QSqlDatabase: QMYSQL driver not loaded - Ubuntu

[Gangani Chamika]

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I'm using Qt5.10.0 and try to connect to MySQL database in Linux platform. I got an error like below...

QSqlDatabase: QMYSQL driver not loaded
QSqlDatabase: available drivers: QSQLITE QMYSQL QMYSQL3 QPSQL QPSQL7

I searched a lot to fix this error. But unable to fix this. Please help me with this and suggest what should I do?

[JonB]

@Gangani-Chamika
Did you apt-get libqt5-sql-mysql ? Or however you are choosing to install stuff.

[mrjj]

Hi
Its important to understand that the MySQL included with Qt do not
include the actual "drivers" for the database system.
Its a wrapper that will load the system installed "drivers" and you
must install those yourself as @JonB explains.

There are many post on forum about using MySql, however this i find paticular
informative when using linux.
http://adamcavendish.is-programmer.com/posts/40431.html