[Mac] Load shared libraries from bundle

[nowrep]

Hi,
in my app, I use and link to my private library (dylib on Mac).
Now I want to put this library into bundle and load it from there.
App is in app.app/Contents/MacOS/app_name and libary in app.app/Contents/MacOS/library.dylib .

I tried to add RPATH to @executable_path with no success (app cannot be run because of missing library)
So is there a way (in qmake) to achieve loading shared libraries from bundle?

Thanks for any answer.

[goetz]

You need to use install_name_tool to change the location of the library in you executable. Have a look at the "OS X deployment guide":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/deployment-mac.html for how to use that tool.

[nowrep]

Hi,
thanks for your post.
I finally managed to change the location of my library and now it loads fine.
I also used macdeployqt on my bundle. Before macdeployqt, Qt libraries were loaded from my Qt install dir and my app worked allright.
But after macdeployqt, I get this crash on startup:

@Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000

Application Specific Information:
objc[3696]: garbage collection is OFF
abort() called

Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff96d1ece2 __pthread_kill + 10
1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff97d057d2 pthread_kill + 95
2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff97cf6a7a abort + 143
3 QtCore 0x00000001037b1c15 qt_message_output(QtMsgType, char const*) + 117
4 QtCore 0x00000001037b1df7 qt_message_output(QtMsgType, char const*) + 599
5 QtCore 0x00000001037b1fba qFatal(char const*, ...) + 170
6 QtGui 0x0000000102b09945 QWidgetPrivate::QWidgetPrivate(int) + 853
7 QtGui 0x0000000102b1dc7b QWidget::QWidget(QWidget*, QFlagsQt::WindowType) + 59
8 QtGui 0x0000000102a78a19 QDesktopWidget::QDesktopWidget() + 41
9 QtGui 0x0000000102ac008b QApplication::desktop() + 59
10 QtGui 0x0000000102a73dbb QMacCocoaAutoReleasePool::~QMacCocoaAutoReleasePool() + 4027
11 QtGui 0x0000000102a6f4f5 QMacInputContext::reset() + 34853@

Do you have any idea what's wrong?

[goetz]

Hm, strange. From the output one cannot see what's going wrong exactly. You could try to run the application from the command line and look at the console output:

/complete/path/to/your/program.app/Contents/MacOS/app_name

Do you get any warnings about libraries being loaded twice or so?

[nowrep]

@$ /Users/paulfxh/QupZilla/bin/QupZilla.app/Contents/MacOS/QupZilla
QupZilla: 0 extensions loaded
QFont::setPixelSize: Pixel size <= 0 (0)
QFont::setPixelSize: Pixel size <= 0 (0)
2012-04-05 22:44:05.484 QupZilla[1404:c03] Error loading /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ebldetect.bundle/Contents/MacOS/ebldetect: dlopen(/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ebldetect.bundle/Contents/MacOS/ebldetect, 262): no suitable image found. Did find:
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ebldetect.bundle/Contents/MacOS/ebldetect: no matching architecture in universal wrapper
2012-04-05 22:44:05.492 QupZilla[1404:c03] Cannot find executable for CFBundle 0x10b36e600 </Users/paulfxh/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/GlimsAddition.notplugin> (not loaded)
2012-04-05 22:44:05.613 QupZilla[1404:c03] Error loading /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/npgtpo3dautoplugin: dlopen(/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/npgtpo3dautoplugin, 262): no suitable image found. Did find:
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/npgtpo3dautoplugin: mach-o, but wrong architecture
2012-04-05 22:44:05.727 QupZilla[1404:c03] Error loading /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Silverlight.plugin/Contents/MacOS/agcore: dlopen(/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Silverlight.plugin/Contents/MacOS/agcore, 262): no suitable image found. Did find:
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Silverlight.plugin/Contents/MacOS/agcore: mach-o, but wrong architecture
2012-04-05 22:44:05.760 QupZilla[1404:c03] Error loading /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: dlopen(/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Flip4Mac WMV Plugin, 262): no suitable image found. Did find:
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: no matching architecture in universal wrapper
2012-04-05 22:44:05.851 QupZilla[1404:c03] Error loading /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/QuickTime Plugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/QuickTime Plugin: dlopen(/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/QuickTime Plugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/QuickTime Plugin, 265): no suitable image found. Did find:
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/QuickTime Plugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/QuickTime Plugin: mach-o, but wrong architecture
2012-04-05 22:44:05.853 QupZilla[1404:c03] Error loading /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/googletalkbrowserplugin: dlopen(/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/googletalkbrowserplugin, 262): no suitable image found. Did find:
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/googletalkbrowserplugin: mach-o, but wrong architecture
2012-04-05 22:44:06.164 QupZilla[1404:c03] Error loading /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/iPhotoPhotocast.plugin/Contents/MacOS/iPhotoPhotocast: dlopen(/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/iPhotoPhotocast.plugin/Contents/MacOS/iPhotoPhotocast, 262): no suitable image found. Did find:
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/iPhotoPhotocast.plugin/Contents/MacOS/iPhotoPhotocast: no matching architecture in universal wrapper
@

[goetz]

Hm, strange. I don't have a clue what's going wrong here, sorry.