Linking libraries to a QT project using pkg-config output

Question

This is a bit of a newbie question. I am trying to add the OpenCV libraries to a QT project.

This question says the link flags are given by

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Answer 1

In the newer version of Qt, this needs to be done to avoid a package not found error:

QT_CONFIG -= no-pkg-config
CONFIG += link_pkgconfig
PKGCONFIG += protobuf #or whatever package here

Also had to do this for Mac:

mac {
  PKG_CONFIG = /usr/local/bin/pkg-config
}