Deployment - OS X default Qt libs

maximus

Hi guys,

I'm in the process of packaging my apps for OS X.
I'm wondering why the size of the package is 50MB but on Windows it's only 35MB

I see a folder named "PlugIns" with a bunch of things i'm not sure I need. (printsupport, sqldrivers, audio, mediaservice). I don't need any print support or sqldrivers, and the audio is played with the open source library SFML. Is there a way not to bundle up theses lib when I run macdeployqt?
"https://www.dropbox.com/s/6bqu0mv14zqkvi6/defaultPlugin.png?dl=0":https://www.dropbox.com/s/6bqu0mv14zqkvi6/defaultPlugin.png?dl=0

Also another question, I need to package third party libraries with my software
I would like them to be copied automatically with macdeployqt, is that possible? They are linked in my .pro file, but they don't get copied.
@ #SFML
INCLUDEPATH += /Users/tourlou2/Dropbox/SFML-2.1-osx-clang-universal/include
LIBS += /Users/tourlou2/Dropbox/SFML-2.1-osx-clang-universal/lib/libsfml-audio.2.1.dylib
LIBS += /Users/tourlou2/Dropbox/SFML-2.1-osx-clang-universal/lib/libsfml-system.2.1.dylib@

Thanks in advance!

SGaist

Hi,

Which version of Qt are you using ?

You can use the -no-plugins option to avoid their deployment.

Do you have any error message on the console about these libraries ?

maximus

Hey SGaist, latest version 5.3.1 on 10.9 OS X.

No all the libraries are deployed correctly with macdeployqt, except those 2 libraries that I have to copy manually. Was wondering if there was a "trick" inside the .pro so that it deploys them also to save time for the deployment

Error message is: can't find theses 2 libraries, if I put them in /Frameworks, program runs fine

Thanks!

SGaist

Can you past the path where macdeployqt searches for these libs and the current path where thy can be found?

maximus

Good question, I just run macdeployqt without verbose, I'll check it with verbose on next time.

The libs are on the path posted up there (.pro file) and also in usr/local/lib
For right now, I'm okay just copying the libs manually after running macdeployqt, will try to optimize deployment, later, thanks for your help!

SGaist

If you need to deploy them by hand, don't forget to also correct their path with install_name_tool.

However macdeployqt should find them

maximus

It's looking for the missing libs in ../Frameworks so I just copy the 2 missing libs there by hands
Just wondering why they aren't being copied there by macdeployqt like the others libs, qwt, etc.

SGaist

There was bug when looking for libraries that should have bin fixed. Wonder if you found something that needs some patches

maximus

I'll try with the newest version of Qt and see if it's better, thanks ;)

SGaist

The 5.4 beta would be a good starting point