Qt Environment Variable Reference

Table of contents

• QT_QPA_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH
• QT_PLUGIN_PATH
• QML_IMPORT_PATH
• QML2_IMPORT_PATH

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<QT_DIR>: Absolute path to Qt binaries

QT_QPA_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH

Point specifically to platform plugins.

Applies to: Qt 5
Example: <QT_DIR>/plugins/platforms

QT_PLUGIN_PATH

Point to pre-defined hierarchy of plugins.

Applies to: Qt 5
Example: <QT_DIR>/plugins
Example content:
    /accessible
    /audio
    /bearer
    /designer
    /iconengines
    /imageformats
    /mediaservice
    /platforms
    /playlistformats
    /position
    /printsupport
    /PyQt5
    /qml1tooling
    /qmltooling
    /sensorgestures
    /sensors
    /sqldrivers

QML_IMPORT_PATH

Absolute path of QtQuick 1 libraries.

Applies to: QtQuick 1
Example: <QT_DIR>/qml
Example content:
    /qminimal.dll
    /qoffscreen.dll
    /qwindows.dll

QML2_IMPORT_PATH

Absolute path of QtQuick 2 libraries.

Applies to: QtQuick 2
Example: <QT_DIR>/qml
Example content:
    /Enginio
    /Qt
    /QtBluetooth
    /QtGraphicalEffects
    /QtMultimedia
    /QtNfc
    /QtPositioning
    /QtQml
    /QtQuick
    /QtQuick.2
    /QtSensors
    /QtTest
    /QtWebKit
    /QtWinExtras