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\row \o QtWebKit \o WebKit
\o WebKit is licensed under the GNU LGPL version 2 or later.
This has implications for developers of closed source applications.
- Please see \l{QtWebKit Module#License Information}{the QtWebKit module
+ Please see \l{WebKit in Qt#License Information}{the QtWebKit module
documentation} for more information.
\row \o \l{Phonon Module}{Phonon} \o Phonon
@@ -1458,8 +1458,10 @@
/*!
\page deployment-symbian.html
\contentspage Deploying Qt Applications
+ \ingroup qtsymbian
+ \title Deploying an Application on the Symbian Platform
- \title Deploying an Application on the Symbian platform
+ \section1 Overview
Applications are deployed to Symbian devices in signed \c .sis package files.
The \c .sis file content is controlled with \c .pkg files. The \c .pkg file contains a set
@@ -1469,10 +1471,17 @@
to end-users some changes are needed. This document describes what changes are
typically needed and how to implement them.
+ \section1 Requirements
+
+ Download the latest release of the Smart Installer from
+ \l{http://get.qt.nokia.com/nokiasmartinstaller/}, and install it on top
+ of the Qt package.
+
\section1 Static Linking
- Qt for the Symbian platform does currently not support static linking of
- Qt libraries.
+ Qt for the Symbian platform does not currently support static linking of
+ Qt libraries with application binaries. You will need to build shared
+ libraries as described below and link your application with them.
\section1 Shared Libraries
@@ -1518,7 +1527,7 @@
S60 3rd edition FP1, S60 3rd edition FP2 and S60 5th edition devices.
Now we are ready to compile the application and create the application
- deployment file. Run \c qmake to create Symbian specific makefiles, resources (\.rss)
+ deployment file. Run \c qmake to create Symbian specific makefiles, resources (\c .rss)
and deployment packaging files (\c .pkg). And do build to create the
application binaries and resources.
@@ -1548,4 +1557,14 @@
For more information about creating a \c .sis file and installing it to device see also
\l {The Symbian platform - Introduction to Qt#Installing your own applications}{here}.
+ \section1 Further Reading
+
+ This document aims to cover the common case for developers who want to
+ deploy Qt applications on devices using the Smart Installer. It does not
+ aim to cover every possible way of installing applications, Qt and other
+ dependencies on a device.
+
+ A wider selection of deployment methods is described in the
+ \l{Deploying a Qt Application article} on the Symbian Foundation
+ Developer Wiki.
*/