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<p>The <tt>qt.conf</tt> file overrides the hard-coded paths that are compiled into the Qt library. These paths are accessible using the <a href="qlibraryinfo.html">QLibraryInfo</a> class. Without <tt>qt.conf</tt>, the functions in <a href="qlibraryinfo.html">QLibraryInfo</a> return these hard-coded paths; otherwise they return the paths as specified in <tt>qt.conf</tt>.</p>
<p>Without <tt>qt.conf</tt>, the Qt libraries will use the hard-coded paths to look for plugins, translations, and so on. These paths may not exist on the target system, or they may not be accesssible. Because of this, you need <tt>qt.conf</tt> to make the Qt libraries look elsewhere.</p>
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<li><tt>:/qt/etc/qt.conf</tt> using the resource system</li>
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<p>The <tt>qt.conf</tt> file is an INI text file, as described in the <a href="qsettings.html#Format-enum">QSettings</a> documentation. The file should have a <tt>Paths</tt> group which contains the entries that correspond to each value of the <a href="qlibraryinfo.html#LibraryLocation-enum">QLibraryInfo::LibraryLocation</a> enum. See the <a href="qlibraryinfo.html">QLibraryInfo</a> documentation for details on the meaning of the various locations.</p>
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<tr valign="top" class="odd"><td >Prefix</td><td ><a href="qcoreapplication.html#applicationDirPath">QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath</a>()</td></tr>
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<p>Absolute paths are used as specified in the <tt>qt.conf</tt> file. All paths are relative to the <tt>Prefix</tt>. On Windows and X11, the <tt>Prefix</tt> is relative to the directory containing the application executable (<a href="qcoreapplication.html#applicationDirPath">QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath</a>()). On Mac OS X, the <tt>Prefix</tt> is relative to the <tt>Contents</tt> in the application bundle. For example, <tt>application.app/Contents/plugins/</tt> is the default location for loading Qt plugins. Note that the plugins need to be placed in specific sub-directories under the <tt>plugins</tt> directory (see <a href="plugins-howto.html">How to Create Qt Plugins</a> for details).</p>
<p>For example, a <tt>qt.conf</tt> file could contain the following:</p>
<pre class="cpp"> [Paths]
Prefix = /some/path
Translations = i18n</pre>
<p>Subgroups of the <tt>Paths</tt> group may be used to specify locations for specific versions of the Qt libraries. Such subgroups are of the form <tt>Paths/x.y.z</tt>, where x is the major version of the Qt libraries, y the minor, and z the patch level. The subgroup that most closely matches the current Qt version is used. If no subgroup matches, the <tt>Paths</tt> group is used as the fallback. The minor and patch level values may be omitted, in which case they default to zero.</p>
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Paths/4
Paths/4.1
Paths/4.2.5
Paths/6</pre>
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<li>4.0.1 matches <tt>Paths/4</tt></li>
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<li>4.6.3 matches <tt>Paths/4.2.5</tt> (because 4.2.5 is the latest version with the same major version number)</li>
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