Download the Qt IFW from the official Qt site (open source under GPL/LGPL) and run binarycreator --help . Your first installer is only three files away. Have you used binarycreator in production? Or struggled with a peculiar bug? Let me know in the comments below.
If you have ever downloaded a commercial application like Maya , Unity , or Wireshark , you have likely run an installer built with the Qt Installer Framework. Behind the polished wizard dialogs (license agreements, component selection, target directory) lies a humble but powerful workhorse: binarycreator . binarycreator
<!-- In config.xml --> <Installer> <RepositorySettings> <Repository url="https://updates.myapp.com/repo" /> </RepositorySettings> </Installer> When things go wrong (missing dependencies, broken scripts), run: Download the Qt IFW from the official Qt