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  • A arsinte_andrei

    @koahnig

    I've tried that and is not working.. is commented out because now I'm using

    unix:LIBS += -L/home/pi/myApp/ -lfirstPlugIn
    

    witch is doing the same thing. instead of all 3 library I'm trying to figure out at least one. thel all other will be the same. but at the moment none of them seams to work (only if I'll put my libs in the lib folder witch I do not want. I want my libs in my own lib folder not the linux one)

    It was commented out because I'm using the second bit..
    any way at the moment nothing is working same error can not find teh lib firstPlugIn.

    any help highly apreciated

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    koahnig
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    @arsinte_andrei

    If you are not working with different OS' I would not use too many switches. Just a personal advice.

    I am typically working on windows. However, as far as I remember is home some sort of a short cut which is being expended by the OS repectively the terminal you are using.

    If I am not completely wrong, you should try to use the complete name of the folder.

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    • K koahnig

      @arsinte_andrei

      If you are not working with different OS' I would not use too many switches. Just a personal advice.

      I am typically working on windows. However, as far as I remember is home some sort of a short cut which is being expended by the OS repectively the terminal you are using.

      If I am not completely wrong, you should try to use the complete name of the folder.

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      arsinte_andrei
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      #5

      @koahnig
      thte error I'm getting is

      /home/andrei/raspi/tools/arm-bcm2708/gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-raspbian/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8.3/../../../../arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lfirstPlugIn
      

      Tried everithing I could think of including

      unix:QMAKE_RPATHDIR += /home/pi/myApp
      

      nothing is working

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      • A arsinte_andrei

        @koahnig
        thte error I'm getting is

        /home/andrei/raspi/tools/arm-bcm2708/gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-raspbian/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8.3/../../../../arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lfirstPlugIn
        

        Tried everithing I could think of including

        unix:QMAKE_RPATHDIR += /home/pi/myApp
        

        nothing is working

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        koahnig
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        @arsinte_andrei

        Sorry, just saw that my memory failed on home. Again I am working on Windows and linux is scarcely used by me.

        According to the qmake manual the -L part, resepctively teh actual path does not have a slash at the end. Not sure if that could be the problem.
        Another issue are typically the names used. In that respect windows is less strict.

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        • K koahnig

          @arsinte_andrei

          Sorry, just saw that my memory failed on home. Again I am working on Windows and linux is scarcely used by me.

          According to the qmake manual the -L part, resepctively teh actual path does not have a slash at the end. Not sure if that could be the problem.
          Another issue are typically the names used. In that respect windows is less strict.

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          arsinte_andrei
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          @koahnig
          the problem that I have is that on my PC I'm using a different pathe compared to RPI. maybe this is the problem .. but my program is intended to run on RPI.. so it has to be there.. and it has to be cross compiled and not native compiled... any sugestions??

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          • A arsinte_andrei

            @koahnig
            the problem that I have is that on my PC I'm using a different pathe compared to RPI. maybe this is the problem .. but my program is intended to run on RPI.. so it has to be there.. and it has to be cross compiled and not native compiled... any sugestions??

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            koahnig
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            @arsinte_andrei
            I have posted a link to this post for someone else from the moderators. I have not enough knowledge to be of help, I fear.

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            • K koahnig

              @arsinte_andrei
              I have posted a link to this post for someone else from the moderators. I have not enough knowledge to be of help, I fear.

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              arsinte_andrei
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              @koahnig
              It create:

              firstPlugIn.so
              firstPlugIn.so.1
              firstPlugIn.so.1.0
              firstPlugIn.so.1.0.0
              

              but only the last one is the actual file, all other are just the links to it made by compiler (Qt Creator - qmake)
              and also it put this files in the corect folder where they should be
              remote pi: /home/pi/myApp/

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                arsinte_andrei
                wrote on last edited by arsinte_andrei
                #10

                After a long and long search and searching others code I've found out how to make it work...

                
                CONFIG(debug, debug|release) {
                        ROUTDIR = debug
                } else {
                        ROUTDIR = release
                }
                
                CONFIG(plugin, plugin) {
                        build_pass:CONFIG(debug, debug|release) {
                                TARGET = $$join(TARGET,,,_debug)
                
                                # Qt uses '_debug' for unix and 'd' for Windows
                                # which is not reliably detectable (e.g.: abcd.dll)
                                # unix: TARGET = $$join(TARGET,,,_debug)
                                # else: TARGET = $$join(TARGET,,,d)
                        }
                }
                
                CONFIG -= warn_off
                CONFIG += warn_on
                CONFIG += debug_and_release ordered embed_manifest_dll embed_manifest_exe
                
                target.path = /home/pi/myApp
                INSTALLS += target
                
                DESTDIR = $$PWD/$$ROUTDIR
                LIBS += -L$$PWD/$$ROUTDIR
                
                INCLUDEPATH += \
                        $$PWD/myApp\
                        $$PWD/firstPlugIn\
                        $$PWD/secondPlugIn\
                        $$PWD/thirdPlugIn
                
                LIBS += \
                        -lfirstPlugIn \
                        -lsecondPlugIn
                         -lthirdPlugIn
                
                

                now is working on both... PC and raspberry pi
                Many thanks for all hep

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                  mrjj
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                  Thank you for updating so others can learn from it.

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                  • A arsinte_andrei

                    After a long and long search and searching others code I've found out how to make it work...

                    
                    CONFIG(debug, debug|release) {
                            ROUTDIR = debug
                    } else {
                            ROUTDIR = release
                    }
                    
                    CONFIG(plugin, plugin) {
                            build_pass:CONFIG(debug, debug|release) {
                                    TARGET = $$join(TARGET,,,_debug)
                    
                                    # Qt uses '_debug' for unix and 'd' for Windows
                                    # which is not reliably detectable (e.g.: abcd.dll)
                                    # unix: TARGET = $$join(TARGET,,,_debug)
                                    # else: TARGET = $$join(TARGET,,,d)
                            }
                    }
                    
                    CONFIG -= warn_off
                    CONFIG += warn_on
                    CONFIG += debug_and_release ordered embed_manifest_dll embed_manifest_exe
                    
                    target.path = /home/pi/myApp
                    INSTALLS += target
                    
                    DESTDIR = $$PWD/$$ROUTDIR
                    LIBS += -L$$PWD/$$ROUTDIR
                    
                    INCLUDEPATH += \
                            $$PWD/myApp\
                            $$PWD/firstPlugIn\
                            $$PWD/secondPlugIn\
                            $$PWD/thirdPlugIn
                    
                    LIBS += \
                            -lfirstPlugIn \
                            -lsecondPlugIn
                             -lthirdPlugIn
                    
                    

                    now is working on both... PC and raspberry pi
                    Many thanks for all hep

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                    koahnig
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #12

                    @arsinte_andrei

                    I can follow only @mrjj and thank you for updating your post.

                    Well done.

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                      SGaist
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                      Hi,

                      IIRC, you can use $$qtLibraryTarget(name_of_the_library) to get the name of the library with the correct extension.

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                      Please read the Qt Code of Conduct - https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                        Bremenpl
                        wrote on last edited by Bremenpl
                        #14

                        Hi, I am having simmilar problem to yours: https://forum.qt.io/topic/72844/could-not-load-shared-library-symbols
                        When I debug it still cannot find the symbols. I tried to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH to /home/pi/ (this is where my executable is on the Raspberry Pi) but nothing changes. Could I please ask for help?

                        EDIT: I have partially solved the problem in the linked topic, maybe someone will find it usefull.

                        lprzenioslo.zut.edu.pl

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