Finding library names and locations

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The command
‘’‘find_package(Qt5 COMPONENTS Widgets REQUIRED CONFIG)’’’
seems to work, as Qt5_FOUND is true, and Qt5Widgets_INCLUDE_DIRS has the correct include folders. However, Qt5Widgets_LIBRARIES only has “Qt5::Widgets”. How do I get hold of the the Widgets library names and their folders?

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Qt5::Widgets is a target rather than a library. But that allows you
to use target_link_libraries(<your target name> Qt5::Widgets) to
set properties on <your target name> including the location of
needed Qt5 headers, the location of the appropriate Qt5 library, etc.
And if target_link_libraries is not enough, you can use generator
expressions based on the Qt5::Widgets target to figure out everything
else you might need to build <your target name>.

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Thanks for the hints! I found generator expressions to be most useful e.g.
file( GENERATE
** OUTPUT wname.txt**
** CONTENT $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_NAME:Qt5::Widgets>\n**
** )**
creates the file wname.txt with content
libQt5Widgets.so.5.14.2