Deploying Linux to Windows 64 bit Shared

Docker deployment

• optional: Install Wine if you want to test your Windows application on Linux

• Install Docker: https://store.docker.com/search?offering=community&type=edition or using a package manager

• If necessary run docker as root

• Pull the target image

docker pull therecipe/qt:windows_64_shared

• Deploy your application

qtdeploy -docker build windows_64_shared

You should find your deployed application inside the deploy subfolder.

MXE deployment under Debian/Ubuntu (pre-built)

• Install Wine if you want to test your Windows application on Linux

sudo apt-get -y install wine

• Add MXE to your local repository

echo "deb http://pkg.mxe.cc/repos/apt trusty main" | sudo tee --append /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mxeapt.list > /dev/null
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 86B72ED9
sudo apt-get update

• Install MXE's version of Qt

sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends -qq -y install mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qt3d mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtactiveqt mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtbase mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtcanvas3d mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtcharts mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtconnectivity mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtdatavis3d mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtdeclarative mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtgamepad mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtgraphicaleffects mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtimageformats mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtlocation mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtmultimedia mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtofficeopenxml mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtpurchasing mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtquickcontrols mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtquickcontrols2 mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtscript mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtscxml mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtsensors mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtserialbus mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtserialport mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtservice mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtsvg mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtsystems mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qttools mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qttranslations mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtvirtualkeyboard mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtwebchannel mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtwebkit mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtwebsockets mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtwinextras mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtxlsxwriter mxe-x86-64-w64-mingw32.shared-qtxmlpatterns

• Export the environment variable QT_API=5.8.0
• Export the environment variable QT_MXE=true and QT_MXE_ARCH=amd64
• If you haven't already, run the setup for windows

qtsetup full windows

• Deploy your app

qtdeploy build windows

You should find your deployed application inside the deploy subfolder.

MXE deployment under Debian/Ubuntu (self-compiled)

TODO