using find_package() of cmake in QtCreator
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I am using Qt Creator to work on a project that is using cmake. I want to use find_package() function of cmake to find Qt5Core and other Qt related libraries. My problem is when I use find_package(Qt5Core) library, QtCreator adds a entry in projects pane that is a relative path to .cmake config files. I try to show this with pictures. I use a simple program to do this.
This is QtCreator before using find_package() in root cmake file:
This is QtCreator after using find_package() in root cmake file:
I hope that this is clear explanation. How can I disable this feature in QtCreator?
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Hi and welcome to devnet,
You should add which version of Qt Creator and Qt you are using.
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Thanks for your reply.
I was using Qt 5.9.0 and QtCreator 4.3.0 which is the latest Qt. Then I test this on other computer by installing QtCreator 4.3.0 (becuase this version of QtCreator is the best) and installing Qt libraries from repository. But nothing changed and I had that problem too.
This annoying problem occurs in older versions of QtCreator too.This is a picture of QtCreator 3.5.1 that has this problem too:
By the way I am using Kubuntu 16.04 LTS and 64bit machine.
Also this is the minimal example that I used to show the problem. (here)
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When you say you are installing Qt from repository, do you mean from your distribution package management ?
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Yes I mean installing from distribution package management.
I also installed the latest Qt .run file from Qt.io website that had this problem.
I make a project by creating the main.cc and CMakeLists.txt file that I uploaded and using QtCreator to open the CMakeLists.txt file.
Did you test that? I had this problem on my older computer too.
For some libraries like liblua5.2, when I use find_pakage(Lua) nothing adds to the projects pane but when I use find_package(Qt5Core) it adds path to .cmake config files. -
Hi again
When I install and use Qt4 libraries using cmake command: find_package(Qt4 COMPONENTS QTCORE QTGUI REQUIRED), everything works fine and nothing adds to the projects pane.
I hope this helps to solve the problem in future version of qtcreator.
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Do you have the Qt5 you want to use set up as a 'Kit' in QtCreator? If you type 'which qmake' on the command line, what does it print out? I think setting the correct Kit will take care of it, but you can also try setting QTDIR to the appropriate Qt version's bin directory in your CMakeLists.txt file (e.g., SET(QTDIR "/home/myhomefolder/MyQt5/bin") ).
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Qt Creator 4.3.1 just got released with work that has been done on the cmake side. You should check it.
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Hi
I checked out QtCreator 4.3.1 but I think it's cmake support is a mess.
QtCreator had a very robust cmake support in the past but I think those days are gone.Look what happens when I create a simple non-qt project using QtCreator:
Look at project view. Even for a simple cmake project there are many annoying entries that I don't want.
I just want a simple project view that shows my folders and source files in tree like structure.
When I import my cmake project which is a big project in Qtcreatro 4.3.1 I can't handle it. QtCreator shows me cmake targets and split headers and sources in "<Source Directory>" and "<Headers>" folders. -
@Bazinevis You can switch from "Projects" to "File System" view