qmake and QT_INSTALL_PREFIX. How can I select a new location for Qt library?

Question

I am new to qmake and I am trying to build an existing application. Qt was originally installed in /usr/local/lib/Qt-4.3.5 and \'qmake -query QT_INSTALL_PREFIX\' returns that pa

Answer 1

This is a 'builtin' compiled into qmake from qconfig.cpp. The best way is to reconfigure Qt with another -prefix and rebuild unfortunately. For most other variables, you can use a .qmake.cache file. See

http://doc.qt.digia.com/qt/qmake-environment-reference.html

for more info