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@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ http://code.qt.io/cgit/installer-framework/installer-framework.git/ Build a static Qt --------------------- -Building the Qt Installer Framework from sources requires at least Qt version 5.15.2. -Supported compilers are MSVC 2015 or newer, GCC 5 or newer, -and Clang 11.0.0 or newer. Currently, the tested combination for Windows is Qt 5.15.2 with MSVC 2015 (Windows 10). +Building the Qt Installer Framework from sources requires at least Qt version 6.6.0. +Supported compilers are MSVC 2019 or newer, GCC 9 or newer, +and Clang 13.0.0 or newer. Currently, the tested combination for Windows is Qt 6.6.0 with MSVC 2019 (Windows 10). 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. -Please read SSL Import and Export Restrictions from http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/ssl.html if +Please read SSL Import and Export Restrictions from http://doc.qt.io/qt-6/ssl.html if you are statically linking against OpenSSL libraries. ### Windows @@ -32,21 +32,26 @@ Recommended configuration options for Microsoft Windows: configure -prefix %CD%\qtbase -release -static -static-runtime -accessibility -no-icu -no-sql-sqlite -no-qml-debug -nomake examples -nomake tests Build Qt: -nmake (or 'mingw32-make') module-qtbase module-qtdeclarative module-qttools module-qttranslations module-qtwinextras +cmake --build . --parallel +cmake --install . ### Linux Recommended configuration options for Linux: -configure -prefix $PWD/qtbase -release -static -accessibility -qt-zlib -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -qt-pcre -no-glib -no-cups -no-sql-sqlite -no-qml-debug -no-opengl -no-egl -no-xinput2 -no-sm -no-icu -nomake examples -nomake tests -no-libudev +configure -prefix $PWD/qtbase -release -static -accessibility -qt-zlib -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -qt-pcre -no-glib -no-cups -no-sql-sqlite -no-feature-gssapi -no-qml-debug -no-opengl -no-egl -no-xinput2 -no-sm -no-icu -nomake examples -nomake tests -no-libudev -bundled-xcb-xinput -qt-harfbuzz -qt-doubleconversion + Build Qt: -make module-qtbase module-qtdeclarative module-qttools module-qttranslations +cmake --build . --parallel +cmake --install . ### macOS Recommended configuration options for macOS: -configure -prefix $PWD/qtbase -release -static -no-securetransport -accessibility -qt-zlib -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -no-cups -no-sql-sqlite -no-qml-debug -nomake examples -nomake tests -no-freetype +configure -prefix $PWD/qtbase -release -static -accessibility -qt-zlib -qt-libpng -no-cups -no-sql-sqlite -no-qml-debug -nomake examples -nomake tests -no-freetype + Build Qt: -make module-qtbase module-qtdeclarative module-qttools module-qttranslations +cmake --build . --parallel +cmake --install . Third party dependencies @@ -64,10 +69,14 @@ files, with gzip, bzip2, and xz as available compression methods. The IFW_ZLIB_LIBRARY, IFW_BZIP2_LIBRARY, IFW_LZMA_LIBRARY, and IFW_ICONV_LIBRARY variables can be used to specify the exact library files if required. -If you omit the feature, the builtin LZMA SDK library will be used as a fallback and -installation of the additional dependencies can be skipped, but created installers will -only support the 7zip format. Note that building IFW with LZMA SDK is deprecated and may not -be available in future versions. +If the Qt version used to build the Qt Installer Framework was configured with -qt-zlib and +IFW_ZLIB_LIBRARY variable is empty, libarchive will attempt to use the zlib library compiled +into the QtCore module, which removes the need for an external library. + +If you do not enable libarchive support, the builtin LZMA SDK library will be used as a +fallback and installation of the additional dependencies can be skipped, but created +installers will only support the 7zip format. Note that building IFW with LZMA SDK is +deprecated and may not be available in future versions. ### Windows @@ -113,5 +122,5 @@ a configuration header file respective to your platform, which can be found from Build the Framework --------------------- -Run 'qmake && make' (or 'mingw32-make', 'nmake' ...) to build the Qt Installer +Run 'qmake && make' (or 'nmake' ...) to build the Qt Installer Framework. The documentation can be generated by 'make docs'. |