quasarapp / cqtdeployer

This project is used to deploy applications written using QML, qt or other С / С++ frameworks.

CQtDeployer

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What is CQtDeployer

CQtDeployer helps you to extract all libraries your executable depends on and to create a launch script for your application.

Key differences of this program:

• Performance: this program deploys the application several times faster (up to 10 seconds)
• Flexibility: this application has flags that help you to configure the deployment for your or your project's needs
• Cross-deployment: this application supports Windows and Linux distributions. This means that you can deploy a project not only for the host platform, but also deploy a project for Windows target on Linux host and vice versa.
• Fast installers creation: Once the deployment is complete, you will receive a standalone installer for your distribution.

Supported platforms:

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Supported processors architectures:

• x86
• x86-64
• ARM
• ARM64

How to use

Example: cqtdeployer <-bin [params]> [options]

See the list of all options here

Example: cqtdeployer -bin myApp -qmlDir ~/MyAppProject/qml -qmake ~/Qt/6.3.1/gcc_64/bin/qmake clear

More examples

Deployed project structure:

 #linux
 cqtdeployer -bin Guitar  
 
 #windows
 cqtdeployer -bin Guitar.exe -qmake /path/to/qmake.exe

Project installer after deployment with the qif option.

 #linux
 cqtdeployer -bin Application qif
 
 #windows
 cqtdeployer -bin Application.exe -qmake /path/to/qmake.exe qif

Project installer after deployment with the qif and qifStyle options.

 #linux
 cqtdeployer -bin Application qif -qifStyle quasar
 
 #windows
 cqtdeployer -bin Application.exe -qmake /path/to/qmake.exe qif -qifStyle quasar

 #linux
 cqtdeployer -bin Application qif -qifStyle path/to/myStyle.css
 
 #windows
 cqtdeployer -bin Application.exe -qmake /path/to/qmake.exe qif -qifStyle path/to/myStyle.css

Build and install

See building and installation instructions on wiki page

Projects using CQtDeployer:

• QAmigo - Qt cross-platform serial port socket assistant for visualizing data.
• QtSecret - Simple encryption library supporting RSA and AES algorithms.
• Hanoi-Towers - Hanoi Towers Game
• distbuilder - Distribution Builder
• Manager_v2 - Qt Quick Controls 2 - Linux Manager Desktop Application
• IDE65XX - IDE 65XX is one of the open source IDE options available for developers working with Kick Assembler.
• Tanks - 2D game written in C++ & Qt for Windows, Linux and Android
• stegano - Bit-level Image Manipulation Software with Qt Framework - Steganography Pet Project
• Online_Board - This is a board that you can share with others.

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Check out our documentation for more information: here

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Thanks

• many thanks Trail of Bits for their library pe-parser. Everything works perfectly.

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cqtdeployer's Issues

QML imports

add own qml import parser like pe or elf parsers

save last cmd options

• Invent and add a mechanism that would allow to simplify the call to cqtdeployer.
• add support not deploy commands (for example clear)

support plugin

add new table of plugins.

Not work from snap in removable dirs

Describe the bug
Not work from snap in removable dirs
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to remote dir
2. run cqtdeployer with project params
3. See error

qml

исправить извлечение библиотек qml

Not work from snap in folder with russian name

Describe the bug
Not work from snap in folder with russian name

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to project dir
2. run cqtdeployer -bin target -targetDir russianDir
3. See error

qt pool

add support of qt build system.
example :
add flag OwnQt [qt version tag]: this flag needed for building qt from source

Cmake

Add support of cmake build system

missing targetDir flag

missing targetDir flag in help

bug in call qmlimportsscanner

Use :

qmlimportscanner -rootPath $QML_PROJECT_DIR -importPath $QML_DIR

add support of qt.conf for windows

[Paths]
Prefix= ./
Libraries= ./
Plugins= ./plugins
Imports= ./qml
Qml2Imports= ./qml

AppRun

скрипт должен передовать параметры приложению

extract only C libs

added support extract only c libs

Добавить поддержку windows

использовать в качестве сканера зависимостей elfreader

Support for macOS

Hi,

Are you planning support macOS?

Thanks.

fix clear

Need to do so that cleaning would delete only the files copied last time in the selected folder and not the folder

lib priority

Describe the bug
app selected lib with low priority

Deploy with system libc do not worked

Describe the bug
Deploy with system libs do not worked,

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: [e.g. Ubuntu]
• Version [e.g. 18.04]

поиск библиотек

добавить возможность искать зависимости из кастомных каталогов

msvc compiller not worked

Describe the bug
not deploy project with msvc

Desktop :

• OS: [e.g. Windows 10]

not work flag -libDir and -recursiveDepch

Describe the bug
not work flag -libDir and -recursiveDepch

appPath

fix appPath

add the ability to build a project

add the ability to build a project with a custom qt rolled out of github

Исправить статическую сборку

shared build

Describe the bug
A clear and concise description of what the bug is.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
1 start deploy (shared release)

Expected behavior
not deployed qtcore lib

Добавить в snapstore

добавить консольную версию в снапстор, использовать для этого classic-support

Удалить старые флаги

add sopport of QtWebEngene

add support for binDir flag

Project ideas list

План проекта CQtDeployer.

