how do i deploy my program to others?

[JerryKc0kk]

hi

i wrote a program on my windows pc using codeblocks and gcc c++.

what is the easiest way to package and deploy the program to my users so they can install and run the program on their windows pc?

i found no solution in the manual or on the internet

jerry .. wa0h

[sodev]

i found no solution in the manual or on the internet

Not even the internet knows, how shall we know?!?

Although this is beyond the scope of this forum, how about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_installation_software? I would go with NSIS or Inno.

[raynebc]

I just provide the binary and resource files to my users as a zip file.

[JerryKc0kk]

i apologize, i should have been more specific.

when i asked (how do i deploy to another pc) i should have asked .. in codeblocks, how do i find the libraries and dlls that need to be included in the deploy package?

i built the program in release mode and copied the release .exe to the new pc but nothing happened when i tried to run it.

jerry

[oBFusCATed]

C::B doesn't provide such tools. You have to use tools like depends.exe or similar to find what is the minimal set of dlls you have to ship.

[gd_on]

You can try to use something as "Dependancy Walker".
An other solution is to make your soft static (no dll dependancies).
gd_on

[raynebc]

I did it the unsophisticated way:  Bring the program to another computer and note each DLL file it complained was missing when I tried to execute it.  Bring over each relevant file from the development computer (ie. from the compiler's bin folder) until the program does run without error.  After I knew the full set of needed files was assembled, I packaged them together and it's ready to distribute.

[oBFusCATed]

@raynebc: This is not reliable. You need to do this on a clean operating system, just after installation.

[raynebc]

I did that testing with a PC that had no development software on it.  The second step is to monitor user feedback for error dialogs regarding missing library files, which happened on rare occasion when I did something like change compilers.