How to Deploy Your Qt Cross-Platform Applications to Windows Operating System Using windeployqt
By: George Calin
Tags: Qt, Development, Deployment, Cross Platform Apps, Windows 10

Step 7. Verify the execution of the ‘windeployqt’ command

Check the windeployqt -h help command:

D:\CodeLab\ComposingWidgetsDemo Windeployqt>windeployqt -h

Usage: windeployqt [options] [files]

Qt Deploy Tool 5.14.2



The simplest way to use windeployqt is to add the bin directory of your Qt

installation (e.g. <QT_DIR\bin>) to the PATH variable and then run:

windeployqt <path-to-app-binary>

If ICU, ANGLE, etc. are not in the bin directory, they need to be in the PATH

variable. If your application uses Qt Quick, run:

windeployqt --qmldir <path-to-app-qml-files> <path-to-app-binary>



Options:

-?, -h, --help Displays help on commandline options.

--help-all Displays help including Qt specific options.

-v, --version Displays version information.

--dir <directory> Use directory instead of binary directory.

--libdir <path> Copy libraries to path.

--plugindir <path> Copy plugins to path.

--debug Assume debug binaries.

--release Assume release binaries.

--pdb Deploy .pdb files (MSVC).

--force Force updating files.

--dry-run Simulation mode. Behave normally, but do not

copy/update any files.

--no-patchqt Do not patch the Qt5Core library.

--no-plugins Skip plugin deployment.

--no-libraries Skip library deployment.

--qmldir <directory> Scan for QML-imports starting from directory.

--qmlimport <directory> Add the given path to the QML module search

locations.

--no-quick-import Skip deployment of Qt Quick imports.

--no-translations Skip deployment of translations.

--no-system-d3d-compiler Skip deployment of the system D3D compiler.

--compiler-runtime Deploy compiler runtime (Desktop only).

--no-virtualkeyboard Disable deployment of the Virtual Keyboard.

--no-compiler-runtime Do not deploy compiler runtime (Desktop only).

--webkit2 Deployment of WebKit2 (web process).

--no-webkit2 Skip deployment of WebKit2.

--json Print to stdout in JSON format.

--angle Force deployment of ANGLE.

--no-angle Disable deployment of ANGLE.

--no-opengl-sw Do not deploy the software rasterizer library.

--list <option> Print only the names of the files copied.

Available options:

source: absolute path of the source files

target: absolute path of the target files

relative: paths of the target files, relative

to the target directory

mapping: outputs the source and the relative

target, suitable for use within an

Appx mapping file

--verbose <level> Verbose level (0-2).



Qt libraries can be added by passing their name (-xml) or removed by passing

the name prepended by --no- (--no-xml). Available libraries:

bluetooth concurrent core declarative designer designercomponents enginio

gamepad gui qthelp multimedia multimediawidgets multimediaquick network nfc

opengl positioning printsupport qml qmltooling quick quickparticles quickwidgets

script scripttools sensors serialport sql svg test webkit webkitwidgets

websockets widgets winextras xml xmlpatterns webenginecore webengine

webenginewidgets 3dcore 3drenderer 3dquick 3dquickrenderer 3dinput 3danimation

3dextras geoservices webchannel texttospeech serialbus webview



Arguments:

[files] Binaries or directory containing the binary.

Step 8. Execute “windeployqt” command