May 10, 2012

jjk1 jjk1
Lab Rat
2 posts

possible to deploy to mac and linux on a Windows developer machine?

 

I develop on a windows machine, is a Mac computer needed to deploy my Qt app on Mac OSX? Is there no way to do this from Windows?

Is it the same situation for Linux?

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May 10, 2012

leon.anavi leon.anavi
Mad Scientist
1046 posts

There are a lot of articles about this topic online. Please read the documentation:
Deploying an Application on Mac OS X [qt-project.org]
Deploying an Application on X11 Platforms [qt-project.org]
Deploying Qt Applications: Linux [qtcentre.org]

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May 10, 2012

Lukas Geyer Lukas Geyer
Gene Splicer
2074 posts

If deploy means compile then, theoretically, no. The keyword you are looking for is cross-compiling. However, you still have to test your application once compiled, which will ultimately require a native (possibly virtualized) platform.

May 10, 2012

KeithS KeithS
Lab Rat
21 posts

Although there are various sites whose authors have hacked OS X to run under VMWare under windows, it does not look like it’s straightforward, never mind the questionable legality.

It’s a different story for Linux – you can run Linux as a VM on Windows using VMware and it works quite well apart from lack of native OpenGL support.

May 10, 2012

Lukas Geyer Lukas Geyer
Gene Splicer
2074 posts

It actually is straightforward, but you are right on the legal note.

 
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