title: How to release a Qt/C++ application on Linux and Windows?
body: <p>I developped an application in C++ using Qt for the graphic interface and now I would like to release it for linux and for Windows.
  I've been looking through documentation, forums and tutorials but I can't really understand what need to be done...</p>
  
  <p>I'm pretty confused between the different terms used : what is the difference between releasing and deploying ? when do you need an installer and if needed, how to create one ?</p>
  
  <p>What are the different steps to create the .exe of Windows ? and its equivalent for the different versions of Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Mate)? </p>
  
  <p>I am currently on Ubuntu and used Qt Creator to code the application. </p>
  
  <p>As far as I know, I need to deploy Shared Libraries.</p>
  
  <p>Any help, answer, guide or documentation for beginner would be of great help and very welcome :)</p>