macdeployqt - no longer working after upgrade to 5.5

maximus

I just upgraded form 5.4.1 to 5.5

When I use macdeployqt on my application.app after it has been built, the process starts but at the end, the Qt .frameworks I need are not being copied in the /Framework directory like usual

Here is the command I'm using :
./Qt5.5.0/5.5/clang_64/bin/macdeployqt /Users/tourlou3/build-PowerVelo2-Desktop_Qt_5_5_0_clang_64bit-Release/MaximumTrainer.app

Is there something I should set in my .pro to force the .frameworks to be copied?
I already have linked Qt in the .pro like this:
QT += core gui widgets (...)

I suspect a step was not done when installing Qt 5.5 on the machine. I just ran the installer, nothing more
Seems to be the same problem with other users :
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13233393/installing-qt-libraries-on-os-x (see rimorob comment)

Thanks

SGaist

Hi,

What do you get if you make the output of macdeployqt more verbose ?

maximus

Hey,

I have noticed that If I remove some external libs that are copied in my .pro. the Qt Frameworks get copied normally.

Here is the log when i'm using the external libs and having the problem:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/htkqvm36bxbj5xn/logMacdeployQt.rtf?dl=0
I just copy manually the Qt.frameworks libs for now

Here is the code that is causing the issue in my .pro

    #set RPATH
    QMAKE_RPATHDIR += @executable_path/../Frameworks
    QMAKE_RPATHDIR += @executable_path/lib
    QMAKE_RPATHDIR += @executable_path


    #Copy dylib necessary  VLC Libs (lib & plugins) and SFML libs that are forgotten by MacDeployQt
    copydata.commands =  $(COPY_DIR) /Users/tourlou3/Dropbox/VLC-Qt_0.11.0_build32_893f101/lib $$OUT_PWD/MaximumTrainer.app/Contents/MacOS &&
    copydata.commands += $(COPY_DIR) /Users/tourlou3/Dropbox/VLC-Qt_0.11.0_build32_893f101/plugins $$OUT_PWD/MaximumTrainer.app/Contents/MacOS &&
    copydata.commands += $(COPY_DIR) /Users/tourlou3/Dropbox/SFML-2.3-osx-clang-universal/deploy/lib $$OUT_PWD/MaximumTrainer.app/Contents/MacOS &&
    copydata.commands += $(COPY_DIR) /Users/tourlou3/Dropbox/SFML-2.3-osx-clang-universal/extlibs/Frameworks $$OUT_PWD/MaximumTrainer.app/Contents
    first.depends = $(first) copydata
    export(first.depends)
    export(copydata.commands)
    QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += first copydata

dan_ibis

I'm getting the same issue on a brand new app built with Qt 5.5. It says it cannot find any external Qt frameworks to deploy, but otool shows that they exist.

➜  build-installer-Desktop_Qt_5_5_0_clang_64bit-Release>  macdeployqt MyApp.app -verbose=3
Log: Using otool: 
Log:  inspecting "MyApp.app/Contents/MacOS/MyApp" 
WARNING: 
WARNING: Could not find any external Qt frameworks to deploy in "MyApp.app" 
WARNING: Perhaps macdeployqt was already used on "MyApp.app" ? 
WARNING: If so, you will need to rebuild "MyApp.app" before trying again. 

➜  build-installer-Desktop_Qt_5_5_0_clang_64bit-Release>  otool -L    MyApp.app/Contents/MacOS/MyApp
MyApp.app/Contents/MacOS/MyApp:
@rpath/QtWidgets.framework/Versions/5/QtWidgets (compatibility version 5.5.0, current version 5.5.0)
@rpath/QtGui.framework/Versions/5/QtGui (compatibility version 5.5.0, current version 5.5.0)
@rpath/QtCore.framework/Versions/5/QtCore (compatibility version 5.5.0, current version 5.5.0)
/System/Library/Frameworks/DiskArbitration.framework/Versions/A/DiskArbitration (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.0.0)
/System/Library/Frameworks/IOKit.framework/Versions/A/IOKit (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 275.0.0)
@rpath/QtSerialPort.framework/Versions/5/QtSerialPort (compatibility version 5.5.0, current version 5.5.0)
@rpath/QtNetwork.framework/Versions/5/QtNetwork (compatibility version 5.5.0, current version 5.5.0)
/System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/OpenGL (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.0.0)
/System/Library/Frameworks/AGL.framework/Versions/A/AGL (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.0.0)
/usr/lib/libstdc++.6.dylib (compatibility version 7.0.0, current version 104.1.0)
/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1213.0.0)

maximus

Ok here I am at deploy day, and still having problem with OSX deploy.

