Linux (Ubuntu 12.04) deployment

[PabloAmunt]

Hi, I want to distribute my Qt application for Linux.

I've read this article:
http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/linux-deployment.html

However, I don't want to distribute the Qt libraries along with my programme. I would prefer to give the final user some instructions like:

sudo apt-get install libqt5
sudo apt-get install ...
...

But I don't know what I need to give to the final user. My applications depends on Qt core, gui, serialport, svg, webkitwidgets and network. Where can I find some documentation about this?

I believe that this approach is better than distributing the Qt libraries and running the application through a .sh script because the Qt libraries would be installed in the default location and could be used by more applications. Am I right?

Thanks

[SGaist]

Hi and welcome to devnet,

Looks like you are targeting ubuntu, right ? In that case you should rather take a look at how to create a package for them. A properly prepared package will allow your user to just install your software and it will automatically pull in all needed dependencies.

Hope it helps

[A Former User]

Hi @PabloAmunt,
packaging for Linux is a major pain in the ass. If you are targeting Ubuntu the place to start is the Ubuntu packaging guide: http://packaging.ubuntu.com/
Good luck!