Build Qt4.3.2 from sources with MinGW under WinXP

[Nyphel]

Hello,

I downloaded "MinGW-3.1.0-1.exe" and installed it under "D:\Applications\MinGW".

I downloaded the "qt-win-opensource-src-4.3.2.zip" archive from Trolltech website.
It contains the source code of Qt4.3.2 Open Source for Windows 32-bit platform. I've uncompressed it in "D:\Applications\Qt\4.2.3".

I've edited my environments variables, and here is my Path variable :
"D:\Applications\MinGW;D:\Applications\MinGW\bin;D :\Applications\MinGW\lib;D:\Applications\Qt\4.3.2\ bin;D:\Applications\Qt\4.3.2\lib;D:\Applications\Q t\4.3.2\;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%Syste mRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static"

So, I would like to build my Qt Sources and I don't know how should I do.

I've made a copy of "cmd.exe" and paste it in my Qt dir. Next I've set my configuration ("configure -static -release -qt-gif -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -no-vcproj -no-dsp"). At this step, there is no error. After the configuration, I've ran "mingw32-make" but it returned me many errors, like if MinGW didn't knew Qt types (QInt64, for example).

I suppose I should do something, like does the "qtvars.bat" used to launch the Qt Open Source Command Line from the classic installer. I need some help

[ChristianEhrlicher]

Please show us your first error.

[Nyphel]

Microsoft Windows XP [version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
 
D:\Applications\Qt\4.3.2>mingw32-make
cd src\winmain\ && mingw32-make -f Makefile
mingw32-make[1]: Entering directory `D:/Applications/Qt/4.3.2/src/winmain'
mingw32-make -f Makefile.Release
mingw32-make[2]: Entering directory `D:/Applications/Qt/4.3.2/src/winmain'
mingw32-make[2]: Nothing to be done for `first'.
mingw32-make[2]: Leaving directory `D:/Applications/Qt/4.3.2/src/winmain'
mingw32-make[1]: Leaving directory `D:/Applications/Qt/4.3.2/src/winmain'
cd src\tools\moc\ && mingw32-make -f Makefile
mingw32-make[1]: Entering directory `D:/Applications/Qt/4.3.2/src/tools/moc'
mingw32-make -f Makefile.Release
mingw32-make[2]: Entering directory `D:/Applications/Qt/4.3.2/src/tools/moc'
g++ -c -O2 -frtti -fexceptions -mthreads -Wall -DUNICODE -DQT_LARGEFILE_SUPPORT
-DQT_BOOTSTRAPPED -DQT_MOC -DQT_NO_CODECS -DQT_LITE_UNICODE -DQT_NO_LIBRARY -DQT
_NO_STL -DQT_NO_COMPRESS -DQT_NO_DATASTREAM -DQT_NO_TEXTSTREAM -DQT_NO_TEXTCODEC
 -DQT_NO_UNICODETABLES -DQT_NO_THREAD -DQT_NO_REGEXP -DQT_NO_QOBJECT -DQT_NO_SYS
TEMLOCALE -DQT_NO_GEOM_VARIANT -DQT_NODLL -I"..\..\corelib\arch\generic" -I"..\.
.\..\include" -I"." -I"..\..\..\include\QtCore" -I"." -I"." -I"..\..\..\mkspecs\
win32-g++" -o release\qfsfileengine.o ..\..\corelib\io\qfsfileengine.cpp
../../corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp: In member function `bool
   QFSFileEnginePrivate::openFh(QFlags<QIODevice::OpenModeFlag>, FILE*)':
../../corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp:240: `::fseeko64' undeclared (first use
   here)
../../corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp: In member function `qint64
   QFSFileEnginePrivate::posFdFh() const':
../../corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp:453: `::ftello64' undeclared (first use
   here)
../../corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp: In member function `bool
   QFSFileEnginePrivate::seekFdFh(long long int)':
../../corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp:483: `off64_t' undeclared (first use this
   function)
../../corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp:483: (Each undeclared identifier is reported
 
   only once for each function it appears in.)
../../corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp: In member function `qint64
   QFSFileEnginePrivate::readLineFdFh(char*, long long int)':
../../corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp:628: `off64_t' undeclared (first use this
   function)
../../corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp:628: parse error before `=' token
../../corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp:633: `oldPos' undeclared (first use this
   function)
mingw32-make[2]: *** [release\qfsfileengine.o] Error 1
mingw32-make[2]: Leaving directory `D:/Applications/Qt/4.3.2/src/tools/moc'
mingw32-make[1]: *** [release] Error 2
mingw32-make[1]: Leaving directory `D:/Applications/Qt/4.3.2/src/tools/moc'
mingw32-make: *** [sub-moc-make_default-ordered] Error 2
 
D:\Applications\Qt\4.3.2>

Microsoft Windows XP [version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

