diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0ddfb84..1be4731 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ This tool is conceptually based on the [Mac Deployment Tool](http://doc.qt.io/qt ## Known issues -* __This may not be fully working yet.__ Use with care, run with maximum verbosity, submit issues and pull requests. Help is appreciated -* Some functions may still refer to macOS specifics. These need to be converted over to their Linux counterparts or deleted -* Scan for QML imports has not been tested yet +__This may not be fully working yet.__ Use with care, run with maximum verbosity, submit issues and pull requests. Help is appreciated ## Installation @@ -44,6 +42,16 @@ sudo mv AppImageAssistant /usr/local/bin/ Open in Qt Creator and build your application. Run it from the command line and inspect it with `ldd` to make sure the correct libraries from the correct locations are getting loaded, as `linuxdeployqt` will use `ldd` internally to determine from where to copy libraries into the bundle. +__Important:__ `linuxdeployqt` deploys the Qt instance that qmake on the $PATH points to, so make sure that it is the correct one. Verify that qmake finds the correct Qt instance like this before running the `linuxdeployqt` tool: + +``` +qmake -v + +QMake version 3.0 +Using Qt version 5.7.0 in /tmp/.mount_QtCreator-5.7.0-x86_64/5.7/gcc_64/lib +``` +If this does not show the correct path to your Qt instance that you want to be bundled, then adjust your `$PATH` to find the correct `qmake`. + ``` Usage: linuxdeployqt app-binary [options]