Deploying macOS to macOS

Regular deployment

• Install the official version of Qt

• Deploy your application

qtdeploy build desktop

You should find your deployed application inside the deploy subfolder.

HomeBrew deployment

• Install the HomeBrew version of Qt

• Deploy your application

qtdeploy build desktop

You should find your deployed application inside the deploy subfolder.

MacPorts deployment

• Install the MacPorts version of Qt

• Deploy your application

qtdeploy build desktop

You should find your deployed application inside the deploy subfolder.

Nix deployment

• Install the Nix version of Qt

• Start the nix-shell

  nix-shell --pure -p go qt5.qtbase qt5.qtcharts qt5.qtdeclarative qt5.qtdoc qt5.qtgraphicaleffects qt5.qtimageformats qt5.qtlocation qt5.qtmacextras qt5.qtmultimedia qt5.qtquickcontrols qt5.qtquickcontrols2 qt5.qtscript qt5.qtsensors qt5.qtserialport qt5.qtspeech qt5.qtsvg qt5.qttools qt5.qttranslations qt5.qtvirtualkeyboard qt5.qtwebchannel qt5.qtwebengine qt5.qtwebsockets qt5.qtx11extras qt5.qtxmlpatterns
  

  • add qt5.qtwebkit if you want to use the webkit; then within the nix-shell export QT_WEBKIT=true

• Deploy your application from within the nix-shell

qtdeploy build desktop

You should find your deployed application inside the deploy subfolder.