CMake get Qt5 source directory variable

[Alexey Serebryakov]

Hi guys,
how can I get Qt5 source directory in CMakeLists.txt?

For example I have Qt5 installation on Windows: C:\Qt\5.12.9, on Linux ~/Qt/5.12.9. This folders contains Src path.

So I need following in my CMakeLists.txt:

set(MY_QT5_SRC_DIR C:\Qt\5.12.9\Src)

Thanks a lot!

[Christian Ehrlicher]

Then copy the sources over to your sources. When I as a user want to compile your app and then would need the entire Qt sources I would give up.

[Christian Ehrlicher]

FindQt[456].cmake will and can't return you the directory of the sources Qt was compiled from since the sources are normally not distributed and also not needed to compile and link against Qt. Why do you need the Qt sources when you compile your app?

[Alexey Serebryakov]

@Christian-Ehrlicher yeah I see,

I wish build static library with C:\Qt\5.12.9\Src\qttools\src\shared\qtpropertybrowser for my app. :-). Yeah I know that can be find in Qt solution but in Qt source more comfortable because from the box.

[Christian Ehrlicher]

Then copy the sources over to your sources. When I as a user want to compile your app and then would need the entire Qt sources I would give up.

[Alexey Serebryakov]

@Christian-Ehrlicher but what the package I need to install for build my app using Qt sources?

[Christian Ehrlicher]

The Qt source package I would guess?