Error deploying Qt application on OS X

KelvinSP · 9 Aug 2017, 19:45

I'm trying to deploy a Qt application on OS X using macdeployqt:

macdeployqt MyApplication.app -dmg

The application uses the Qwt library, which is being included in the PRO file as follows:

macx: QWT_ROOT = /usr/local/qwt-6.1.0
include ( $${QWT_ROOT}/features/qwt.prf )

When I run the macdeployqt command I get the following error message:

ERROR: no file at "/Library/Frameworks/qwt.framework/Versions/6/qwt.framework/Versions/6/qwt"

I'm not sure but it seems the deployment step is looking for the Qwt library on the wrong path, for example:

"/Library/Frameworks/qwt.framework/Versions/6/qwt.framework/Versions/6/qwt"

When it should be:

"/Library/Frameworks/qwt.framework/Versions/6/qwt"

How can I solve it?

patrik08 · 9 Aug 2017, 20:03

on console you write:
man otool |enter

http://www.manpagez.com/man/1/otool/

or mouse:
http://www.vmeisoft.com/dependency-walker-for-mac/
framework binding to app
install_name_tool -change "$QTDIR/lib/$lib.framework/Versions/4/$lib"
"@executable_path/../Frameworks/$lib.framework/Versions/4/$lib"
"$bundle_bin"

echo "...$lib done."

sample:
https://github.com/pehohlva/xhtml_edit_qedit_base/blob/master/mac_bundle/grep.sh

macdeployqt make bundle only from qt framework...
or static lib or otool. :-)

KelvinSP · wrote on 8 Sept 2017, 20:12

@patrik08 Sorry, but I could not understand your answer (maybe because English is not my first language), can you be more specific/clear on how can I solve it?.

Just a note: the command macdeployqt MyApplication -dmg stopped to work after I have installed Qt 5.9. It always worked well when I was using only Qt 5.3.2.

patrik08 · wrote on 8 Sept 2017, 20:18

here..
http://thecourtsofchaos.com/2013/09/16/how-to-copy-and-relink-binaries-on-osx/

macdeployqt not understand
Frameworks/qwt.framework/Versions/6/qwt.framework/Versions/6/qwt

patrik08 · 8 Sept 2017, 20:49

This is a sample output fromm otool

cd OasisEdit.app/Contents/MacOS
OasisEdit
MacBook-Pro-di-dev:MacOS dev$ 
MacBook-Pro-di-dev:MacOS dev$ otool -L ./OasisEdit
./OasisEdit:
	@rpath/QtPrintSupport.framework/Versions/5/QtPrintSupport (compatibility version 5.9.0, current version 5.9.1)
	@rpath/QtWidgets.framework/Versions/5/QtWidgets (compatibility version 5.9.0, current version 5.9.1)
	@rpath/QtGui.framework/Versions/5/QtGui (compatibility version 5.9.0, current version 5.9.1)
	@rpath/QtCore.framework/Versions/5/QtCore (compatibility version 5.9.0, current version 5.9.1)
	/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/QtSvg.framework/Versions/5/QtSvg (compatibility version 5.9.0, current version 5.9.1)
	@rpath/QtPdfium.framework/Versions/5/QtPdfium (compatibility version 5.5.0, current version 5.5.0)
	@rpath/QtXml.framework/Versions/5/QtXml (compatibility version 5.9.0, current version 5.9.1)
	@rpath/QtNetwork.framework/Versions/5/QtNetwork (compatibility version 5.9.0, current version 5.9.1)
	@rpath/QtTextToSpeech.framework/Versions/5/QtTextToSpeech (compatibility version 5.9.0, current version 5.9.2)
	/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/libc++.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 120.1.0)
	/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1226.10.1)

after you chance install_name_tool -change
from local framework to bundle dir.. & copy the framework to bundle ...

KelvinSP · 9 Aug 2017, 20:51

@patrik08 thanks for the help, but I'm not finding the path I must change.

There is no qwt.framework in my Qt path: /Users/kelvinsp/Qt5.3.2/5.3/clang_64/lib/.

