How to run qmake from the static Qt

Question

For making a very simple Qt app "installable" on other systems, I'm using Qt Installer Framework following this link .
In bottom, in Setting up Qt Installer Framework , number 1 orders to have Qt Installer Framework source code . I downloaded it from here . ( qt-installer-framework-opensource-2.0.1-src.zip )

Now I don't understand the next instruction there :(
It says:
2- Build the tools by running the "qmake" from the static Qt, followed by "make" or "nmake".

My question is, first what does it mean?
And from what path?
I don't know how to do it:(

Answer 1

qmake comes with the qt-framework and is a make file generator. (an alternative to cmake). You call qmake on a .pro file from your project. This .pro file have to contain your source code files project dependencies and more.

Consider that you have a project folder with your source code and the .pro file. Then you call the qmake command in this folder. qmake is an program itself, which you can find in the bin folder of your qt-installation. If qmake is in your path variable, you go to the terminal, navigate to the specific folder and just write:

qmake

After that qmake will create a makefile. Then you could call make and your program will be build.

I hope my answer helps you. You can learn more about qmake on the website of Qt . Here is also a very good qmake tutorial: klick

edit:

how to call make on windows: download and install cygwin from

http://www.cygwin.com/setup-x86.exe - 32 bit installer or

http://www.cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe - 64 bit installer.

then start the Cygwin terminal (Cygwin.bat) and navigate to your folder and call

make

and that will build your qt-installer!