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Qt has a special Mac deployment tool macdeployqt designed to automate the process of creating an application bundle containing Qt libraries.

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Qt 5.1 and Mac: Bug making macdeployqt not working properly

I have a problem since the version 5.1rc2 of Qt for Mac OS X. (5.1 is also affected, not the 5.1rc1) When I build my app and do a otool -L on the binary file to see the paths of the shared libraries, I get: (it's just a sample, I removed some of…
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macdeployqt and third party libraries

I've got an application project that depends on a couple of shared libraries that I have created myself. According to the Qt 4.6 documentation "Deploying an Application on Mac OSX": Note: If you want a 3rd party library to be included in your…
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How do I make apps smaller with qmake and macdeployqt

How do I make apps smaller with qmake and macdeployqt? I have set QT = core gui in the projects .pro file and run qmake and macdeployqt on the resulting app. The problem is that the program is bundling QtNetwork, QtScript, QtSvg etc. I've tried…
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Qt Mac Application Failed to Create Self-contained App Bundle (Qt Creator Build)

I'm using Qt Creator 3.6.1 with Qt 5.6.0 (Clang 7.0 (Apple), 64 bit), and I encountered some problems while trying to create an app bundle for deployment. Note: the app name is called bibi Qt Creator successfully generated bibi.app under…
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macdeployqt ERROR: Cannot resolve rpath "QtGui.framework/Versions/5/QtGui (compatibility version 5.5.0, current version 5.5.0)"

I use qmake to compile my Qt Application project on my MacBook. It need a dylib called libcore.dylib, and I put it into dir $$OUT_PWD/../libs. for compile, I add this code in .pro file win32:CONFIG(release, debug|release): LIBS +=…
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using macdeployqt with arm64 build

I have problems using macdeployqt with arm64 build. I am on Apple Silicon M1 machine with macOS12 (Monterey). I have installed Qt 6.2.1 and XCode 13.1. I created a very simple console application. #include int main() { qDebug() <<…
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How to make macdeployqt change the library names inside QtWebEngineProcess.app when it copies over QtWebEngineCore framework

Edit: using Qt 5.9.1, installed with Homebrew Following a comment in this other question, we are trying to use macdeployqt to prepare the distribution of the OSX bundle of a Qt based application. This tool is correctly copying over all Qt…
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Error deploying Qt application on OS X

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 (…
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macdeployqt not copying plugins

I'm developing a Qt-based application and when I use macdeployqt on the bundle, the Qt plugins are not copied to the bundle. However, if I run it a second time, they are. Additionally, "The svg icon plugin is deployed if the application uses the…
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Macdeployqt: ERROR: no file at "/Users/michael/Qt5.3.2/5.3/clang_64/lib/QtQuick.framework/Versions/5/QtQuick"

I recently updated from Qt 5.3 to Qt 5.5. Since the update, I can't seem to get macdeployqt to work properly. When I call it for my application, I get the following output: Michaels-Mac-mini:Desktop michael$ ~/Qt/5.5/clang_64/bin/macdeployqt…
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Qt macdeployqt - crash after using

When I run application after using macdeploy my application crashed. I trying use SDK 4.8.5 and 5.2... but nothing to changes.. Command: Users/ltise/Qt5.2.0/5.2.0/clang_64/bin/macdeployqt Application.app -verbose=2 Log: Log: Deploying Qt frameworks…
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Macdeployqt is not working

I've installed the latest version of Qt (5.1) and when I try to deploy my app on Mac using the macdeployqt tool, the app is still not working on other macs. It's completely working on my Mac and it doesn't not indicate any errors. After researches I…
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How to include Qt libraries with CMake inside a .app project on OSX?

I've created a Qt project using CMake as build system. I would like to include in the deployment phase, the necessary Qt frameworks Qt3Support.framework/ QtNetwork.framework/ QtXml.framework/ QtCore.framework/ QtOpenGL.framework/ …
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Missing file when deploying Qt app on Mac OSX

I'm trying to deploy a Qt application on Mac OSX so I'm running this command: macdeployqt Example.app It mostly seems to work as the executable grows in size so I assume the relevant plugins and libraries are being added. However, in the end…
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macdeployqt breaking app

I've installed Qt creator 5.11.0, then i changed some things i needed to change on my old project and when i try to build it, it works as intended, but after using macdeployqt, my app can't load. So, when i run macdeployqt like this : ./macdeployqt…
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