Linking with a debug/release lib with qmake/Qt Creator
Solution 1
In your project file you can do something like this
debug {
LIBS += -L./libfolder -lmydebuglib.lib
}
release {
LIBS += -L./libfolder -lmyreleaselib.lib
}
The bit inside the debug braces is used if DEBUG has been added to the CONFIG qmake variable, similarly stuff inside the release brackets is included if RELEASE has been added to the CONFIG variable.
You can also use "!debug" rather than "release" (i.e. when debug isn't in the config)
You can find more information on qmake here.
Solution 2
The normal
debug:LIBS += ...
else:LIBS += ...
solution breaks when users naively use CONFIG += debug
or CONFIG += release
to switch between debug and release builds (and they do; no-one remembers to say CONFIG -= release release_and_debug
before CONFIG += debug
:).
This is the canonical way to scope on debug
:
CONFIG( debug, debug|release ) {
# debug
QMAKE_LIBDIR += "path/to/debug/lib"
} else {
# release
QMAKE_LIBDIR += "path/to/release/lib"
}
Cf. the qmake docs.
EDIT 2013-11-17: Don't use -Lfoo
in LIBS
. The canonical way is to add the paths (without the -L
) to QMAKE_LIBDIR
.
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Updated on July 09, 2022Comments
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Rob almost 2 years
I am using Qt Creator and have a Qt GUI project that depends on a C++ static library project. I want to link the release version of the GUI app with the release build of the .lib and the debug release of the GUI app with the debug .lib. I have found out how to add additional libraries to the project by including a line like the following in my .pro file:
LIBS += -L./libfolder -lmylib.lib
But I cannot see how I can use a different
-L
command for release and debug builds.Is there support in qmake to do this?
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Admin about 13 yearsNote that it chokes if you put the brace on the next line...:-(
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the_naive almost 11 yearsIs it the same for Windows too? What about if I have space in the paths of Lib files.
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László Papp almost 10 yearsWhat exactly do you mean by canonical way, Marc? Someone without enough reputation is asking that in here.
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McLeary over 8 years+1 because the "cannonical" form works both windows and linux. I was having a bit of trouble in Windows since using debug{} release{} was always linking to debug{} libs.