qt_generate_deploy_qml_app_script not working for static Qt 6.4

2FingerTyper

Hello,
I am currently trying to build a QtQuick-App. It was created in Design Studio and can be build and run in both Design Studio and Creator on my development machine (win10, 64bit). Now I want to deploy the App to another target pc (win10, 64bit). So I build a static version of the Qt I am using (6.4.3) with the following configure-flags:

../configure.bat -static -release -platform win32-g++ -opensource -confirm-license -prefix C:/Users/u4540/programs_and_libs/Qt-6.4.3-Static/Qt643Static -qt-zlib -qt-libpng -qt-webp -qt-libjpeg -qt-freetype  -no-opengl -skip qtactiveqt -skip qtandroidextras -skip qtcharts -skip qtconnectivity -skip qtdatavis3d -skip qtdoc -skip qtgamepad -skip qtlocation -skip qtlottie -skip qtmacextras -skip qtmultimedia -skip qtnetworkauth -skip qtpurchasing -skip qtremoteobjects -skip qtscript -skip qtsensors -skip qtspeech -skip qtsvg -skip qtwayland -skip qtwebglplugin -skip qtwebview -skip webengine -make libs -nomake tools -nomake examples -nomake tests -skip qtvirtualkeyboard

I added this to the CMakeLists.Txt:

qt_generate_deploy_qml_app_script(
    TARGET ${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}
    FILENAME_VARIABLE deploy_script
)
install(SCRIPT ${deploy_script})

However, when trying to configure the build with cmake, it fails:

cmake -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=C:/stash ../MyProjectDir

Output:

CMake Error at C:/Users/u4540/programs_and_libs/Qt-6.4.3-Static/Qt643Static/lib/cmake/Qt6Qml/Qt6QmlMacros.cmake:3096 (message):
  Support for installing runtime dependencies is not implemented for this
  target platform (Windows, static Qt libs).
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  C:/Users/u4540/programs_and_libs/Qt-6.4.3-Static/Qt643Static/lib/cmake/Qt6Qml/Qt6QmlMacros.cmake:3112 (qt6_generate_deploy_qml_app_script)
  CMakeLists.txt:52 (qt_generate_deploy_qml_app_script)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "C:/Users/.../build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
See also "C:/Users/.../build/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".

It does however work if I link against the normal (non-static) install of Qt 6.4.3.
Am I doing something wrong? Or is qt_generate_deploy_qml_app_script() Macro not yet available for static Qt 6.4.3?

Best Regards

jobor

qt_generate_deploy_qml_app_script() is not available for static builds right now.

In a static Qt build, runtime dependencies are usually baked into the binary. What are you expecting from the deployment API for static Qt builds?

2FingerTyper

Thanks for the information. I did not realize that all dependencies are build into the application on static builds and therefore the deploy-script is not needed anymore. I got the script to run with my normal (dynamically linked) version of Qt and now I get my deployable this way. Thanks again for the help.