When I run otool in MyApplication.app I get this:

cd MyApplication.app/Contents/MacOS
otool -L ./MyApplication
./MyApplication:
	/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation (compatibility version 150.0.0, current version 1349.64.0)
	/System/Library/Frameworks/IOKit.framework/Versions/A/IOKit (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 275.0.0)
	qwt.framework/Versions/6/qwt (compatibility version 6.1.0, current version 6.1.0)
	/opt/local/lib/libboost_system-mt.dylib (compatibility version 0.0.0, current version 0.0.0)
	/opt/local/lib/libboost_filesystem-mt.dylib (compatibility version 0.0.0, current version 0.0.0)
	/Users/kelvinsp/Qt5.3.2/5.3/clang_64/lib/QtSvg.framework/Versions/5/QtSvg (compatibility version 5.3.0, current version 5.3.2)
	/Users/kelvinsp/Qt5.3.2/5.3/clang_64/lib/QtWidgets.framework/Versions/5/QtWidgets (compatibility version 5.3.0, current version 5.3.2)
	/Users/kelvinsp/Qt5.3.2/5.3/clang_64/lib/QtGui.framework/Versions/5/QtGui (compatibility version 5.3.0, current version 5.3.2)
	/Users/kelvinsp/Qt5.3.2/5.3/clang_64/lib/QtCore.framework/Versions/5/QtCore (compatibility version 5.3.0, current version 5.3.2)
	/Users/kelvinsp/Qt5.3.2/5.3/clang_64/lib/QtPrintSupport.framework/Versions/5/QtPrintSupport (compatibility version 5.3.0, current version 5.3.2)
	/Users/kelvinsp/Qt5.3.2/5.3/clang_64/lib/QtSql.framework/Versions/5/QtSql (compatibility version 5.3.0, current version 5.3.2)
	/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/libc++.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 307.5.0)
	/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1238.50.2)
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patrik08 · 8 Sept 2017, 21:42

@KelvinSP said in Error deploying Qt application on OS X:

qwt.framework/Versions/6/qwt

Ok...
waht is this?
qwt.framework/Versions/6/qwt

#!/bin/bash
dir=$(pwd)
echo "$dir"
echo RUNNING Clean .... hight voltage...rm!!
rm -rf MyApplication.app  .moc .obj .rcc mkspecs Makefile .qmake.stash .qmake.cache
find . -name '.DS_Store' -type f -delete
find . -name 'Makefile' -type f -delete
find . -name 'Makefile.Release' -type f -delete
find . -name 'Makefile.Debug' -type f -delete
qmake && make && macdeployqt MyApplication.app

run this…
at end rename for 5 min. dir /Users/kelvinsp/Qt5.3.2/ to /Users/kelvinsp/____Qt5.3.2/
test your bundle if run and if not run must link more shared elements…

#only at end … if sure lib are inside -dmg

SGaist · 8 Sept 2017, 21:45

Hi,

Because it's locate in /usr/local/qwt-6.1.0 as you show in your post.

The most simple thing to do is to use install_name_tool and change the -id property so it contains the full path to the lib. Then it should be locatable by macdeployqt. One other possibility is to use @rpath rather than the full path like shown in @patrik08 example otool call.

KelvinSP · wrote on 8 Sept 2017, 21:42

@patrik08 Ok... When I run the qmake && make && macdeployqt MyApplication.app command I get the following result:

Usage: qmake [mode] [options] [files]

QMake has two modes, one mode for generating project files based on
some heuristics, and the other for generating makefiles. Normally you
shouldn't need to specify a mode, as makefile generation is the default
mode for qmake, but you may use this to test qmake on an existing project

Mode:
  -project       Put qmake into project file generation mode
                 In this mode qmake interprets files as files to
                 be built,
                 defaults to *; *; *; *.ts; *.xlf; *.qrc
                 Note: The created .pro file probably will
                 need to be edited. For example add the QT variable to
                 specify what modules are required.
  -makefile      Put qmake into makefile generation mode (default)
                 In this mode qmake interprets files as project files to
                 be processed, if skipped qmake will try to find a project
                 file in your current working directory

Warnings Options:
  -Wnone         Turn off all warnings; specific ones may be re-enabled by
                 later -W options
  -Wall          Turn on all warnings
  -Wparser       Turn on parser warnings
  -Wlogic        Turn on logic warnings (on by default)
  -Wdeprecated   Turn on deprecation warnings (on by default)

