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Rob D
Rob D

Reputation: 53

Create Vanilla C++ project in QtCreator from existing .cpp and .h files

I want to start using QtCreator for C++ coding...

However, I need to understand how I can create a new project - just a straight C++ project (not Qt) - from a bunch of existing .cpp and header files. How do I import these into a new C++ project...? How do I get it built...? How do I get QtCreator to build all the neccessary make files etc...?

Been googling this for ages without finding a straight answer.

many thanks

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2226

Answers (2)

Bill
Bill

Reputation: 11832

The documentation of Qt Creator is available online so it is a bit surprising that Google could not help you find it.

Creating Projects: https://qt-project.org/doc/qtcreator-3.0/creator-project-creating.html

Building and Running: https://qt-project.org/doc/qtcreator-3.0/creator-building-running.html

Upvotes: 1

doron
doron

Reputation: 28932

C++ uses a compiler (like gcc) for compiling and a linker (like ld aka gcc) for linking. You will be typically compiling multiple C++ files all of which will need to be linked together.

The script that will do all of this for you is normally a Makefile that is executed using the make program.

Qt has a tool called qmake that can do most of the leg-work for you. Normally you go to the directory with your source, run qmake -project to generate a Qt project then run qmake to generate a standard Makefile. finally you call make to build your source.

Upvotes: 2

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