Running windeployqt from QtCreator

[Spiel]

Is it possible to run windeployqt automatically on build for a CMake project? I find it difficult to manually copy the executable to a directory, then run windeployqt and specify QML directories.

[Spiel]

Edit: I tried following the guide at https://www.qt.io/blog/cmake-deployment-api, but when I run cmake.exe --install . --prefix ., I get a failure:
Unknown CMake command "qt_deploy_qml_imports".

The same failure appears when using ninja install.

[Mesrine]

@Spiel

I am getting this error also when using the cmake deployment API of Qt.
For Linux, macOS, and Windows. Qt 6.6.0 and 6.8.0
I use the same findpackages in two projects and the same cmake template. But deploying the examples for one project works for the other one not.

The part

qt_generate_deploy_qml_app_script(
        TARGET quickApp
        OUTPUT_SCRIPT deploy_script
    )

creates a file on the build directory called .qt/QtDeploySupport.cmake that should include

"SOMEPATH/Qt/6.8.0/gcc_64/lib/cmake/Qt6Core/Qt6CoreDeploySupport.cmake"
 "SOMEPATH/Qt/6.8.0/gcc_64/lib/cmake/Qt6Qml/Qt6QmlDeploySupport.cmake"

but in my case includes only

"SOMEPATH/Qt/6.8.0/gcc_64/lib/cmake/Qt6Core/Qt6CoreDeploySupport.cmake"

That's why cmake says

Unknown CMake command "qt_deploy_qml_imports".

because that function is in Qt6QmlDeploySupport.

[Mesrine]

@Mesrine

It seems that the FIRST call to findpackage of Qt should have the QML component

find_package(Qt6 COMPONENTS Core Gui Quick Qml)

Because the qt cmake scripts use that to see what macros to include.