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This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode charactersOriginal file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -0,0 +1,239 @@ # Configuring Qt 6.x and CMake for windows 10 If you want to create a redistributable installer for a Qt app with Cmake then youve come to the right place... I ve been struggling to make Qt work with cmake on windows, and finally figure out something that works: 1. Go ahead and download Qt: https://www.qt.io/download-qt-installer 2. Start the install and select "Custom installation"  3. Select a version of Qt with MingGW 64 (and any other lib you need like openssl for example...)  4. Also download the installer framework:  5. Setup windows environment vars (note that the order matters...) for the power shell to find the tools and libs that you need.  6. Ensure you have powershell installed or get the latest version here: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell 7. You need `vcredist_x64_2010.exe` to be included with your package so get it here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26999 8. Now that everyting is installed you can create the `CMakeLists.txt` code to generate an installer: ```cmake # Add your classic CMake stuffs... cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20) if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "3.20") cmake_policy(SET CMP0115 NEW) endif() project( "My Cool Project" VERSION 1.0.1 DESCRIPTION "Some really awesome project that one day will change the world..." LANGUAGES C CXX ) set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20) set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON) message(STATUS "${PROJECT_NAME} ${PROJECT_VERSION} for ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}") string(TIMESTAMP PROJECT_BUILD_DATE "%Y-%m-%d") string(TIMESTAMP PROJECT_BUILD_YEAR "%Y") configure_file(src/build.h) # add warnings add_compile_options( -Wall -Wpedantic -Wextra -Wshadow -Wformat=2 -Wstrict-overflow -fvisibility=hidden -fno-strict-aliasing -Werror ) if(DEBUG) message(STATUS "DEBUG MODE: DO NOT RELEASE ANYTHING FROM THIS BUILD!") add_compile_options( -g -O0 ) else() message(STATUS "RELEASE MODE") add_compile_options( -s -Os -DNDEBUG ) set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON) endif() set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE} -s") set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON) find_package(Threads REQUIRED) # Now for the Qt specific stuffs... # Tells CMake where to find Qt, it need to be set right! set(QT_PATH "C:/QT") message(STATUS "QT Path: ${QT_PATH}") set(QT_ENV_PATH "C:/QT/6.2.4/mingw_64") message(STATUS "QT Env: ${QT_ENV_PATH}") # MS Redistributable path set(MS_VCR100 "C:/Windows/System32") # If you are using some libraries provided by Qt, here with OpenSSL: target_include_directories(encryption PUBLIC "${QT_PATH}/Tools/OpenSSL/Win_x64/include") target_link_directories(encryption PUBLIC "${QT_PATH}/Tools/OpenSSL/Win_x64/lib" "${QT_PATH}/Tools/OpenSSL/Win_x64/bin") set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON) find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core Widgets) # Add you beautifull executable add_executable( my_exe WIN32 src/build.h src/main.cxx src/something.cxx src/something.hxx ) set_target_properties(my_exe PROPERTIES WIN32_EXECUTABLE TRUE ) target_link_libraries( my_exe PUBLIC Qt6::Widgets Qt6::Core encryption ) install( TARGETS my_exe RUNTIME DESTINATION . COMPONENT my_exe_installer BUNDLE DESTINATION . COMPONENT my_exe_installer ) function(CPACKIFW_COMMON) set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME my_exe) set(CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "setup_${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME}V${PROJECT_VERSION}") set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "A beautifull program") set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION}") set(CPACK_PACKAGE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY "${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME}") set(CPACK_COMPONENTS_ALL my_exe_installer) set(CPACK_IFW_PACKAGE_START_MENU_DIRECTORY "My Exe") set(CPACK_IFW_PACKAGE_PUBLISHER "Fred") set(CPACK_GENERATOR IFW) set(CPACK_IFW_VERBOSE ON) set(CPACK_IFW_PACKAGE_WIZARD_STYLE Classic) set(CPACK_CREATE_DESKTOP_LINKS "My Exe") include(CPack REQUIRED) include(CPackIFW REQUIRED) cpack_add_component( my_exe_installer DISPLAY_NAME "My Exe" DESCRIPTION "My Exe description" REQUIRED ) cpack_ifw_configure_component( my_exe_installer FORCED_INSTALLATION NAME qt.my_exe.installer VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION} # Version of component DEFAULT TRUE ) endfunction() add_custom_command( TARGET my_exe POST_BUILD COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove_directory ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/windeployqt_stuff COMMAND windeployqt.exe --compiler-runtime --dir ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/windeployqt_stuff $<TARGET_FILE:my_exe> ) # some required Qt components install( DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/windeployqt_stuff/ DESTINATION . COMPONENT my_exe_installer ) # optionally add some custom DLLs install( DIRECTORY "src/dll/" DESTINATION . COMPONENT my_exe_installer FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*" ) # optionally adds some files, here a default config file that goes in the config directory install( FILES "src/pkg/config.ini" DESTINATION config COMPONENT my_exe_installer ) # optionally add some of Qt DLLs install( DIRECTORY "${QT_PATH}/Tools/OpenSSL/Win_x64/bin/" DESTINATION . COMPONENT my_exe_installer FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.dll" ) # required platforms plugins install( DIRECTORY "${QT_ENV_PATH}/plugins/platforms/" DESTINATION . COMPONENT my_exe_installer FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.dll" ) # required redistributables install( FILES "${MS_VCR100}/msvcr100.dll" "${MS_VCR100}/msvcr100_clr0400.dll" "${MS_VCR100}/msvcrt.dll" DESTINATION . COMPONENT my_exe_installer ) CPACKIFW_COMMON() ``` 9. Now that you have a working CMake file you can go ahead and build your project: ```sh # always use a new dir for the build mkdir build cd build # gen the cmake environment cmake ../ -G "MinGW Makefiles" # compile mingw32-make.exe -j 4 # generate the installer package mingw32-make.exe package ``` Enjoy your new installer package!