How to deploy the app in Windows

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One of the frequently asked questions is how to deploy PlotJuggler in windows when compiling from source.

This is not meant to be a complete guide, just an hint of the steps you need to take into account.

How to compile

I use QtCreator with Mingw. Installe it from here, if you haven't: https://www.qt.io/download-open-source

You must select a recent LTS version of Qt 5.x and the corresponding Mingw pacvkages.

Create a New Project in QtCreator selectin the CMakeLists.txtx file in the PlotJuggler folder .Compile.
I am not going into further details about how to use QtCreator.

Alternatively, compile from command line:

• Open this console

Use Windeploy

Please have a look first to these links:

• https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/windows-deployment.html
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnpPosTbttM

Now, launch this console:

Move into the directory where PlotJuggler was build (in my case it is called "build-PlotJuggler-Desktop_Qt_5_15_2_MinGW_64_bit-Release").

set OUT=<path where you want to deploy the app>

\Qt\5.15.2\mingw81_64\bin\windeployqt.exe  --dir %OUT% bin\plotjuggler.exe

bin\*.* %OUT%  /Y /S /f /z