QtIF does not seem to package shell scripts

vmetodiev

Dear Community,

I have the following (standard) directory structure of a QtIF project - with several shell scripts to solve different side dependencies required during the installation:

├── config
│   ├── config.xml
│   ├── control_script.qs
│   ├── image.png
│   └── script0.sh
└── packages
    └── com.vendor.product
        ├── data
        │   └── archive.tar.xz
        └── meta
            ├── script1.sh
            ├── script2.sh
            ├── component_script.qs

I then build and run the installer:

From the above-mentioned directory root - everything executes successfully and I get my application properly installed.
I move the installer binary to a another location and execute it. As soon as I reach the shell script execution step, it stops with an error 127 (not being able to find the script):

Error during installation process (com.vendor.product): Execution failed (Unexpected exit code: 127): "bash -c ./packages/com.vendor.product/meta/script1.sh"

Inside the .qs script files, I tried with both the relative paths and the Qt resources convention (like :/ and :/metadata), but none of the approaches seem to work.

Could anyone advise if my expectation that the shell scripts get packaged as part of the installer is correct? And what are the best practices in such scenario?

Thanks!

Varban

vmetodiev

UPDATE:
Just figured it out - the proper location for the scripts is the data directory instead of meta.

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SGaist

Hi,

Glad you found out and thanks for sharing the solution !

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