Options:
   * You can place any variable assignment in options and it will be *
   * processed as if it was in [files]. These assignments will be    *
   * processed before [files] by default.                            *
  -o file        Write output to file
  -d             Increase debug level
  -t templ       Overrides TEMPLATE as templ
  -tp prefix     Overrides TEMPLATE so that prefix is prefixed into the value
  -help          This help
  -v             Version information
  -early         All subsequent variable assignments will be
                 parsed right before default_pre.prf
  -before        All subsequent variable assignments will be
                 parsed right before [files] (the default)
  -after         All subsequent variable assignments will be
                 parsed after [files]
  -late          All subsequent variable assignments will be
                 parsed right after default_post.prf
  -norecursive   Don't do a recursive search
  -recursive     Do a recursive search
  -set <prop> <value> Set persistent property
  -unset <prop>  Unset persistent property
  -query <prop>  Query persistent property. Show all if <prop> is empty.
  -qtconf file   Use file instead of looking for qt.conf
  -cache file    Use file as cache           [makefile mode only]
  -spec spec     Use spec as QMAKESPEC       [makefile mode only]
  -nocache       Don't use a cache file      [makefile mode only]
  -nodepend      Don't generate dependencies [makefile mode only]
  -nomoc         Don't generate moc targets  [makefile mode only]
  -nopwd         Don't look for files in pwd [project mode only]

KelvinSP · S SGaist 8 Sept 2017, 21:34

@SGaist thanks for the help. It makes sense, but I have never used the install_name_tool command, so I don't know how can I do that. I will search about it.

SGaist · wrote on 8 Sept 2017, 21:47

man insall_name_tool explains all options.

patrik08 · wrote on 8 Sept 2017, 22:09

Here config target from qwt ...
You can also chance the qmake from qwt and build a static lib..

unix {
    QWT_INSTALL_PREFIX    = /usr/local/qwt-$$QWT_VERSION
    # QWT_INSTALL_PREFIX = /usr/local/qwt-$$QWT_VERSION-qt-$$QT_VERSION
}
/usr/local/qwt-6.1.3

or adapt th script from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pehohlva/xhtml_edit_qedit_base/master/mac_bundle/grep.sh

patrik08 · 8 Sept 2017, 23:13

Also my best simply solution is:

/// on qwt macdeployqt say:
macdeployqt radio.app
ERROR: no file at "/Library/Frameworks/qwt.framework/Versions/6/qwt.framework/Versions/6/qwt"

Also i tested:

console:
sudo mkdir -p /Library/Frameworks/qwt.framework/Versions/6/qwt.framework/Versions/6/

after you make a symply bridge as virtual link.

ln -s /usr/local/qwt-6.1.3/lib/qwt.framework/Versions/Current/qwt \
                   /Library/Frameworks/qwt.framework/Versions/6/qwt.framework/Versions/6/qwt

at end :
macdeployqt radio.app
make a super job and link & copy all in the bundle :-)
by by ...

KelvinSP · 9 Aug 2017, 23:16

@patrik08 I have tried it and it worked (at least the message it's gone). As I understand it doesn't fix the problem directly but it's a great workaround.

The only problem is that now I'm getting the following errors when trying to run macdeployqt MyApplication.app -dmg:

ERROR: file copy failed from "/Users/kelvinsp/Qt5.3.2/5.3/clang_64/lib/QtSvg.framework/Contents/Info.plist"
ERROR:  to "MyApplication.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtSvg.framework/Resources/Info.plist"
QIODevice::read (QFile, "MyApplication.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtSvg.framework/Resources/Info.plist"): device not open
QIODevice::write (QFile, "MyApplication.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtSvg.framework/Resources/Info.plist"): device not open
ERROR: file copy failed from "/Users/kelvinsp/Qt5.3.2/5.3/clang_64/lib/QtWidgets.framework/Contents/Info.plist"
ERROR:  to "MyApplication.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtWidgets.framework/Resources/Info.plist"
QIODevice::read (QFile, "MyApplication.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtWidgets.framework/Resources/Info.plist"): device not open
QIODevice::write (QFile, "MyApplication.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtWidgets.framework/Resources/Info.plist"): device not open
ERROR: file copy failed from "/Users/kelvinsp/Qt5.3.2/5.3/clang_64/lib/QtGui.framework/Contents/Info.plist"
ERROR:  to "MyApplication.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtGui.framework/Resources/Info.plist"
QIODevice::read (QFile, "MyApplication.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtGui.framework/Resources/Info.plist"): device not open
QIODevice::write (QFile, "MyApplication.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtGui.framework/Resources/Info.plist"): device not open
ERROR: file copy failed from "/Users/kelvinsp/Qt5.3.2/5.3/clang_64/lib/QtCore.framework/Contents/Info.plist"
ERROR:  to "MyApplication.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtCore.framework/Resources/Info.plist"
QIODevice::read (QFile, "MyApplication.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtCore.framework/Resources/Info.plist"): device not open
QIODevice::write (QFile, "MyApplication.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtCore.framework/Resources/Info.plist"): device not open
ERROR: file copy failed from "/Users/kelvinsp/Qt5.3.2/5.3/clang_64/lib/QtPrintSupport.framework/Contents/Info.plist"
ERROR:  to "MyApplication.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtPrintSupport.framework/Resources/Info.plist"
QIODevice::read (QFile, "MyApplication.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtPrintSupport.framework/Resources/Info.plist"): device not open
QIODevice::write (QFile, "MyApplication.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtPrintSupport.framework/Resources/Info.plist"): device not open
ERROR: file copy failed from "/Users/kelvinsp/Qt5.3.2/5.3/clang_64/lib/QtSql.framework/Contents/Info.plist"
ERROR:  to "MyApplication.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtSql.framework/Resources/Info.plist"
QIODevice::read (QFile, "MyApplication.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtSql.framework/Resources/Info.plist"): device not open
QIODevice::write (QFile, "MyApplication.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtSql.framework/Resources/Info.plist"): device not open
ERROR: file copy failed from "/Users/kelvinsp/Qt5.3.2/5.3/clang_64/lib/QtOpenGL.framework/Contents/Info.plist"
ERROR:  to "MyApplication.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtOpenGL.framework/Resources/Info.plist"
QIODevice::read (QFile, "MyApplication.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtOpenGL.framework/Resources/Info.plist"): device not open
QIODevice::write (QFile, "MyApplication.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtOpenGL.framework/Resources/Info.plist"): device not open
ERROR: file copy failed from "/Users/kelvinsp/Qt5.3.2/5.3/clang_64/lib/QtConcurrent.framework/Contents/Info.plist"
ERROR:  to "MyApplication.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtConcurrent.framework/Resources/Info.plist"
QIODevice::read (QFile, "MyApplication.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtConcurrent.framework/Resources/Info.plist"): device not open
QIODevice::write (QFile, "MyApplication.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtConcurrent.framework/Resources/Info.plist"): device not open

