linux mint - Qt Creator "error: libglfw3 development package not found"

[sotrh]

I've run sudo apt install libglfw3-dev and the program recognizes #include <GLFW/glfw3.h>, but I can't figure out how to link the library. I could downgrade to glfw2, but that's not a permanent solution. My project uses qmake, and I'm run Linux Mint 18.

[sotrh]

The solution was to use unix: PKGCONFIG += glfw3. I had tried libglfw3, libglfw, and libgfw3-dev.

[jsulm]

@sotrh Please read http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qmake-project-files.html#declaring-other-libraries
This is an example how to add a library in .pro file:

LIBS += -L/usr/local/lib -lmath

[sotrh]

I added the following lines separately then together into the .pro file, but the error persists.

LIBS += -L/urs/local/lib -glfw3
INCLUDEPATH = /usr/include

[sotrh]

The solution was to use unix: PKGCONFIG += glfw3. I had tried libglfw3, libglfw, and libgfw3-dev.