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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3922b396f --- /dev/null +++ b/INSTALL @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +How to build +===================== + +The instructions should help you build the Installer Framework from scratch. + + +Get the sources +--------------------- + +Use Git to check out the Qt Installer Framework sources that are hosted at: + +http://qt.gitorious.org/installer-framework + + +Build 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 4.x series. See the Qt +documentation for the prerequisites and steps to build Qt from sources. + +### Windows + +Adjust the qmake.conf to have a real stand alone working installer: + +- add 'embed_manifest_dll embed_manifest_exe' to CONFIG line +- replace -MD, -MDd with -MT, -MTD in the CFLAGS lines + +'git diff' should show you something like: + +--- a/mkspecs/win32-msvc20XX/qmake.conf ++++ b/mkspecs/win32-msvc20XX/qmake.conf + + MAKEFILE_GENERATOR = MSVC.NET + TEMPLATE = app +-CONFIG += qt warn_on release incremental flat link_prl precompile_header autogen_precompile_source copy_dir_files debug_and_release debug_and_release_target embed_manifest_dll embed_manifest_exe ++CONFIG += qt warn_on release incremental flat link_prl precompile_header autogen_precompile_source copy_dir_files debug_and_release debug_and_release_target + QT += core gui + DEFINES += UNICODE WIN32 QT_LARGEFILE_SUPPORT + QMAKE_COMPILER_DEFINES += _MSC_VER=1400 WIN32 + QMAKE_YACCFLAGS = -d + QMAKE_CFLAGS = -nologo -Zm200 -Zc:wchar_t- + QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_ON = -W3 + QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_OFF = -W0 +-QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE = -O2 -MD +-QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE_WITH_DEBUGINFO += -O2 -MD -Zi +-QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEBUG = -Zi -MDd ++QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE = -O2 -MT ++QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE_WITH_DEBUGINFO += -O2 -MT -Zi ++QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEBUG = -Zi -MTd + QMAKE_CFLAGS_YACC = + QMAKE_CFLAGS_LTCG = -GL + +Recommended configure options for Microsoft Windows: + +configure.exe -opensource -release -static -no-multimedia -no-declarative -no-phonon -no-dbus -no-opengl -no-qt3support -no-webkit -no-xmlpatterns -nomake examples -nomake demos + +### Linux & Mac OS X + +Recommended configure options for Linux and Mac OS X: + +configure -opensource -release -static -qt-zlib -qt-libtiff -qt-libpng -qt-libmng -qt-libjpeg -no-phonon -no-dbus -no-opengl -no-qt3support -no-webkit -no-xmlpatterns -no-svg -nomake examples -nomake demos + + +Build the Framework +--------------------- + +Run 'qmake && make' (or 'mingw32-make', 'nmake' ...) to build the Qt Installer +Framework. The documentation can be generated by 'make docs'. |