# Add code to run notarytool and staple at end of install?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cmake.org/t/add-code-to-run-notarytool-and-staple-at-end-of-install/14243>\
**Category:** Code\
**Created:** [June 16, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/add-code-to-run-notarytool-and-staple-at-end-of-install/14243 "2025-06-16T15:47:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![perdrix](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a8b319/32.png) [@perdrix](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/perdrix)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/add-code-to-run-notarytool-and-staple-at-end-of-install/14243/1 "2025-06-16T15:47:44Z")

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I currently sign my macOS apps using macdeployqt:

```auto
if(NOT LINUX)
    set (deploy_tool_options_arg "-verbose=1")
    if(APPLE)
        set(deploy_tool_options_arg "${deploy_tool_options_arg} -hardened-runtime -timestamp -no-strip")
        set(deploy_tool_options_arg "${deploy_tool_options_arg} \"-executable=$<TARGET_BUNDLE_CONTENT_DIR:DeepSkyStacker>/MacOS/DeepSkyStackerCL\"")
        set(deploy_tool_options_arg "${deploy_tool_options_arg} \"-executable=$<TARGET_BUNDLE_CONTENT_DIR:DeepSkyStacker>/MacOS/uchmviewer\"")
        set(deploy_tool_options_arg "${deploy_tool_options_arg} \"-codesign=Developer ID Application: David Partridge (VH8AYT3C7Y)\"")
    elseif(WIN32)
        set(deploy_tool_options_arg "${deploy_tool_options_arg} --compiler-runtime --pdb")
        set(deploy_tool_options_arg "${deploy_tool_options_arg} --dir . --plugindir plugins")
    endif()

    # Generate a deployment script to be executed at install time
    # App bundles on macOS have an .app suffix
    if(APPLE)
        set(executable_path "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:DeepSkyStacker>.app")
    else()
        message ("Target filename:" $<TARGET_FILE_NAME:DeepSkyStacker>)
        set(executable_path "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:DeepSkyStacker>")
    endif()

    message ("executable_path: " ${executable_path})
    message ("deploy tools options arg: " ${deploy_tool_options_arg})
     qt_generate_deploy_script(
         TARGET DeepSkyStacker
         OUTPUT_SCRIPT deploy_script
         CONTENT "
     qt_deploy_runtime_dependencies(
         EXECUTABLE \"${executable_path}\"
         DEPLOY_TOOL_OPTIONS ${deploy_tool_options_arg}
     )"
     )
else()
    qt_generate_deploy_app_script(
        TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME}
        OUTPUT_SCRIPT deploy_script
        DEPLOY_TOOL_OPTIONS ${deploy_tool_options_arg}
    )
endif()
install (SCRIPT ${deploy_script})
install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME} BUNDLE DESTINATION .)

```

but that still leaves the essential steps of running notarytool and staple to create a distributable app.

How best to incorporate code to achieve that please?

Thanks  
David