You should really take Eric's previous advice if you're building a Qt application:
"A good starting point may be Mike's blog entry on DeployQt4 as well: http://mikemcquaid.com/2012/01/04/deploying-qt-applications-with-deployqt4/"; On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 4:25 AM, Manoj Vaghela <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Eric, > > Thank you very much for your quick reply. > > INSTALL( PROGRAMS ... ) worked fine. > If I am using this, I also do not need to specify any IMPORTED related > stuff. > > As my understanding now, the following lines are sufficient for creating > pack. > > INSTALL( TARGETS ${EXECUTABLE_NAME} DESTINATION ${INSTALL_DIR} ) // For > Executable from the current CMakeLists.txt > > INSTALL( PROGRAMS ${EXTERNAL_EXE} DESTINATION ${INSTALL_DIR} ) // For > including external executable in the archive > > INSTALL( FILES LIB1 LIB2 DESTINATION ${INSTALL_DIR} ) // For libraries > (current or external) or any other files > > A few clarifications required: > > For an application using Qt libraries, should I pack the related Qt > libraries (QtCore, QtGui, QtOpenGL) ?? or not ?? If I am giving this to > somebody, I should include them or ask them to install on their machine ? > > Also, what is the preferred path or tree for installing package? When RPM is > installed, will it automatically be included in the $PATH or I have to do it > someway? > > Thanks once again. > > -- > regards, > Manoj > > On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Eric Noulard <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 2012/11/9 Manoj Vaghela <[email protected]>: >> > Dear Eric, >> > >> > Thanks for your reply. >> > >> > When I am using INSTALL (FILES... ) for adding external executable to my >> > CMakeLists.txt file, it shows the executable file in the RPM archive. >> > But >> > it's execute permission is lost. What should I have to do for that? >> > >> > Also, ADD_EXECUTABLE( ... IMPORTED) did not work for me. I added this >> > line >> > but when archive is created, it did not include my executable in it. >> >> See my comment below: >> >> > >> > This is sample of my CMakeLists.txt >> > ----------------------------------------------- >> > >> > SET( CPACK_GENERATOR "RPM" ) >> > >> > ##### MAIN EXE >> > SET( MAIN_EXE myExe) >> > ADD_EXECUTABLE(${MAIN_EXE} SOME_SOURCE_FILES ) >> > SET( INSTALL_DIR "$ENV{HOME}/MANOJ" ) >> > INSTALL( TARGETS ${MAIN_EXEC} DESTINATION ${INSTALL_DIR} ) >> > >> > ##### EXTERNAL EXE >> > SET( EXTERNAL_EXE "/home/manoj/EXTERNAL/a.out.exe" ) >> > SET( IMPORTED_LOCATION ${EXTERNAL_EXE} ) >> > ADD_EXECUTABLE( ${EXTERNAL_EXE} IMPORTED) // This does not pack the >> > executable >> >> Once the external executable is imported as a TARGET >> you have to install it: >> INSTALL( TARGETS ${EXTERNAL_EXE} DESTINATION ${INSTALL_DIR} ) >> >> > >> > #INSTALL( FILES ${EXTERNAL_EXE} DESTINATION ${INSTALL_DIR}) // This >> > packs, >> > but permissions lost >> >> My mistake for executable you should be using >> install(PROGRAMS files... DESTINATION <dir> >> [PERMISSIONS permissions...] >> [CONFIGURATIONS [Debug|Release|...]] >> [COMPONENT <component>] >> [RENAME <name>] [OPTIONAL]) >> >> signature. >> -- >> Erk >> Le gouvernement représentatif n'est pas la démocratie -- >> http://www.le-message.org > > > > -- > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake -- Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