The Qt frameworks are not being copied, and it's not possible to run on another system that has not Qt installed (renaming my Qt folder to something else cause the crash also)

tourlou3s-Mac:Applications tourlou3$ ./MaximumTrainer.app/Contents/MacOS/MaximumTrainer
This application failed to start because it could not find or load the Qt platform plugin "cocoa".
Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
Abort trap: 6

If I remove theses line from my .pro, the Qt Frameworks get copied fine, but I loose my custom framework that I need

    #set RPATH (place to look for .dylib & framework by default)
    QMAKE_RPATHDIR += @executable_path/../Frameworks
    QMAKE_RPATHDIR += @executable_path/lib
    QMAKE_RPATHDIR += @executable_path


    #Copy dylib necessary  VLC Libs (lib & plugins) and SFML libs that are forgotten by MacDeployQt
    copydata.commands =  $(COPY_DIR) /Users/tourlou3/Dropbox/VLC-Qt_0.11.0_build32_893f101/lib $$OUT_PWD/MaximumTrainer.app/Contents/MacOS &&
    copydata.commands += $(COPY_DIR) /Users/tourlou3/Dropbox/VLC-Qt_0.11.0_build32_893f101/plugins $$OUT_PWD/MaximumTrainer.app/Contents/MacOS &&
    copydata.commands += $(COPY_DIR) /Users/tourlou3/Dropbox/SFML-2.3-osx-clang-universal/deploy/lib $$OUT_PWD/MaximumTrainer.app/Contents/MacOS &&
    copydata.commands += $(COPY_DIR) /Users/tourlou3/Dropbox/SFML-2.3-osx-clang-universal/extlibs/Frameworks $$OUT_PWD/MaximumTrainer.app/Contents
    first.depends = $(first) copydata
    export(first.depends)
    export(copydata.commands)
    QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += first copydata

Without theses line in my .pro, I get theses error while executing macdeployqt

tourlou3s-Mac:~ tourlou3$ ./Qt5.5.0/5.5/clang_64/bin/macdeployqt /Users/tourlou3/build-PowerVelo2-Desktop_Qt_5_5_0_clang_64bit-Release/MaximumTrainer.app
ERROR: Cannot resolve rpath "libvlc-qt.0.11.dylib (compatibility version 0.11.0, current version 0.11.0)"
ERROR:  using QSet("/Users/tourlou3/Qt5.5.0/5.5/clang_64/lib")
ERROR: Cannot resolve rpath "libvlc-qt-widgets.0.11.dylib (compatibility version 0.11.0, current version 0.11.0)"
ERROR:  using QSet("/Users/tourlou3/Qt5.5.0/5.5/clang_64/lib")
ERROR: Cannot resolve rpath "libsfml-audio.2.3.dylib (compatibility version 2.3.0, current version 2.3.0)"
ERROR:  using QSet("/Users/tourlou3/Qt5.5.0/5.5/clang_64/lib")
ERROR: no file at "/opt/local/lib/mysql55/mysql/libmysqlclient.18.dylib"
ERROR: no file at "/usr/local/lib/libpq.5.dylib"

Definitely seem to be a conflict problem with RPATH from Qt Frameworks and my custom frameworks

SGaist

Can you try with Qt 5.5.1 ?

Looks to work correctly

maximus

@SGaist

Im on 5.5.0, was looking to try and download back 5.4.2 as this seems an issue with 5.5
Where do you get 5.5.1 if I may ask?
Thanks!

SGaist

Sure you may ;)

5.5.1 snapshots

maximus

Ok downloading "qt-opensource-mac-x64-clang-5.5.1_2015-08-18_09-49-12-121.dmg" ATM
WIll post back results!

maximus

Installing now, do you think it's okay to use 5.5.1 for production?
If not, I will try with 5.4.2 to see if I have the same problem.
need to recompile a few libs.. qwt, etc. and will post results to see if 5.5.0 is the problem

maximus

Same thing with 5.5.1, Qt Frameworks not copied in my bundle /Frameworks directory
Going to try with 5.4.2 now.

tourlou3s-Mac-2:~ tourlou3$ ./Qt5.5.1/5.5/clang_64/bin/macdeployqt /Users/tourlou3/build-PowerVelo2-Desktop_Qt_5_5_0_clang_64bit-Release/MaximumTrainer.app/
ERROR: Unexpected prefix "@executable_path"
ERROR: Unexpected prefix "@executable_path"
ERROR: Unexpected prefix "@executable_path"

maximus

OK I can confirm, something happened with macdeployqt between version 5.4.2 and 5.5

I can use macdeployqt fine with 5.4.2!
tourlou3s-Mac-2:~ tourlou3$ ./Qt5.4.2/5.4/clang_64/bin/macdeployqt /Users/tourlou3/build-PowerVelo2-Desktop_Qt_5_4_2_clang_64bit-Release/MaximumTrainer.app/
ERROR: no file at "/opt/local/lib/mysql55/mysql/libmysqlclient.18.dylib"
ERROR: no file at "/usr/local/lib/libpq.5.dylib"
tourlou3s-Mac-2:~ tourlou3$

problem with 5.5.0 + seems to be with @executable_path that crash macdeployqt and stop the rest of the job that it should do. (not coping Qt Frameworks, etc.)
So i'm staying on 5.4.2 for the OSX version, I'm bad with install_name_tools and depend on macdeployqt for deployment!
Hopefully they can figure what happened in 5.5.0 and fix this bug

maximus

Want me to open a bug tracker somewhere for this?
Is it possible to use an older version of macdeployqt with 5.0.0?
Thanks SGaist!

SGaist

The frameworks are now deployed with @rpath rather than @executable_path but it should not crash so yes please open a report

maximus

Thank you..
Posted there
Will wait to use 5.5.0 + on OSX for now.

SGaist

5.6 might be a better jump in your case

Important: Please read the Qt Code of Conduct - https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

macdeployqt - no longer working after upgrade to 5.5