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    PkgConfigProbe

    Retrieves the information about installed packages using the pkg-config binary. More...

    Properties

    Detailed Description

    This probe takes the package name or the list of package names as input and returns the information that is required to compile and link using those packages.

    Usually, you can simply use a Depends item as described in How do I build against libraries that provide pkg-config files?.

    Alternatively, the probe can be used directly as follows:

    CppApplication {
    name: project.name
    Probes.PkgConfigProbe {
        id: pkgConfig
        name: "QtCore"
        minVersion: '4.0.0'
        maxVersion: '5.99.99'
    }
    files: 'main.cpp'
    cpp.defines : pkgConfig.defines
    cpp.includePaths: pkgConfig.includePaths
    cpp.dynamicLibraries: pkgConfig.libraries
    cpp.libraryPaths: pkgConfig.libraryPaths
    cpp.commonCompilerFlags: pkgConfig.compilerFlags
    cpp.linkerFlags: pkgConfig.linkerFlags
}

    Property Documentation

    compilerFlags : stringList

    This output property contains the list of flags that should be passed to a compiler when using requested package.

    Default: Undefined


    defines : stringList

    This output property contains the list of defines that should be passed to a compiler when using requested package.

    Default: Undefined


    exactVersion : string

    The exact version of the required package. If set, pkg-config will ignore packages with version that is not equal to the value of this property.

    Default: Undefined


    executable : string

    The name of or the path to the pkg-config executable.

    Default: "pkg-config"


    forStaticBuild : bool

    If true, pkg-config will return linker flags for a static linking instead of dynamic.

    Default: false


    includePaths : stringList

    This output property contains the list of include paths that should be passed to a compiler when using requested package.

    Default: Undefined


    libDirs : stringList

    List of full, non-sysrooted paths where pkg-config should search for .pc files. This overrides the built-in path (which is usually /usr/lib/pkgconfig).

    This property sets the value of the PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR environment variable passed to the pkg-config binary.

    Default: Undefined


    libraries : stringList

    This output property contains the list of library names that should be passed to a linker when using requested package.

    Default: Undefined


    libraryPaths : stringList

    This output property contains the list of library paths that should be passed to a linker when using requested package.

    Default: Undefined


    linkerFlags : stringList

    This output property contains the list of flags that should be passed to a linker when using requested package.

    Default: Undefined


    maxVersion : string

    The maximum version of the required package. If set, pkg-config will ignore packages with version greater than the value of this property.

    Default: Undefined


    minVersion : string

    The minimum version of the required package. If set, pkg-config will ignore packages with version less than the value of this property.

    Default: Undefined


    modversion : stringList

    This output property contains the version of the found package.

    Default: Undefined


    name : string

    The name this probe. This property is used as PkgConfigProbe.packageNames value by default.

    Default: Undefined


    packageNames : stringList

    The list of package names to pass to the pkg-config executable. For each package, pkg-config will return the information required to compile and link to this package.

    Default: [PkgConfigProbe.name]


    sysroot : string

    This property sets the value of the PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR environment variable passed to the pkg-config binary. This variable modifies -I and -L flags to use the directories located in target sysroot.

    This property is useful when cross-compiling packages that use pkg-config to determine CFLAGS and LDFLAGS. For example, if sysroot is set to /var/target, a -I/usr/include/libfoo will become -I/var/target/usr/include/libfoo.

    Default: qbs.sysroot