I have seen several suggestions, but nothing really worked for me as I want. I just need to copy a file to the desired destination directory.
Say, for example from this answer:
install_it.path = %{buildDir} install_it.files += %{sourceDir}/settings.ini INSTALLS += install_it
Variables %{buildDir}
and %{sourceDir}
should be defined, to make this work. Ok, there's no problem with %{sourceDir}
: it is just .
. But how can I get %{buildDir}
?
EDIT1
Say, I have a project my_project
here:
/path/to/my_project
So, release build path is this: /path/to/my_project-build-Desktop-release
,
debug build path is this: /path/to/my_project-build-Desktop-debug
I have files to be copied to destination directory here: /path/to/my_project/copy_to_install_dir
So, I want all files from /path/to/my_project/copy_to_install_dir
to be copied to /path/to/my_project-build-Desktop-release
when I do release build. And, the same way for debug build.
I can't find variable which contain full destination path, i.e. /path/to/my_project-build-Desktop-release
for debug build.
Just in case: I use Windows, but anyway I'm looking for crossplatform solution.
EDIT2
Exact solution, for future readers:
install_it.path = $$OUT_PWD install_it.files = copy_to_install_dir/* INSTALLS += \ install_it
qt. The project is a Qt application and should link against the Qt library. You can use the QT variable to control any additional Qt modules that are required by your application. This value is added by default, but you can remove it to use qmake for a non-Qt project. x11.
Choose: File->New File or Project... ->Import Project->Import existing Project. Imports existing projects that do not use qmake, CMake or Autotools. This allows you to use Qt Creator as a code editor.
Just double-click on "your project name". pro in the Projects window and add the include path at the bottom of the . pro file like I've done.
The selected answer is correct but it requires to call make install
, which in my opinion is annoying or error prone. Instead, to copy files to the build directory use:
copydata.commands = $(COPY_DIR) $$PWD/required_files $$OUT_PWD first.depends = $(first) copydata export(first.depends) export(copydata.commands) QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += first copydata
Where required_files
must be replaced with your correct path. $$PWD
is the path of current .pro
file, you might not require this.
Note: I found this solution here. I recommend to read the whole article as it explains how it works.
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