[Qt-interest] How to use a shared library with QMake/QtCreator under Linux?

[Abdelrazak Younes]

Abdelrazak Younes wrote:
> Abdelrazak Younes wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I created a shared library and an application with qtcreator. The 
>> application correctly build and link with my library. So far so good. 
>> Problem is that, unless I run ldconfig on the location of the 
>> library, the application won't start.
>>
>> Under Windows I simply have to copy the dll in the same directory as 
>> in the executable, or just put it in the path.
>>
>> Is there a way to put some post-compilation hook in the qmake project 
>> of the library so that ldconfig is run automatically?
>
> Hum sorry to answer my own question but one trick would be to set the 
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH before launching the executable. Unfortunately, I 
> can't find where the executable name is set within QtCreator; anybody 
> knows?
>
> My goal would be to let QtCreator launch 
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../my_lib_path/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH ./my_app

OK, I managed to add this variable in the "Projects->Build Environment" 
dialog.

Sorry for the noise. Hope this will help someone else at least :-)

Abdel.