From ec23a7a62ef5d5140fba7e871e08462e729448c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: probonopd Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 08:54:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Explain `make install` better [ci skip] --- README.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 545095b..2e5edc5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -147,6 +147,10 @@ find: `appdir/': No such file or directory If `qmake` does not allow for `make install` or does not install the desktop file and icon, then you need to change your `.pro` file it similar to https://github.com/probonopd/FeedTheMonkey/blob/master/FeedTheMonkey.pro. +It is common on Unix to also use the build tool to install applications and libraries; for example, by invoking `make install`. For this reason, `qmake` has the concept of an install set, an object which contains instructions about the way a part of a project is to be installed. + +Please see the section "Installing Files" on http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qmake-advanced-usage.html. + ``` - make INSTALL_ROOT=appdir install ; find appdir/ ```