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I'm trying to find a way to include an alias to the applications folder with my application. I'm trying to get it to look something like this:

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  • Excuse me if I misunderstand you, but macdeployqt is a command line tool used to set the Qt library paths in an OSX application binary. What has that got to do with the alias to the Applications folder in a disk image? – TheDarkKnight Nov 18 '13 at 15:30
  • Well, the image you see here shows the what chromecast setup does. It's a .dmg file but it includes an alias to your applications folder to make it easy to drag and drop the application to your applications folder. – Jared Price Nov 18 '13 at 15:46
  • I understand that, but you state that you want to do this "preferably using macdeployqt if possible" and the two are completely different things. – TheDarkKnight Nov 18 '13 at 15:48
  • I suppose you're right. Post edited. – Jared Price Nov 18 '13 at 15:55
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    I disagree that this has "nothing to do" with macdeployqt, since one of its features is to make the .dmg file using the `-dmg` flag. It's just that this feature lacks the ability to add the /Applications alias, so some other tool will have to be used to make the .dmg if this is needed. – chrstphrchvz Oct 21 '18 at 10:15

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I think this is what you might want:

http://dmgcreator.sourceforge.net/en/

Features

  • Create compressed and internet enabled DMG files, i.e. for software distribution
  • Add a background image and a custom volume icon to your disk image
  • Add a symbolic link to the Applications folder for easy installation
  • Show localized license agreements when mounting the disk image. They have to be accepted by the user in order to access the
    contents.
  • Content positioning at a pixel level
  • The disk image's content will always look the same, irrespective of the user's finder configuration

And another link if you don't like the dmgcreator program.

http://asmaloney.com/2013/07/howto/packaging-a-mac-os-x-application-using-a-dmg/

Hope that helps.

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As noted in the comments to your question, this is nothing to do with macdeployqt.

See How do I create a nice-looking DMG for Mac OS X using command-line tools?

Also,

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