Plugins in qt.conf is not working but QT_PLUGIN_PATH does

[th.thielemann]

I use more than one Qt version on my dev. pc. Therefore I created qt.conf file in binary folder to point to my/used/qt.

@[Paths]
Libraries = /home/my/used/x86/qt/usr/local/qt/lib@
Result: QML application with usage of fonts from .../lib/fonts is working as expected.

I wrote another app using the sqldriver and therefore my qt.conf looks like:
@[Paths]
Libraries = /home/my/used/x86/qt/usr/local/qt/lib
Plugins = /home/my/used/x86/qt/usr/local/qt/plugins@
Result: Db Driver QSQLITE is not available.

I set up the env variable:
@export QT_PLUGIN_PATH=/home/my/used/x86/qt/usr/local/qt/plugins@
Result: The SQL application works as expected.

I tried to find an environment variable to set the path to the Qt libs and fonts. But I found no solution.

My goal is to have only one way to configure the application environment. Either qt.conf or system variables.
Any suggestions or hints?

Regards,
Thomas

[hskoglund]

Hi, using qt.conf can in some cases fail, because it's slightly more brittle than exporting QT_PLUGIN_PATH (I've written about it "here":http://www.tripleboot.org/?p=536

Just guessing, but if you are calling something like QStyleFactory::keys() first thing in main.cpp, that can be the explanation.

EDIT: forgot, you can also trace the plugins loading in QtCreator, by exporting QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS=1 (or set it in QtCreator/Projects/Build Environment, that worked for me)