How to copy Qt runtime DLLs to project output

Question

I have a simple project created in Qt Creator (installed using Qt SDK 1.1.4). It runs just fine from within Qt Creator, but if I then browse to the output directory in Windows

Answer 1

A bit cleaner method, but it will require doing a make install after a make. It will work on Windows, but would need tweaking for other platforms.

debug { DESTDIR = debug }
release { DESTDIR = release }
debug_and_release { DESTDIR = bin }

myqtlibs.path = $$DESTDIR
myqtlibs.files = $$QMAKE_LIBDIR_QT/*.dll junk.txt fred.out
myqtlibs.CONFIG = no_check_exist

INSTALLS += myqtlibs

If qmake is run just for debug, all output will go into ./debug . If it is just for release, all output goes in ./release . If both, then into ./bin .

I did notice that enabling shadow building in QtCreator caused the executable not to end up in the DESTDIR. I'm not quite sure why.