D:\Applications\Qt\4.3.2>mingw32-make
cd src\winmain\ && mingw32-make -f Makefile
mingw32-make[1]: Entering directory `D:/Applications/Qt/4.3.2/src/winmain'
mingw32-make -f Makefile.Release
mingw32-make[2]: Entering directory `D:/Applications/Qt/4.3.2/src/winmain'
mingw32-make[2]: Nothing to be done for `first'.
mingw32-make[2]: Leaving directory `D:/Applications/Qt/4.3.2/src/winmain'
mingw32-make[1]: Leaving directory `D:/Applications/Qt/4.3.2/src/winmain'
cd src\tools\moc\ && mingw32-make -f Makefile
mingw32-make[1]: Entering directory `D:/Applications/Qt/4.3.2/src/tools/moc'
mingw32-make -f Makefile.Release
mingw32-make[2]: Entering directory `D:/Applications/Qt/4.3.2/src/tools/moc'
g++ -c -O2 -frtti -fexceptions -mthreads -Wall -DUNICODE -DQT_LARGEFILE_SUPPORT
-DQT_BOOTSTRAPPED -DQT_MOC -DQT_NO_CODECS -DQT_LITE_UNICODE -DQT_NO_LIBRARY -DQT
_NO_STL -DQT_NO_COMPRESS -DQT_NO_DATASTREAM -DQT_NO_TEXTSTREAM -DQT_NO_TEXTCODEC
 -DQT_NO_UNICODETABLES -DQT_NO_THREAD -DQT_NO_REGEXP -DQT_NO_QOBJECT -DQT_NO_SYS
TEMLOCALE -DQT_NO_GEOM_VARIANT -DQT_NODLL -I"..\..\corelib\arch\generic" -I"..\.
.\..\include" -I"." -I"..\..\..\include\QtCore" -I"." -I"." -I"..\..\..\mkspecs\
win32-g++" -o release\qfsfileengine.o ..\..\corelib\io\qfsfileengine.cpp
../../corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp: In member function `bool
   QFSFileEnginePrivate::openFh(QFlags<QIODevice::OpenModeFlag>, FILE*)':
../../corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp:240: `::fseeko64' undeclared (first use
   here)
../../corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp: In member function `qint64
   QFSFileEnginePrivate::posFdFh() const':
../../corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp:453: `::ftello64' undeclared (first use
   here)
../../corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp: In member function `bool
   QFSFileEnginePrivate::seekFdFh(long long int)':
../../corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp:483: `off64_t' undeclared (first use this
   function)
../../corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp:483: (Each undeclared identifier is reported

   only once for each function it appears in.)
../../corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp: In member function `qint64
   QFSFileEnginePrivate::readLineFdFh(char*, long long int)':
../../corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp:628: `off64_t' undeclared (first use this
   function)
../../corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp:628: parse error before `=' token
../../corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp:633: `oldPos' undeclared (first use this
   function)
mingw32-make[2]: *** [release\qfsfileengine.o] Error 1
mingw32-make[2]: Leaving directory `D:/Applications/Qt/4.3.2/src/tools/moc'
mingw32-make[1]: *** [release] Error 2
mingw32-make[1]: Leaving directory `D:/Applications/Qt/4.3.2/src/tools/moc'
mingw32-make: *** [sub-moc-make_default-ordered] Error 2

D:\Applications\Qt\4.3.2>

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[marcel]

Looks like you didn't install mingw correclty/completely.
There is an installer available on their site that downloads and install everything you need.

[Nyphel]

I've downloaded "MinGW-5.1.3.exe". In the install dialog, I selected to install the current version. I didn't modified my Environment Variables, because I installed it in the same path as the old version.

Running a "mingw32-make" for "cmd.exe" returned me the following error after a few seconds :

