How to link statically with Boost libraries in Qt Creator?

franc

Hi all. I am doing an application which makes use of Boost libraries.

I have Boost libraries complied both with the static (.lib) and the dynamic (.dll) versions (1.55).

My .pro file (should) includes a Boost library statically as follows:

unix|win32: LIBS += -L$$PWD/'../../../../../Program Files/boost_1_55_0/stage/x86/lib/' -lboost_thread-vc140-mt-gd-1_55

INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD/../../../../../Boost/include/boost-1_55
DEPENDPATH += $$PWD/../../../../../Boost/include/boost-1_55

win32:!win32-g++: PRE_TARGETDEPS += $$PWD/'../../../../../Program Files/boost_1_55_0/stage/x86/lib/boost_thread-vc140-mt-gd-1_55.lib'
else:unix|win32-g++: PRE_TARGETDEPS += $$PWD/'../../../../../Program Files/boost_1_55_0/stage/x86/lib/libboost_thread-vc140-mt-gd-1_55.a'

The above is an example with Boost thread. The other is Boost system. Everything goes fine, but when it comes to run my executable outside Qt Creator it asks for boost .dlls. How is it possible? When I add those .dll in the directory everything goes fine.

Note, furthermore, that windeployqt.exe does not load those boost .dll. Adding CONFIG += static or CONFIG += staticlib still does not resolve.

Qt version: 5.11.1
OS: Windows 10
C++ compiler (Qt and Boost): MSVC 2015 x86

SGaist

Hi,

.lib files on Windows can either be import libraries or static libraries. Are you sure yours are static libraries ?