Deploying Linux to SailfishOS

Docker deployment

• Install Docker: https://store.docker.com/search?offering=community&type=edition or using a package manager

• If necessary run docker as root

• Pull the target image

docker pull therecipe/qt:sailfish

• Deploy your application

qtdeploy -docker build sailfish

or

qtdeploy -docker build sailfish-emulator

You should find your deployed application inside the deploy subfolder.

Regular deployment

• Install the official version of Qt (<= 5.7.x) (https://download.qt.io/archive/qt/)

• Export the environment variable QT_VERSION=5.7.x

• Install VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

If you have to, you can also define a custom location with VIRTUALBOX_DIR

• Install the SailfishOS SDK: https://releases.sailfishos.org/sdk/installers/2.1.1/SailfishSDK-2.1.1-linux64-offline.run

If you have to, you can also define a custom location with SAILFISH_DIR

• If you haven't already, run the setup for sailfish

qtsetup full sailfish && qtsetup full sailfish-emulator

• Deploy your application

qtdeploy build sailfish

or

qtdeploy build sailfish-emulator

You should find your deployed application inside the deploy subfolder.