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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://code.qt.io/cgit/installer-framework/installer-framework.git/


Build a static Qt
---------------------

Building the Qt Installer Framework from sources requires Qt (version 5.4.0
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

Adjust the qmake.conf to have a real stand alone working installer:
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
 QMAKE_CFLAGS            = -nologo -Zm200 -Zc:wchar_t -FS
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_ON    = -W3
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_OFF   = -W0
-QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE    = -O2 -MD -Zc:strictStrings
-QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE_WITH_DEBUGINFO += -O2 -MD -Zi -Zc:strictStrings
-QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEBUG      = -Zi -MDd
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE    = -O2 -MT -Zc:strictStrings
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE_WITH_DEBUGINFO += -O2 -MT -Zi -Zc:strictStrings
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEBUG      = -Zi -MTd
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_YACC       =
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_LTCG       = -GL
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_MP         = -MP

Recommended configuration options for Microsoft Windows:

configure -prefix %CD%\qtbase -release -static -target xp -accessibility -no-opengl -no-icu -no-sql-sqlite -no-qml-debug -nomake examples -nomake tests -skip qtactiveqt -skip qtenginio -skip qtlocation -skip qtmultimedia -skip qtserialport -skip qtquick1 -skip qtquickcontrols -skip qtscript -skip qtsensors -skip qtwebkit -skip qtwebsockets -skip qtxmlpatterns

### Linux

Recommended configuration options for Linux:

configure -prefix $PWD/qtbase -release -static -accessibility -qt-zlib -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -qt-xcb -qt-pcre -qt-freetype -no-glib -no-cups -no-sql-sqlite -no-qml-debug -no-opengl -no-egl -no-xinput -no-xinput2 -no-sm -no-icu -nomake examples -nomake tests -skip qtactiveqt -skip qtenginio -skip qtlocation -skip qtmultimedia -skip qtserialport -skip qtquick1 -skip qtquickcontrols -skip qtscript -skip qtsensors -skip qtwebkit -skip qtwebsockets -skip qtxmlpatterns

### OS X

Recommended configuration options for OS X:

configure -prefix $PWD/qtbase -release -static -accessibility -qt-zlib -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -no-cups -no-sql-sqlite -no-qml-debug -nomake examples -nomake tests -skip qtactiveqt -skip qtenginio -skip qtlocation -skip qtmultimedia -skip qtserialport -skip qtquick1 -skip qtquickcontrols -skip qtscript -skip qtsensors -skip qtwebkit -skip qtwebsockets -skip qtxmlpatterns


Build the Framework
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Run 'qmake && make' (or 'mingw32-make', 'nmake' ...) to build the Qt Installer
Framework. The documentation can be generated by 'make docs'.