• Ознакомиться и исправить текущую документацию по проекту;
• Ознакомиться с текущей вики;
• Написать или обновить текущую статью, описывающую полную работу утилиты;
• Написать или обновить текущую статью, описывающую процесс сборки и установки утилиты под все доступные платформы;
• Написать или обновить существующий гайд по использованию утилиты;
• Подготовить живые примеры работы утилиты;
• Перевести все написанные статьи на все возможные языки, (языки обсуждать с ментором проекта);
• Написать сайт проекту, используя по возможности :
  1. backend : nodejs, mysql
  2. frontend : (Обсуждать с ментором проекта),
     Основные возможности сайта:
• Должны быть написаны новостной и модуль размещения релизов.
  1. Новостной модуль позволяет динамически создавать и изменять существующие новости проекта;
  2. Модуль размещения основных релизов - то же что и новостной, только с привязкой к релизам gitHub;
  3. Поддержка авторизации пользователей, так же возможность добавлять материал на сайт динамически для авторизованных пользователей, имеющих необходимый уровень доступа;
• Разместить все написанные статьи документации на разработанном сайте.

Если написание backend не представляется возможным.

• Подготовить сайт с использованием технологий gh-pages и разместить там все написанную документацию с поддержкой нескольких языков.

Project plan CQtDeployer.

• Read and correct current project documentation;
• Read the current wiki page;
• Write or update the current article describing the entire functioning of the utility;
• Write or update the current article describing the process of assembling and installing the utility for all available platforms;
• Write or update an existing guide of using the utility;
• Prepare living examples of the utility functioning;
• Translate the existing articles into all possible languages, (discuss the list of languages ​​with your project mentors).
• Create a website for the project using if it’s possible:
  1. backend: nodejs, mysql
  2. frontend: (Discuss with project mentor)

Main features of the website:

• News module and release placement module should be created.
  1. The news module allows you to create and modify existing project news dynamically;
  2. The module of placement of major releases is the same as news module. The only difference is that it’s linked to gitHub releases;
  3. Support the authorization of users, as well as the ability to post data on the site dynamically for authorized users who’ve got the necessary level of access.
• Post all the articles of the documentation on the developed website.

If backend development is not possible.

• Prepare a website using gh-pages technology and post all written documentation with the support of several languages.

Add gui wrapper for this app

Build cqtdeployer like a library and create gui application for deploy c++ projects

Add support of output paths

Add support of output dir of deploy files.

Add support:

1. qmlOut flag - for qml files
2. libOut flag - for so and dll files
3. trOut flag - for transtation files
4. pluginOut flag - for plugins

add support translations

Add support of auto check qt libs (wthout qmake flag)

use CXX_ABI

Rename app to CQtdeployer

Need to rename the application and the repository to cqtdeployer as this is a more easy to remember name.

check clear flag

Add auto tests

• It is necessary to add tests to the program, because the number of errors is too large, at the moment I can not collect my applications because of them.

Add a template for prepare of deb package

Add a template for prepare of deb package

soft links

Describe the bug
deployer copied all links like files

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. run cqtdeployer with deploy so lib (1 lib and 3 links to lib )

Segmentation fault

В задеплоехных проектах с помощью снапчате версии ошибка сигментации

clear on windows

нужно исправить ощибку с отчисткой старых файлов

extra plugins

Заменить qDebug на qInformation

create a own scaner lib of dependencies (windows and linux)

• dependencies scan on linux : objdump | grep .so
• dependencies scan on Windows : "objdump -p "$1" | sed -n "s/^\printf '\t'`DLL Name: (.*.dll$)/\1/p"`"

add support strip

The application must perform a strip for all libraries in the project

removable-media disabled on snap

Add show version command

wrong log

Describe the bug
when deployement, application print wrong log

file with sufix  "qml"  not supported!

To Reproduce
deploy qml app

Screenshots

file with sufix  "qml"  not supported!
file with sufix  "qml"  not supported!
file with sufix  "qml"  not supported!
file with sufix  "qml"  not supported!
file with sufix  "qml"  not supported!
file with sufix  "qml"  not supported!
file with sufix  "qml"  not supported!
file with sufix  "qml"  not supported!
file with sufix  "qml"  not supported!
file with sufix  "qml"  not supported!
file with sufix  "qml"  not supported!
file with sufix  "qml"  not supported!
file with sufix  "qml"  not supported!
file with sufix  "qml"  not supported!
file with sufix  "qml"  not supported!
file with sufix  "qml"  not supported!

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: [e.g. Ubuntu]
• Version [e.g. 18.04]
• app version 1.1.2

add the ability to search libraries by name.

for example
-extraLib myLib

Add support extra files

add new flag for deploy extra files