How to execute xmake install during xmake command?

[yh-sb]

I am using xmake for Qt project. Qt requires to keep its .dll libraries together with built .exe to find them in runtime.
So, even for development (debug or testing), I need to execute xmake install -o build/install each time after xmake call.

I want to automate this in the way that xmake install is called automatically in the end of xmake call. So, need to combine both these calls to one xmake command.
How to do this? Is this common practice?

[waruqi]

So, even for development (debug or testing), I need to execute xmake install -o build/install each time after xmake call.

you should use xmake run to run and debug it. it will load all dll files automatically.

[yh-sb]

Oh, thank you.
How exactly xmake run command works? Does it modify local PATH env. or LIB search path before starting target executable?
I see no extra output with -v option.

• I also found that xmake run suppress all stdout output. Is this expected? NOTE: When I run xmake run -d I see my stdout output from Qt app.

[waruqi]

it will bind all so lib path to LD_LIBRARY_PATH. and xmake run call os.execv. it will not capture any stdout.

xmake/xmake/actions/run/main.lua

Line 57 in 2e0fb34

os.execv(targetfile, args, {curdir = rundir, detach = option.get("detach"), addenvs = addenvs, setenvs = setenvs})