Qt Installer Framework and sh-scripts

[J.Hilk]

Hello everyone,

I try to deploy an App with the Qt InstallerFramework across platforms.

For MacOS I run into a bit of an problem.

The component.addOperation("CreateShortcut"...) is not supported and there seems to be no alternative. Pls correct me if I'm wrong here.

So I created a script make-alias.sh

#!/bin/bash
osascript <<END_SCRIPT
tell application "Finder" to make alias file to file (posix file "$1") at desktop
END_SCRIPT

this is shipped with my App-Bundle and executed in the Component.prototype.installationFinished = function()

So far so good, it works as I want it to.

Using the MaintenanceTool that is created by the Framework and upon selecting

• Update components
• Remove all components

The alias gets not deleted/removed automatically.

So I created a 2nd simple script remove-alias.sh

#!/bin/bash
rm -r ~/Desktop/AppName

But I have no idea where and how to include this in the installerscript.qs. Any help is appreciated.

[myk321]

@j-hilk said in Qt Installer Framework and sh-scripts:

osascript

In /config/config.xml you specify a control script:

<ControlScript>deinstallscript.qs</ControlScript>

Then in /config/deinstallscript.qs you invoke the .bash shell script using something like:

Controller.prototype.uninstallationStartedFunction = function() {
	try {

		if (systemInfo.kernelType === "winnt") {
			console.log("Uninstalling on Windows"); 

		} else if (systemInfo.kernelType === "darwin") {
			console.log("Uninstalling on MacOS");

			//Use a bash to do the linux desktop specific de-installation
			var args = ["@HomeDir@"];
		    	installer.executeDetached("@TargetDir@/macUninstall.bash", args);

		} else if (systemInfo.kernelType === "linux"){
			console.log("Uninstalling on Linux");
		}
	} catch(e) {
		console.log(e);
	}
}

function Controller() {
	installer.uninstallationStarted.connect(this, Controller.prototype.uninstallationStartedFunction);
}

[J.Hilk]

hi @myk321

thanks for the answer, I hadn't the time to test it yet, so I'll leave to topic open for now, but I#ll come back to it later this week.

I think you've tested this and from what I see your solution seems sounds. Is this bound to a specific version of the QtIFW ? Or has it been there from the beginning?

[myk321]

@jhilk: I'm not sure if it's been there since the beginning, but have tested it against the latest version of QtIFW, so 3.1 on MacOs and Ubuntu and 3.0 on Windows.