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/****************************************************************************
**
** Copyright (C) 2019 Luxoft Sweden AB
** Copyright (C) 2018 Pelagicore AG
** Contact: https://www.qt.io/licensing/
**
** This file is part of the QML Live tool.
**
** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:GPL-QTAS$
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****************************************************************************/

/*!

\page qmllive-installation.html
\title Installation

\section1 Prerequisites

\list
    \li Windows, Linux or macOS
    \li Qt5.4 or higher
\endlist

\section1 Building for desktop

\code
    $ qmake
    $ make
\endcode

To start QML Live Bench directly from the build directory, run
\c{./bin/qmllivebench}. Optionally, you can also install QML Live Bench with
the following command:

\code
    $ make install
\endcode


\section1 Build for Device

If you want to have live reloading enabled on the target device, use the
following command:

\code
    # using qmake from cross compiler toolchain
    $ qmake "CONFIG+=skip-bench skip-examples static-link-runtime"
    $ make
\endcode

You need to cross-compile QML Live and copy the \c{./bin/qmlliveruntime} binary
onto the target.

Optionally, you can package QML Live with the following command:

\code
    $ make install INSTALL_ROOT=...
\endcode


\section1 Build Documentation

\code
    $ qmake CONFIG+=force_independent
    $ make docs
\endcode

The documentation is available at: \tt{doc/qmllive/index.html}.


\section1 Build Options

The following options can be added to the qmake \c CONFIG variable:

\table
\header
    \li Option
    \li Description

\row
    \li skip-bench
    \li Do not build \l{QML Live Bench}

\row
    \li skip-examples
    \li Do not build examples

\row
    \li skip-runtime
    \li Do not build \l{QML Live Runtime}

\row
    \li skip-tests
    \li Do not build tests

\row
    \li static-link-runtime
    \li Produce a single QML Live Runtime executable binary. If this option is disabled,
        QML Live Runtime executable requires that the \c libqmllive dynamic library to
        be copied to the target.
\endtable

The following custom qmake variables are recognized:

\table
\header
    \li Custom Variable
    \li Description

\row
    \li PREFIX
    \li Installation prefix; defaults to \c{$$[QT_INSTALL_PREFIX]}.

\row
    \li EXAMPLES_PREFIX
    \li Installation prefix for examples; defaults to
        \c{$$[QT_INSTALL_EXAMPLES]/qmllive/examples}.

\row
    \li QMLLIVE_VERSION_EXTRA
    \li Distribution specific version description; white spaces are allowed.

\row
    \li QMLLIVE_REVISION
    \li The VCS revision number.

\row
    \li QMLLIVE_SETTINGS_VARIANT
    \li Overrides \c QCoreApplication::organizationName, which is used to determine
        application-specific \c QSettings storage.
\endtable


*/