Tutorial: Link SFML with Qt Creator

Link SFML with Qt Creator

Step 1

Download the latest stable version of SFML from http://www.sfml-dev.org/download.php

Windows

Unzip into a folder called SFML and place the folder in a location where you can find it. Such as:

C:/SFML

Create a Qt Project and edit the (project name).pro file to include the following:

LIBS += -LC:/SFML/lib

CONFIG(release, debug|release): LIBS += -lsfml-audio -lsfml-graphics -lsfml-main -lsfml-network -lsfml-window -lsfml-system
CONFIG(debug, debug|release): LIBS += -lsfml-audio-d -lsfml-graphics-d -lsfml-main-d -lsfml-network-d -lsfml-window-d -lsfml-system-d

INCLUDEPATH += C:/SFML/include
DEPENDPATH += C:/SFML/include

Mac OSX

The Mac OSX download includes a install.sh script which will copy the required files to their respective locations.

Create the Qt Project and edit the (project name).pro file to include the following:

LIBS += -L"/usr/local/lib"

CONFIG(release, debug|release): LIBS += -lsfml-audio -lsfml-graphics -lsfml-system -lsfml-network -lsfml-window
CONFIG(debug, debug|release): LIBS += -lsfml-audio -lsfml-graphics -lsfml-system -lsfml-network -lsfml-window

INCLUDEPATH += "/usr/local/include"
DEPENDPATH += "/usr/local/include"

Linux

I have not tested on linux, but it should be very similar to Mac OSX. Download SFML for linux and copy the files to /usr/local. From inside the include and lib folder run the following commands:

SFML
|
|-include
|-- cp -R * /usr/local/include
|
|-lib
|-- cp -R * /usr/local/lib

You may need to adjust the file permissions. The .pro file should be the same as OSX.