include vlc in qt application

[abhay]

@SGaist I used vlc-qt source code for my application.I want to create a standalone package without vlc or libvlc being installed.Can you tell me how can I do that?

[SGaist]

Which OS are you targeting ?

[abhay]

@SGaist linux only.I am working on linuxmint

[SGaist]

Then follow the Linux deployment guide.

[abhay]

@SGaist I deployed my app by linuxdeployqt tool.My app is working perfectly.But it's running only on machines which have vlc or libvlc.I want to bind the app into my appimage.But I am not able to do so.Can you tell me briefly how can I bind libvlc and my app,so that users without vlc also can run my app?Thanks!

[SGaist]

Did you use the -bundle-non-qt-libs option of that tool ?

[abhay]

@SGaist Yes.But no luck :(

[Tikani]

@abhay you can do a static link in case you are writing app under GPL licence and your code is open sourced.

[abhay]

@Tikani I am sorry.I don't know how to create a static link.Can you tell me how to do this? Thanks! and my code is under GPL license

[Tikani]

@abhay At first you need a static version of Qt environment. To get this one you need to build a Qt from source with -static parameter. Start from this link. Perhaps, you will have to get the sources of libvlc and recompile it as a static library, but I do not quite sure. Depends on what you will find in libvlc-dev package if you use sources from official mint repos. But you can download the freshest sources tarball from VLC site. In official repos packages are slightly outdated, usually.

[SGaist]

@Tikani, @abhay doesn't struggle with Qt, it's vlc that is giving him a hard time to bundle.

@abhay, are you only missing the vlc libraries or is there anything else that is not pulled in ?

[abhay]

@SGaist only vlc libraries.Qt is fine

[SGaist]

Did you increase the log level of linuxdeployqt ? That might give you hints of what is happening.

You may have to tweak the tool a bit to make it include the vlc libraries.

[abhay]

@SGaist Did you mean --verbose? I set the default value only.

[SGaist]

Put it at 4

[abhay]

@SGaist Same error man :(

[abhay]

@abhay and I think range is from 0-3 only I think.Although if you give more than 3 it will take same as 3 I think

[SGaist]

Setting the verbosity up won't fix the problem, however it should help you get information on what is happening. Maybe tell you why what dependency is ignored.

From a quick look at linuxdeployqt, it might be because vlc is installed in a system folder which will be avoided by the tool.

[abhay]

@SGaist can you tell me how to link vlc if I install it in a custom manner?I mean downloading the source code and building it.

[SGaist]

The same as now except that you'll have to add the path to your custom VLC build in the LIBS variable.