patrik08 · 9 Sept 2017, 00:00

The app run without -dmg?
can you open app & work it?
I like to look this app like this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJDvKud8RWs
search Mac Screen Recorder ...

KelvinSP · 9 Sept 2017, 00:05

@patrik08 the application runs directly from the Qt and when I double click on it, but only before running the macdeployqt command.

patrik08 · 9 Sept 2017, 07:28

@KelvinSP said in Error deploying Qt application on OS X:

macdeployqt

The job from macdeployqt is only take all file and relink lib or framework .. if file an all exist its not give problem..
to build a dir/bundle & at end hdiutil create a bzip2 compressed dmg image like a iso file...

SGaist · 11 Sept 2017, 11:43

Did you re-run macdeployqt several times on the same app bundle ? If so, you'll get a message telling you that it already has run.

KelvinSP · 9 Nov 2017, 11:44

@SGaist Yes, I did. I received the following message:

WARNING: Could not find any external Qt frameworks to deploy in "MyApplication.app"
WARNING: Perhaps macdeployqt was already used on "MyApplication.app" ?
WARNING: If so, you will need to rebuild "MyApplication.app" before trying again.

The DMG file was created but the application still not working (when double clicking).

Note: every time I test a new macdelpoyqt command, I rebuild the project first.

KelvinSP · 9 Nov 2017, 12:58

I have uninstalled other qt versions using brew list, brew remove qt and brew remove qt5. I also noted that I had pyqt installed (and I was not using it), so I also remove it using brew remove pyqt.

Then, I have reinstalled Qt 5.3.2 and had other issues:

Project ERROR: Xcode not set up properly. You may need to confirm the license agreement by running /usr/bin/xcodebuild.

Which was solved changing the isEmpty($$list($$system("/usr/bin/xcrun -find xcrun 2>/dev/null"))) command from the Qt_install_folder/5.7/clang_64/mkspecs/features/mac/default_pre.prf file to isEmpty($$list($$system("/usr/bin/xcrun -find xcodebuild 2>/dev/null"))), as explained here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33728905/qt-creator-project-error-xcode-not-set-up-properly-you-may-need-to-confirm-t

and

Could not resolve SDK path for 'macosx10.8'

That was solved by changing the QtPath/5.3/clang_64/mkspecs/qdevice.pri from !host_build:QMAKE_MAC_SDK = macosx10.8 to !host_build:QMAKE_MAC_SDK = macosx10.12, as explained here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26320677/error-could-not-resolve-sdk-path-for-macosx10-8

So, I run the command from my Qt directory:

/Users/kuser/Qt5.3.2/5.3/clang_64/bin/macdeployqt MyApplication.app -dmg

and it worked.

I found these solutions in comments from the following question:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19988129/qt5-cannot-find-platform-plugins-mac-os-x

Thanks a lot @SGaist and @patrik08 for all the help.