This project is a CMake wrapper arroundqtinstallerframework. Documentation is available here. The only tool of this framework used is binaryCreator that create an installer for a folder

This utility has been developed for my own needs. Don't hesitate to use / share / fork / modify / improve it freely :)

All you need to do is include the cmake script then call add_qt_binary_creator macro.

FetchContent_Declare( Qbc GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/OlivierLDff/QbcInstaller" GIT_TAG master ) FetchContent_MakeAvailable(Qbc) add_qt_binary_creator(MyApp)

The you can simply run

make MyAppInstaller

Of course, add_qt_binary_creator accepts more options, see below for the detail.

The first argument is the target the macro should deploy an app for. It will automatically generate a target.

• ${MY_TARGET}Installer that pack and generate an installer.

The macro also accepts optional named arguments. Any combination of these arguments is valid. Example:

add_qt_binary_creator(my_app NAME "My App" INSTALLER_NAME "MyAppInstaller" VERSION "1.2.3" PUBLISHER "My Company" PRODUCT_URL "www.myapp.com" START_MENU "My Company Menu" TITLE "Installer Title" PACKAGE "org.mycompany.myapp" FILE_EXTENSION "appExtension" ICON "path/to.icon.ico" #or png on Linux or icns on Mac RELEASE_DATE "29-01-2018" BUILD_DIR "path/to/MyAppInstallerBuild" OUTPUT_DIR "path/to/MyAppInstallerOutput" VERBOSE_INSTALLER ALL )

Here is the full list of possible arguments:

NAME

The name of the application. If not given, the name of the source target is taken. The default is ${TARGET}.

Example:

add_qt_binary_creator(MyApp NAME "My App" )

INSTALLER_NAME

Name of the installer target. The default is ${TARGET}InstallerX64 or ${TARGET}InstallerX32 depending is 32 bits or 64 bits is selected.

Example:

add_qt_binary_creator(MyApp INSTALLER_NAME "MyAppInstallerName" )

You can then run this target with make MyAppInstallerName .

VERSION

Literal version that will be displayed with the application. The default is 1.0.0.

Example:

add_qt_binary_creator(MyApp VERSION "1.2.3" )

PUBLISHER

Literal version that will be displayed with the application.

Example:

add_qt_binary_creator(MyApp PUBLISHER "My Company" )

PRODUCT_URL

Literal version that will be displayed with the application.

Example:

add_qt_binary_creator(MyApp PRODUCT_URL "www.myapp.com" )

PACKAGE

The name of the application package. If not given, org.qtproject.${TARGET} , where source_target is the name of the source target, is taken.

Example:

add_qt_binary_creator(MyApp PACKAGE "org.mycompany.myapp" )

FILE_EXTENSION

You can specify extension that will be associate with you app.

Example:

add_qt_binary_creator(MyApp FILE_EXTENSION "appExtension" )

START_MENU

You can specify in in which menu category the app will be. By default this is equal to PUBLISHER

Example:

add_qt_binary_creator(MyApp START_MENU "My Start Menu" )

TITLE

You can specify the title of the installer of your application. By default the name of the application.

Example:

add_qt_binary_creator(MyApp TITLE "My App Installer" )

RELEASE_DATE

You can specify a release date. By default this is the date of the last CMake run.

Example:

add_qt_binary_creator(MyApp RELEASE_DATE "18-02-2018" )

RUN_PROGRAM

You can specify the name of the program to run by the installer at the end. By default this is equal to NAME.

Example:

add_qt_binary_creator(MyApp RUN_PROGRAM "MyApp.exe" )

ICON

The icon that will be used for the generated installer executable. The format of the icon MUST be:

• Windows : ico
• Linux : png
• MacOs : icns

Example:

add_qt_binary_creator(MyApp ICON "path/to/icon.ico" )

BUILD_DIR

You can specify the path of the build dir. By default this is ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${TARGET}.

Example:

add_qt_binary_creator(MyApp BUILD_DIR "path/to/buildDir" )

OUTPUT_DIR

You can specify the path of the build dir. This is where the executable is going to be generated. By default ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}.

Example:

add_qt_binary_creator(MyApp OUTPUT_DIR "path/to/outputDir" )

DEPENDS

Additional targets to depend on.

Example:

add_qt_binary_creator(MyApp DEPENDS additional_target )

ALL

If the deploy and installer is run when typing make all

Example:

add_qt_binary_creator(MyApp ALL )

VERBOSE_INSTALLER

If you want to see all of the output of binarycreator. This can be really useful when debugging.

Example:

add_qt_binary_creator(MyApp VERBOSE_INSTALLER ) 

• Olivier Le Doeuff: olivier.ldff@gmail.com