can't find linker symbol for virtual table for 'QCoreApplication' value - runtime error in hello world program

dananarama

I am unable to run a simple hello world program, encountering the error message:

can't find linker symbol for virtual table for `QCoreApplication' value

Here is the source:

main.cpp

#include <QCoreApplication>
#include <iostream>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QCoreApplication a(argc, argv);

    std::cout << "Hello World!";

    return a.exec();
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)

project(demo2 LANGUAGES CXX)

set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)

set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC ON)
set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)

set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)

find_package(Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core )

add_executable(demo2
  main.cpp
)

target_link_libraries(demo2 Qt5::Core )

I am wondering if there is an issue with there being multiple/mismatching libQt5Core library files. Here is some library info:

ldd demo2

linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffe802d2000)
	libQt5Core.so.5 => /home/dan/Qt/5.12.3/gcc_64/lib/libQt5Core.so.5 (0x00007f6cfbbd9000)
	libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007f6cfb850000)
	libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007f6cfb638000)
	libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f6cfb247000)
	libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f6cfb028000)
	libz.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0x00007f6cfae0b000)
	libicui18n.so.56 => /home/dan/Qt/5.12.3/gcc_64/lib/libicui18n.so.56 (0x00007f6cfa972000)
	libicuuc.so.56 => /home/dan/Qt/5.12.3/gcc_64/lib/libicuuc.so.56 (0x00007f6cfa5ba000)
	libicudata.so.56 => /home/dan/Qt/5.12.3/gcc_64/lib/libicudata.so.56 (0x00007f6cf8bd7000)
	libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f6cf89d3000)
	libgthread-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgthread-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f6cf87d1000)
	libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f6cf84ba000)
	libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007f6cf811c000)
	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f6cfc56f000)
	libpcre.so.3 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpcre.so.3 (0x00007f6cf7eaa000)

ldconfig -p | grep libQt5Core

libQt5Core.so.5 (libc6,x86-64, OS ABI: Linux 2.6.28) => /home/dan/Qt/5.12.3/gcc_64/lib/libQt5Core.so.5
	libQt5Core.so.5 (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
	libQt5Core.so (libc6,x86-64, OS ABI: Linux 2.6.28) => /home/dan/Qt/5.12.3/gcc_64/lib/libQt5Core.so

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

jsulm

@dananarama Do you mean this happens when you try to start your app outside of QtCreator? If so, did you deploy your app first? https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/linux-deployment.html

dananarama

@jsulm This happens whether I start the app from inside creator or standalone.