtime library. This can be done by changing the default mkspec of @@ -84,7 +90,7 @@ configure -opensource -release -static -target xp -no-opengl -no-icu -nomake examples -nomake tests -skip qtactiveqt -skip qtlocation -skip qtscript -skip qtsensors \endcode - \section2 Configuring Qt for Linux and Mac OS X + \section3 Configuring Qt for Linux and Mac OS X We recommend that you use the following configuration options for Linux and Mac OS X: @@ -93,7 +99,7 @@ configure -opensource -release -static -accessibility -qt-zlib -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -no-opengl -nomake examples -nomake tests -developer-build -skip qtquick1 -skip qtscript -skip qtlocation \endcode - \section1 Setting up Qt Installer Framework + \section2 Setting up Qt Installer Framework \list 1 |