[Interest] Qt.conf and desktop application

[Mitch Curtis]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jérôme Godbout <godboutj at amotus.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, 16 January 2019 3:31 PM
> To: Mitch Curtis <mitch.curtis at qt.io>; Interests Qt <interest at qt-
> project.org>
> Subject: RE: Qt.conf and desktop application
> 
> Hi,
> static linking is not really an option for this right now, so I guess I will move
> the .qm from resource to translation folder  and use the default. For
> Qml2Import I might just try to add the import path from C++  I guess.
> 
> qt.conf seem like a big mess, why changing one path make the default of
> other changes??? This is really strange and unexpected. I will just ditch it,
> unless someone have a good way to make a qt.conf and not modify the
> whole building process.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jerome

Since sending that mail, someone has helpfully pointed out a potential solution:

https://github.com/probonopd/linuxdeployqt/issues/280#issuecomment-454777296

I haven't tried it out yet, but maybe it will help you?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mitch Curtis <mitch.curtis at qt.io>
> Sent: January 16, 2019 5:45 AM
> To: Jérôme Godbout <godboutj at amotus.ca>; Interests Qt <interest at qt-
> project.org>
> Subject: RE: Qt.conf and desktop application
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Interest <interest-bounces at qt-project.org> On Behalf Of Jérôme
> > Godbout
> > Sent: Wednesday, 16 January 2019 12:12 AM
> > To: Interests Qt <interest at qt-project.org>
> > Subject: [Interest] Qt.conf and desktop application
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm having some problem while porting an application to Linux Desktop.
> > I'm using a qt.conf to set 2 values
> >
> > [Paths]
> >
> > Translations = :/i18n
> >
> > Qml2Imports = :/
> >
> >
> >
> > I don't do anything else, but I cannot launch my application when I
> > add the Qt.conf (even with only Translations). The platform library
> > cannot be found anymore. I'm having a hard time figuring how to setup
> > this for desktop since the debug and packaged application will fetch
> > those at different place I guess. And why does the non set value get
> > modified? Seem like giving a qt.conf make some kind of magic into qt
> > creator and affect the plugins path to be destroyed.
> >
> >
> >
> > Console output
> >
> >
> >
> > QML debugging is enabled. Only use this in a safe environment.
> >
> > qt.qpa.plugin: Could not find the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in ""
> >
> > This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could
> > be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
> >
> >
> >
> > Anybody how to create a qt.conf that work on desktop inside QtCreator
> > and also after deploy gather of file?
> 
> I had a similar issue and ended up building statically instead:
> 
> https://github.com/probonopd/linuxdeployqt/issues/280
> 
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jerome