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/*!
    \contentspage {index.html}{Qt Installer Framework}
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    \page ifw-getting-started.html
    \nextpage ifw-tutorial.html

    \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.

    \section1 Supported Platforms

    You can use the Qt Installer Framework to create installers for all
    platforms supported by
    \l{http://doc.qt.nokia.com/5.0-snapshot/supported-platforms.html}
    {desktop Qt}.

    The installers have been tested on the following platforms:

    \list
        \o Microsoft Windows XP, and later
        \o Ubuntu Linux 8.04, and later
        \o Mac OS X 10.6, and later
    \endlist

    \section1 Configuring Qt

    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.

    \section2 Configuring Qt for Windows

    Specify the following settings in the qmake.conf configuration file:

    \code
    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
    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 -MT
    QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE_WITH_DEBUGINFO += -O2 -MT -Zi
    QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEBUG      = -Zi -MTd
    QMAKE_CFLAGS_YACC       =
    QMAKE_CFLAGS_LTCG       = -GL
    \endcode

    We recommend that you use the following options when you configure Qt for
    Windows:

    \code
    configure.exe -platform win32-msvc20XX -release -static -no-webkit -no-phonon -no-dbus -no-opengl -no-qt3support -no-xmlpatterns -no-svg -no-multimedia -no-declarative -no-declarative-debug -nomake examples -nomake demos -qt-sql-sqlite -plugin-sql-sqlite -opensource
    \endcode

    \section2 Configuring Qt for Linux and Mac OS X

    We recommend that you use the following configuration options for Linux and
    Mac OS X:

    \code
    configure -nomake examples -nomake demos -qt-zlib -qt-gif -qt-libtiff -qt-libpng -qt-libmng -qt-libjpeg -opensource -developer-build -static -no-webkit -no-phonon -no-dbus -no-opengl -no-qt3support -no-xmlpatterns -no-svg -release
    \endcode

    \section1 Setting up Qt Installer Framework

    \list 1

        \o  Clone the Qt Installer Framework source code from
            \l{http://gitorious.org/qt-labs/installer-framework}
            to get the sources for the tools.

        \o  Build the \c installerbase, \c binarycreator, and \c repogen tool
            in the \c installerbuilder directory, as any Qt project.

    \endlist

    \note To contribute patches to Qt Installer Framework, follow the standard
    Qt processes and guidelines. For more information, see
    \l{http://qt-project.org/}{Contribute to the Qt Project}.

*/