make install - qmake

Konstantinos

I am seeing the instructions about how to install - build - compile and create the desired directories of a project.

First of all, I have to build the project with the command "make" (in cmd) and then the command "make install" will create the directories (for example lib/ ...)

If I start with the command "qmake", what is then the equivalent command for "make install"?

Thanks in advance.

SGaist

Hi,

qmake is used to prepare the build. The rest doesn't change.

Paul Colby

Hi @Konstantinos,

I like the way Wikipedia puts it:

qmake is a utility that automates the generation of Makefiles. ... therefore qmake is a make-makefile tool, or makemake for short.

In other words, qmake doesn't replace make - it complements it. Specifically, qmake generates Makefiles that you then use with the make and make install commands (or mingw32-make.exe or nmake.exe on Windows).

@Konstantinos said:

If I start with the command "qmake", what is then the equivalent command for "make install"?

The command is still make install (or mingw32-make install or nmake install on Windows).

So, since you appear to be using Windows, if you're using MinGW, you would do something like:

qmake [path-to-dot-pro-file]
mingw32-make
mingw32-make check
mingw32-make install

Or if you're using MSVC:

qmake [path-to-dot-pro-file]
nmake
nmake check
nmake install

Personally, on Windows, I like to wrap mingw32-make.exe and nmake.exe each in their own make.cmd scripts, and export the path to the relevant script via a local target-platform setup script. That way I can just type make on all platforms :)

Cheers.