Cannot compile examples

[jmalicke]

I've installed qwt to /usr/local/qwt-6.1.0 and I put the source in /usr/src/qwt-6.1.0. When I try to compile the examples with qmake/make I get the following problem:

$ cd /usr/src/qwt-6.1.0/examples
$ qmake 
$ make
  ...
  make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/qwt-6.1.0/examples/animation'
linking ../bin/animation
/usr/local/qwt-6.1.0/lib/libqwt.so: undefined reference to `QMetaType::unregisterConverterFunction(int, int)'
/usr/local/qwt-6.1.0/lib/libqwt.so: undefined reference to `QMetaType::registerConverterFunction(QtPrivate::AbstractConverterFunction const*, int, int)'
/usr/local/qwt-6.1.0/lib/libqwt.so: undefined reference to `QScrollArea::viewportSizeHint() const'
/usr/local/qwt-6.1.0/lib/libqwt.so: undefined reference to `QMetaType::hasRegisteredConverterFunction(int, int)'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

$ cd /usr/src/qwt-6.1.0/examples
$ qmake 
$ make
  ...
  make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/qwt-6.1.0/examples/animation'
linking ../bin/animation
/usr/local/qwt-6.1.0/lib/libqwt.so: undefined reference to `QMetaType::unregisterConverterFunction(int, int)'
/usr/local/qwt-6.1.0/lib/libqwt.so: undefined reference to `QMetaType::registerConverterFunction(QtPrivate::AbstractConverterFunction const*, int, int)'
/usr/local/qwt-6.1.0/lib/libqwt.so: undefined reference to `QScrollArea::viewportSizeHint() const'
/usr/local/qwt-6.1.0/lib/libqwt.so: undefined reference to `QMetaType::hasRegisteredConverterFunction(int, int)'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

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This is kind of odd. What am I missing?

[Uwe]

Usually the examples are linked against the libs that have been build before in /usr/src/qwt-6.1.0/lib - in your case they seem to be linked against different ones, that have been installed before in /usr/local/qwt-6.1.0/lib.
( Note that this is special for the examples, regular applications should indeed link against the version installed in /usr/local/qwt-6.1.0/lib ),

If you didn't patch the project files yourself, disable "CONFIG += silent" in qwtbuild.pri, so that we can see, why the examples try to link the wrong libs.

Uwe

[jmalicke]

I added /usr/src/qwt-6.1.0/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf which is why those libs were being picked up. I removed the entry and it compiles great. So thank you for that!!

Can I ask why the examples are "special" from ordinary applications? Why do they use different libraries? I'm using the examples to learn how to do Qwt in my application but it strikes me odd that what I am learning is not supported by the installed libs.

[Uwe]

I added /usr/src/qwt-6.1.0/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf which is why those libs were being picked up.

ld.so.conf is for linking dynamically at runtime and doesn't explain any issues, when building an application. So whatever you did - I question, that this was the solution.

Can I ask why the examples are "special" from ordinary applications? Why do they use different libraries?

In general libraries ( and applications ) are build locally and installed somewhere later in an extra step - usually by "make install".

The Qwt examples are part of the Qwt package and the intention is that you can build them without having to install something. That's why they are linked against the local libs. Of course they could be linked against installed libs as well, but the project files ( -> makefiles ) of the examples are not written this way.

Uwe