g++ -c -O2 -frtti -fexceptions -mthreads -Wall -DUNICODE -DQT_LARGEFILE_SUPPORT
-DQT_BOOTSTRAPPED -DQT_MOC -DQT_NO_CODECS -DQT_LITE_UNICODE -DQT_NO_LIBRARY -DQT
_NO_STL -DQT_NO_COMPRESS -DQT_NO_DATASTREAM -DQT_NO_TEXTSTREAM -DQT_NO_TEXTCODEC
 -DQT_NO_UNICODETABLES -DQT_NO_THREAD -DQT_NO_REGEXP -DQT_NO_QOBJECT -DQT_NO_SYS
TEMLOCALE -DQT_NO_GEOM_VARIANT -DQT_NODLL -I"..\..\corelib\arch\generic" -I"..\.
.\..\include" -I"." -I"..\..\..\include\QtCore" -I"." -I"." -I"..\..\..\mkspecs\
win32-g++" -o release\qfsfileengine_iterator_win.o ..\..\corelib\io\qfsfileengin
e_iterator_win.cpp
g++ -enable-stdcall-fixup -Wl,-enable-auto-import -Wl,-enable-runtime-pseudo-rel
oc -Wl,-s -Wl,-subsystem,console -mthreads -Wl -o "..\..\..\bin\moc.exe" object_
script.moc.Release
./release\qiodevice.o:qiodevice.cpp:(.rdata$_ZTI16QIODevicePrivate[typeinfo for
QIODevicePrivate]+0x0): multiple definition of `typeinfo for QIODevicePrivate'
./release\qbuffer.o:qbuffer.cpp:(.data$_ZTI16QIODevicePrivate[typeinfo for QIODe
vicePrivate]+0x0): first defined here
./release\qiodevice.o:qiodevice.cpp:(.rdata$_ZTS16QIODevicePrivate[typeinfo name
 for QIODevicePrivate]+0x0): multiple definition of `typeinfo name for QIODevice
Private'
./release\qbuffer.o:qbuffer.cpp:(.text$_ZTS16QIODevicePrivate[typeinfo name for
QIODevicePrivate]+0x0): first defined here
./release\qiodevice.o:qiodevice.cpp:(.rdata$_ZTI9QIODevice[typeinfo for QIODevic
e]+0x0): multiple definition of `typeinfo for QIODevice'
./release\qbuffer.o:qbuffer.cpp:(.data$_ZTI9QIODevice[typeinfo for QIODevice]+0x
0): first defined here
./release\qiodevice.o:qiodevice.cpp:(.rdata$_ZTS9QIODevice[typeinfo name for QIO
Device]+0x0): multiple definition of `typeinfo name for QIODevice'
./release\qbuffer.o:qbuffer.cpp:(.text$_ZTS9QIODevice[typeinfo name for QIODevic
e]+0x0): first defined here
./release\qtemporaryfile.o:qtemporaryfile.cpp:(.rdata$_ZTI12QFilePrivate[typeinf
o for QFilePrivate]+0x0): multiple definition of `typeinfo for QFilePrivate'
./release\qfile.o:qfile.cpp:(.data$_ZTI12QFilePrivate[typeinfo for QFilePrivate]
+0x0): first defined here
./release\qtemporaryfile.o:qtemporaryfile.cpp:(.rdata$_ZTS12QFilePrivate[typeinf
o name for QFilePrivate]+0x0): multiple definition of `typeinfo name for QFilePr
ivate'
./release\qfile.o:qfile.cpp:(.text$_ZTS12QFilePrivate[typeinfo name for QFilePri
vate]+0x0): first defined here
./release\qtemporaryfile.o:qtemporaryfile.cpp:(.rdata$_ZTI5QFile[typeinfo for QF
ile]+0x0): multiple definition of `typeinfo for QFile'
./release\qfile.o:qfile.cpp:(.data$_ZTI5QFile[typeinfo for QFile]+0x0): first de
fined here
./release\qtemporaryfile.o:qtemporaryfile.cpp:(.rdata$_ZTS5QFile[typeinfo name f
or QFile]+0x0): multiple definition of `typeinfo name for QFile'
./release\qfile.o:qfile.cpp:(.text$_ZTS5QFile[typeinfo name for QFile]+0x0): fir
st defined here
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
mingw32-make[2]: *** [..\..\..\bin\moc.exe] Error 1
mingw32-make[2]: Leaving directory `D:/Applications/Qt/4.3.2/src/tools/moc'
mingw32-make[1]: *** [release] Error 2
mingw32-make[1]: Leaving directory `D:/Applications/Qt/4.3.2/src/tools/moc'
mingw32-make: *** [sub-moc-make_default-ordered] Error 2
 
