Qt 4.3.3 - Server build without QtGui?

[Mike]

Hi,

I was wondering how I can tell the Qt configure script to exclude the QtGui module from the build process. I try to build Qt 4.3.3. on a server without X11 on it. The build does fail because of missing X11 header files, which I do not want to install on my server.

So far I have not been able to find a configure switch that would allow me to build Qt without QtGui... can anyone help?

Regards,
Michael

[jpn]

As you have noticed, QtCore and QtGui are enabled by default. This means that the QT variable contains "core" and "gui" by default. So remove "gui" in a way or other:

QT = core # take core alone in use, removes everything else

QT = core # take core alone in use, removes everything else

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QT -= gui # remove gui from whatever modules there are enabled

QT -= gui # remove gui from whatever modules there are enabled

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QT = core network # take core and network in use

QT = core network # take core and network in use

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[marcel]

jpn, I believe he's trying to compile Qt on a computer that does not have x11. I don't think you can get it past the configure phase in this situation. There's no configure option to tell it not to build the GUI. I don't think anyone has ever needed it like this.

Maybe you tweak the configure script to skip all x11 related tests and then take the GUI module out of the makefile?

[Mike]

I believe he's trying to compile Qt on a computer that does not have x11. I don't think you can get it past the configure phase in this situation.

You are right. That's what I try to do. And I haven't found any:

./configure -no-qtgui switch or something like that.

[jpn]

Oops, sorry. After configuring, try:

make -C src sub-corelib

make -C src sub-corelib

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[marcel]

Oops, sorry. After configuring, try:

make -C src sub-corelib

make -C src sub-corelib

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That must work... But he first needs to modify configure to skip all X11 related tests.

[bender86]

I did it modifying the .pro files in qt source directory.
I added SUBDIRS -= gui to $QTDIR/src/src.pro, SUBDIRS -= iconengines imageformats inputmethod styles to $QTDIR/src/plugins/plugins.pro, and some more in $QTDIR/tools directory (for example SUBDIRS -= assistant designer linguist to tools.pro).

Then configure as usual, and make.
If you get errors, you should only find out what subdir needs to be excluded by compilation.

This way I got Qt working with network, sql, xml modules.

[jpn]

That must work... But he first needs to modify configure to skip all X11 related tests.

Does he? Doesn't configure look for X extensions? As far as I remember they're not mandatory. And there are a bunch of -no-xthis and -no-xthat switches too...