I searched every where and i tried many things but i didn't find a way to make a standalone application from my qt project , any ideas ?!
Will I need another application to do it or i will do it with Qt creator ?!
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Do you mean compiling your application using static version of Qt or what? Could you please clarify? – demonplus May 06 '16 at 13:05
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@demonplus I want to convert the whole project to an exe file that runs it like any game ? – Eslam Muhammad May 06 '16 at 13:10
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Don't you receive exe after compiling in Qt Creator? Is your platform Windows? – demonplus May 06 '16 at 13:10
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If you are on Windows, are you using VC++ or mingw? Have you searched "deploy qt app" on SO? – jonspaceharper May 06 '16 at 13:13
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@demonplus no i don't mean that i want to make an exe file from the application like flash games for example tictactoe game – Eslam Muhammad May 06 '16 at 13:15
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@JonHarper I'm on windows , i use qt creator and visual studio 2012 , can you explain what will i do ? – Eslam Muhammad May 06 '16 at 13:18
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If you have compiled it succesfully with qt creator your .exe is already there .. just look around – Marco May 06 '16 at 14:08
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@Marco i don't mean the file in the build or release folder i want to make an exe file that i can give to anyone to play the game – Eslam Muhammad May 06 '16 at 14:19
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Have you tried to compile Qt source code statically? – Lucas Araujo May 06 '16 at 14:26
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1Look here: http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/windows-deployment.html if you are in a hurry go straight to the end of the page – Marco May 06 '16 at 14:36
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@lbarros just release it and i will find an exe file but that's not i wanted – Eslam Muhammad May 06 '16 at 14:41
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@Marco That's exactly what i'm looking for thanks :) – Eslam Muhammad May 06 '16 at 14:41
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You need to copy some necessary files into the executable's directory:
Qt5Core.dll- Any other Qt dlls you depend upon (Qt5Gui, Qt5Widgets, etc.)
- Create a subfolder called "plugins"
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qtwindows.dllin your "Qt/[release version]/[compiler version]/plugins" folder and copy it into the "plugins" folder you created. - Run your executable.
Or:
Use windeployqt.exe. See this answer. As @marco pointed out, the documentation for windeployqt is here.
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For QT6: same response, but copy the directory <.../platforms> in the local directory. There is no qtwindows.dll, and the .exe search in the <plugins/platforms> directory. With the whole directory it works fine. Solution worked also with QT5 on an other PC.
