preparing program for release

**dimitri** · 21st April 2006, 10:20

Then you need to link statically with the Qt libraries. First build Qt 4 as static library (configure -static).

Also read Deploying Applications on Unix/X11. it was written for Qt 3 but the idea is there.

**Brandybuck** · 21st April 2006, 19:51

Originally Posted by dimitri

Also read Deploying Applications on Unix/X11. it was written for Qt 3 but the idea is there.

That article has been updated and is now part of the Qt 4 documentation:
http://doc.trolltech.com/4.1/deployment-x11.html

**elcuco** · 22nd April 2006, 20:30

There is an open source tool called "auto package" which provides something similar to install shield. I have never used it for packaging, but when I used programs packaged this way, I found it very interesting.

I can also recommend the systems used to distribute Quake4 and Doom3, but I forgot it's name