D:\Applications\Qt\4.3.2>

g++ -c -O2 -frtti -fexceptions -mthreads -Wall -DUNICODE -DQT_LARGEFILE_SUPPORT
-DQT_BOOTSTRAPPED -DQT_MOC -DQT_NO_CODECS -DQT_LITE_UNICODE -DQT_NO_LIBRARY -DQT
_NO_STL -DQT_NO_COMPRESS -DQT_NO_DATASTREAM -DQT_NO_TEXTSTREAM -DQT_NO_TEXTCODEC
 -DQT_NO_UNICODETABLES -DQT_NO_THREAD -DQT_NO_REGEXP -DQT_NO_QOBJECT -DQT_NO_SYS
TEMLOCALE -DQT_NO_GEOM_VARIANT -DQT_NODLL -I"..\..\corelib\arch\generic" -I"..\.
.\..\include" -I"." -I"..\..\..\include\QtCore" -I"." -I"." -I"..\..\..\mkspecs\
win32-g++" -o release\qfsfileengine_iterator_win.o ..\..\corelib\io\qfsfileengin
e_iterator_win.cpp
g++ -enable-stdcall-fixup -Wl,-enable-auto-import -Wl,-enable-runtime-pseudo-rel
oc -Wl,-s -Wl,-subsystem,console -mthreads -Wl -o "..\..\..\bin\moc.exe" object_
script.moc.Release
./release\qiodevice.o:qiodevice.cpp:(.rdata$_ZTI16QIODevicePrivate[typeinfo for
QIODevicePrivate]+0x0): multiple definition of `typeinfo for QIODevicePrivate'
./release\qbuffer.o:qbuffer.cpp:(.data$_ZTI16QIODevicePrivate[typeinfo for QIODe
vicePrivate]+0x0): first defined here
./release\qiodevice.o:qiodevice.cpp:(.rdata$_ZTS16QIODevicePrivate[typeinfo name
 for QIODevicePrivate]+0x0): multiple definition of `typeinfo name for QIODevice
Private'
./release\qbuffer.o:qbuffer.cpp:(.text$_ZTS16QIODevicePrivate[typeinfo name for
QIODevicePrivate]+0x0): first defined here
./release\qiodevice.o:qiodevice.cpp:(.rdata$_ZTI9QIODevice[typeinfo for QIODevic
e]+0x0): multiple definition of `typeinfo for QIODevice'
./release\qbuffer.o:qbuffer.cpp:(.data$_ZTI9QIODevice[typeinfo for QIODevice]+0x
0): first defined here
./release\qiodevice.o:qiodevice.cpp:(.rdata$_ZTS9QIODevice[typeinfo name for QIO
Device]+0x0): multiple definition of `typeinfo name for QIODevice'
./release\qbuffer.o:qbuffer.cpp:(.text$_ZTS9QIODevice[typeinfo name for QIODevic
e]+0x0): first defined here
./release\qtemporaryfile.o:qtemporaryfile.cpp:(.rdata$_ZTI12QFilePrivate[typeinf
o for QFilePrivate]+0x0): multiple definition of `typeinfo for QFilePrivate'
./release\qfile.o:qfile.cpp:(.data$_ZTI12QFilePrivate[typeinfo for QFilePrivate]
+0x0): first defined here
./release\qtemporaryfile.o:qtemporaryfile.cpp:(.rdata$_ZTS12QFilePrivate[typeinf
o name for QFilePrivate]+0x0): multiple definition of `typeinfo name for QFilePr
ivate'
./release\qfile.o:qfile.cpp:(.text$_ZTS12QFilePrivate[typeinfo name for QFilePri
vate]+0x0): first defined here
./release\qtemporaryfile.o:qtemporaryfile.cpp:(.rdata$_ZTI5QFile[typeinfo for QF
ile]+0x0): multiple definition of `typeinfo for QFile'
./release\qfile.o:qfile.cpp:(.data$_ZTI5QFile[typeinfo for QFile]+0x0): first de
fined here
./release\qtemporaryfile.o:qtemporaryfile.cpp:(.rdata$_ZTS5QFile[typeinfo name f
or QFile]+0x0): multiple definition of `typeinfo name for QFile'
./release\qfile.o:qfile.cpp:(.text$_ZTS5QFile[typeinfo name for QFile]+0x0): fir
st defined here
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
mingw32-make[2]: *** [..\..\..\bin\moc.exe] Error 1
mingw32-make[2]: Leaving directory `D:/Applications/Qt/4.3.2/src/tools/moc'
mingw32-make[1]: *** [release] Error 2
mingw32-make[1]: Leaving directory `D:/Applications/Qt/4.3.2/src/tools/moc'
mingw32-make: *** [sub-moc-make_default-ordered] Error 2

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[ChristianEhrlicher]

Please try a clean src dir.

[Nyphel]

-> mingw32-make clean
-> mingw32-make

The built isn't finished, but it seems to work.
What happened ? The classes incorrectly built with the bad version of MinGW weren't rebuilt with the correct version of MinGW ?

[Nyphel]

Hello,

I've now a correct static release build of Qt4.3.2 under Windows XP.
My problem is that I would like to use the Qt tools, like Qt Assistant or Qt Designer.
I suppose I've to build them... But I can't achieve to do that.

When I go in my Qt directory, I've the "src" dir and the "tools" dir. So I go in my "tools" dir and I "mingw32-make clean, mingw32-make" it. All works well, I get no errors, but at the end I can't find any result : no .exe file, no "release" dir...

Could you help me to build my Qt Tools under Windows XP with MinGW, please ?

[jpn]

When I go in my Qt directory, I've the "src" dir and the "tools" dir. So I go in my "tools" dir and I "mingw32-make clean, mingw32-make" it. All works well, I get no errors, but at the end I can't find any result : no .exe file, no "release" dir...

Should be in $QTDIR/bin.

[Nyphel]

Oh yes it is...
Thanks JPN !