How do I build a static library and executable with Qt?

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To simplify the situation, lets say that there are 2 files: core.cpp and main.cpp.

core.cpp contains the functionality of the program and main.cpp contains the basic main() implementation.

I want Qt (using qmake and the .pro files) to

  • first build core.a and then
  • use that and main.cpp to build main.exe.

How do I set this up in the qmake file?

2012-04-05 19:29
by chacham15


31

Filesystem layout:

MyProject
|_ myproject.pro
|_ core
   |_ core.cpp
   |_ core.h
   |_ core.pro
|_ app
   |_ main.cpp
   |_ app.pro

myproject.pro:

TEMPLATE = subdirs
CONFIG += ordered
SUBDIRS = core \
          app
app.depends = core

core.pro:

TEMPLATE = lib
CONFIG += staticlib
HEADERS = core.h
SOURCES = core.cpp

app.pro:

TEMPLATE = app
SOURCES = main.cpp
LIBS += -L../core -lcore
TARGET = ../app-exe # move executable one dire up
2012-04-05 21:39
by Masci
Nitpick: Pressing play results in: Failed to start program. Path or permissions wrong?. How do i fix this? (It apparently is looking for the executable in the base directory - chacham15 2012-04-05 22:38
Just move built executable one dir up with TARGET var, see updated answe - Masci 2012-04-06 07:34
INCLUDEPATH += ../core/ should also be required in app.pro, right - Jorge Leitão 2016-05-31 04:35
How to handle the case where core.h includes something from a particular Qt library, e.g. QT += websockets? We don't want app.pro to have to declare explicit dependencies on libraries that are only pulled in indirectly.. - Thomas 2016-08-31 09:24


0

If you are utilizing resources in your static library you should import them in your application as well. Q_INIT_RESOURCE is the way of importing a resource file into the application.

Assume that you have a resources file with file name as myResources.qrc in static library. Then, you should initialize this in the app as given below:

QApplication a(argc, argv);

Q_INIT_RESOURCE(resources); //Magic is here.

MainWindow w;
w.show();
a.exec();

The .pro file might be modified as given below for the great example given by Masci:

TEMPLATE = lib
CONFIG += staticlib
HEADERS = core.h
SOURCES = core.cpp
RESOURCES += myResources.qrc
2019-03-02 20:54
by Farabi Ahmed Tarhan
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