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Here is a guide to set permissions for installed files on linux.

In your .pro file, change QMAKE_INSTALL_FILE and QMAKE_INSTALL_PROGRAM to the following:

<code>QMAKE_INSTALL_FILE = install -m &lt;permission octals&amp;gt; -p -o &lt;user&amp;gt; -g &lt;group&amp;gt;<br />QMAKE_INSTALL_PROGRAM = install -m &lt;permission octals&amp;gt; -p -o &lt;user&amp;gt; -g &lt;group&amp;gt;</code>

where:<br />* &lt;permissions octals&amp;gt; is the standard linux permissions octals (ex: 755).<br />* &lt;owner&amp;gt; is the owner of the file. This parameter can be ommited.<br />* &lt;group&amp;gt; is the group owner of the file. This parameter can also be ommited.

Here is an example implementation. In this example, I install my binary in the folder /opt/myApp and give it permissions 6755 with root as the owner and root as the group owner.

<code>unix {<br /> target.path = /opt/myApp<br /> INSTALLS += target

QMAKE_INSTALL_FILE = install -m 6755 -p -o root -g root<br /> QMAKE_INSTALL_PROGRAM = install -m 6755 -p -o root -g root<br />}</code>