Installation and Deployment

http://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/ You also have the MaintenanceTool that offers that possibility.

i have compiled qt 4.8.7 manually , now its working . Thank you

Ok, I've missed that article. From the looks of it, you seem to be currently essentially interested in building qtbase, so you could call configure directly in it to shorten the list of options. Intuitively, I'd avoid the reduce-exports and sysroot parameters.

Hi Sierdzio, Thanks for your prompt reply. It cleared all our doubts on obfuscating C++ code. Thanks & Regards, Divya

Hi and welcome to devnet, Did you try to change the mirror used to download ?

PS C:\Qt\Qt4.8.4\qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.4> .\configure -h Unable to detect the platform from environment. Use -platform command lineargument or set the QMAKESPEC environment variable and run configure again See the README file for a list of supported operating systems and compilers. Usage: configure [-buildkey <key>] [-release] [-debug] [-debug-and-release] [-shared] [-static] [-no-fast] [-fast] [-no-exceptions] [-exceptions] [-no-accessibility] [-accessibility] [-no-rtti] [-rtti] [-no-stl] [-stl] [-no-sql-<driver>] [-qt-sql-<driver>] [-plugin-sql-<driver>] [-system-sqlite] [-arch <arch>] [-D <define>] [-I <includepath>] [-L <librarypath>] [-help] [-no-dsp] [-dsp] [-no-vcproj] [-vcproj] [-no-qmake] [-qmake] [-dont-process] [-process] [-no-style-<style>] [-qt-style-<style>] [-redo] [-saveconfig <config>] [-loadconfig <config>] [-qt-zlib] [-system-zlib] [-no-gif] [-no-libpng] [-qt-libpng] [-system-libpng] [-no-libtiff] [-qt-libtiff] [-system-libtiff] [-no-libjpeg] [-qt-libjpeg] [-system-libjpeg] [-no-libmng] [-qt-libmng] [-system-libmng] [-no-qt3support] [-mmx] [-no-mmx] [-3dnow] [-no-3dnow] [-sse] [-no-sse] [-sse2] [-no-sse2] [-no-iwmmxt] [-iwmmxt] [-openssl] [-openssl-linked] [-no-openssl] [-no-dbus] [-dbus] [-dbus-linked] [-platform <spec>] [-qtnamespace <namespace>] [-qtlibinfix <infix>] [-no-phonon] [-phonon] [-no-phonon-backend] [-phonon-backend] [-no-multimedia] [-multimedia] [-no-audio-backend] [-audio-backend] [-no-script] [-script] [-no-scripttools] [-scripttools] [-no-webkit] [-webkit] [-webkit-debug] [-graphicssystem raster|opengl|openvg] [-no-directwrite] [-directwrite] [-no-nis] [-nis] [-qpa] [-no-cups] [-cups] [-no-iconv] [-iconv] [-sun-iconv] [-gnu-iconv] [-neon] [-no-neon] [-largefile] [-little-endian] [-big-endian] [-font-config] [-no-fontconfig] [-posix-ipc] Installation options: You may use these options to turn on strict plugin loading: -buildkey <key> .... Build the Qt library and plugins using the specified <key>. When the library loads plugins, it will only load those that have a matching <key>. Configure options: The defaults (*) are usually acceptable. A plus (+) denotes a default value that needs to be evaluated. If the evaluation succeeds, the feature is included. Here is a short explanation of each option: -release ........... Compile and link Qt with debugging turned off. * -debug ............. Compile and link Qt with debugging turned on. + -debug-and-release . Compile and link two Qt libraries, with and without debugging turned on. -opensource ........ Compile and link the Open-Source Edition of Qt. -commercial ........ Compile and link the Commercial Edition of Qt. -developer-build ... Compile and link Qt with Qt developer options (including auto-tests exporting) * -shared ............ Create and use shared Qt libraries. -static ............ Create and use static Qt libraries. -ltcg .............. Use Link Time Code Generation. (Release builds only) * -no-ltcg ........... Do not use Link Time Code Generation. * -no-fast ........... Configure Qt normally by generating Makefiles for all project files. -fast .............. Configure Qt quickly by generating Makefiles only for library and subdirectory targets. All other Makefiles are created as wrappers which will in turn run qmake -no-exceptions ..... Disable exceptions on platforms that support it. * -exceptions ........ Enable exceptions on platforms that support it. -no-accessibility .. Do not compile Windows Active Accessibility support. * -accessibility ..... Compile Windows Active Accessibility support. -no-stl ............ Do not compile STL support. * -stl ............... Compile STL support. -no-sql-<driver> ... Disable SQL <driver> entirely, by default none are turned on. -qt-sql-<driver> ... Enable a SQL <driver> in the Qt Library. -plugin-sql-<driver> Enable SQL <driver> as a plugin to be linked to at run time. Available values for <driver>: mysql psql oci odbc tds db2 + sqlite sqlite2 ibase (drivers marked with a '+' have been detected as available on this system) -system-sqlite ..... Use sqlite from the operating system. -no-qt3support ..... Disables the Qt 3 support functionality. -no-opengl ......... Disables OpenGL functionality -opengl <api> ...... Enable OpenGL support with specified API version. Available values for <api>: * desktop - Enable support for Desktop OpenGL es1 - Enable support for OpenGL ES Common Profile es2 - Enable support for OpenGL ES 2.0 * -no-openvg ......... Disables OpenVG functionality -openvg ............ Enables OpenVG functionality Requires EGL support, typically supplied by an OpenGL or other graphics implementation -platform <spec> ... The operating system and compiler you are building on. (default %QMAKESPEC%) -xplatform <spec> .. The operating system and compiler you are cross compiling to. See the README file for a list of supported operating systems and compilers. * -no-nis ............ Do not build NIS support. -nis ............... Build NIS support. -qpa ............... Enable the QPA build. QPA is a window system agnostic implementation of Qt. -neon .............. Enable the use of NEON instructions. * -no-neon ........... Do not enable the use of NEON instructions. -no-iconv .......... Do not enable support for iconv(3). -iconv ............. Enable support for iconv(3). -sun-iconv ......... Enable support for iconv(3) using sun-iconv. -gnu-iconv ......... Enable support for iconv(3) using gnu-libiconv -largefile ......... Enables Qt to access files larger than 4 GB. * -little-endian ..... Target platform is little endian (LSB first). -big-endian ........ Target platform is big endian (MSB first). -fontconfig ........ Build with FontConfig support. * -no-fontconfig ..... Do not build with FontConfig support. -posix-ipc ......... Enable POSIX IPC. -system-proxies .... Use system network proxies by default. * -no-system-proxies . Do not use system network proxies by default. -qtnamespace <namespace> Wraps all Qt library code in 'namespace name {...} -qtlibinfix <infix> Renames all Qt* libs to Qt*<infix> -D <define> ........ Add an explicit define to the preprocessor. -I <includepath> ... Add an explicit include path. -L <librarypath> ... Add an explicit library path. -l <libraryname> ... Add an explicit library name, residing in a librarypath. -graphicssystem <sys> Specify which graphicssystem should be used. Available values for <sys>: * raster - Software rasterizer opengl - Using OpenGL acceleration, experimental! openvg - Using OpenVG acceleration, experimental! -help, -h, -? ...... Display this information. Third Party Libraries: -qt-zlib ........... Use the zlib bundled with Qt. + -system-zlib ....... Use zlib from the operating system. See http://www.gzip.org/zlib -no-gif ............ Do not compile GIF reading support. -no-libpng ......... Do not compile PNG support. -qt-libpng ......... Use the libpng bundled with Qt. + -system-libpng ..... Use libpng from the operating system. See http://www.libpng.org/pub/png -no-libmng ......... Do not compile MNG support. -qt-libmng ......... Use the libmng bundled with Qt. + -system-libmng ..... Use libmng from the operating system. See See http://www.libmng.com -no-libtiff ........ Do not compile TIFF support. -qt-libtiff ........ Use the libtiff bundled with Qt. + -system-libtiff .... Use libtiff from the operating system. See http://www.libtiff.org -no-libjpeg ........ Do not compile JPEG support. -qt-libjpeg ........ Use the libjpeg bundled with Qt. + -system-libjpeg .... Use libjpeg from the operating system. See http://www.ijg.org Qt for Windows only: -no-dsp ............ Do not generate VC++ .dsp files. * -dsp ............... Generate VC++ .dsp files, only if spec "win32-msvc". -no-vcproj ......... Do not generate VC++ .vcproj files. * -vcproj ............ Generate VC++ .vcproj files, only if platform "win32-msvc.net". -no-incredibuild-xge Do not add IncrediBuild XGE distribution commands to custom build steps. + -incredibuild-xge .. Add IncrediBuild XGE distribution commands to custom build steps. This will distribute MOC and UIC steps, and other custom buildsteps which are added to the INCREDIBUILD_XGE variable. (The IncrediBuild distribution commands are only added to Visual Studio projects) -no-plugin-manifests Do not embed manifests in plugins. * -plugin-manifests .. Embed manifests in plugins. -no-qmake .......... Do not compile qmake. * -qmake ............. Compile qmake. -dont-process ...... Do not generate Makefiles/Project files. This will override -no-fast if specified. * -process ........... Generate Makefiles/Project files. -no-rtti ........... Do not compile runtime type information. * -rtti .............. Compile runtime type information. -no-mmx ............ Do not compile with use of MMX instructions + -mmx ............... Compile with use of MMX instructions -no-3dnow .......... Do not compile with use of 3DNOW instructions + -3dnow ............. Compile with use of 3DNOW instructions -no-sse ............ Do not compile with use of SSE instructions + -sse ............... Compile with use of SSE instructions -no-sse2 ........... Do not compile with use of SSE2 instructions + -sse2 .............. Compile with use of SSE2 instructions -no-openssl ........ Do not compile in OpenSSL support + -openssl ........... Compile in run-time OpenSSL support -openssl-linked .... Compile in linked OpenSSL support -no-dbus ........... Do not compile in D-Bus support + -dbus .............. Compile in D-Bus support and load libdbus-1 dynamicall y -dbus-linked ....... Compile in D-Bus support and link to libdbus-1 -no-phonon ......... Do not compile in the Phonon module + -phonon ............ Compile the Phonon module (Phonon is built if a decent C++ compiler is used.) -no-phonon-backend . Do not compile the platform-specific Phonon backend-pl ugin * -phonon-backend .... Compile in the platform-specific Phonon backend-plugin -no-multimedia ..... Do not compile the multimedia module * -multimedia ........ Compile in multimedia module -no-audio-backend .. Do not compile in the platform audio backend into QtMu ltimedia + -audio-backend ..... Compile in the platform audio backend into QtMultimedi a -no-webkit ......... Do not compile in the WebKit module + -webkit ............ Compile in the WebKit module (WebKit is built if a decent C++ compiler is used.) -webkit-debug ...... Compile in the WebKit module with debug symbols. -no-script ......... Do not build the QtScript module. + -script ............ Build the QtScript module. -no-scripttools .... Do not build the QtScriptTools module. + -scripttools ....... Build the QtScriptTools module. -no-declarative .... Do not build the declarative module + -declarative ....... Build the declarative module -no-declarative-debug Do not build the declarative debugging support * -declarative-debug . Build the declarative debugging support * -no-directwrite .... Do not build support for DirectWrite font rendering -directwrite ....... Build support for DirectWrite font rendering (experimental, requires DirectWrite availability on target systems, e.g. Windows Vista with Platform Update, Windows 7, etc.) -arch <arch> ....... Specify an architecture. Available values for <arch>: * windows windowsce symbian boundschecker generic -no-style-<style> .. Disable <style> entirely. -qt-style-<style> .. Enable <style> in the Qt Library. Available styles: * windows + windowsxp + windowsvista * plastique * cleanlooks * motif * cde windowsce windowsmobile s60 -no-native-gestures Do not use native gestures on Windows 7. * -native-gestures ... Use native gestures on Windows 7. * -no-mp ............. Do not use multiple processors for compiling with MSVC -mp ................ Use multiple processors for compiling with MSVC (-MP) -loadconfig <config> Run configure with the parameters from file configure_ <config>.cache. -saveconfig <config> Run configure and save the parameters in file configure_<config>.cache. -redo .............. Run configure with the same parameters as last time. Qt for Windows CE only: -no-iwmmxt ......... Do not compile with use of IWMMXT instructions + -iwmmxt ............ Do compile with use of IWMMXT instructions (Qt for Windows CE on Arm only) * -no-crt ............ Do not add the C runtime to default deployment rules -qt-crt ............ Qt identifies C runtime during project generation -crt <path> ........ Specify path to C runtime used for project generation. -no-cetest ......... Do not compile Windows CE remote test application + -cetest ............ Compile Windows CE remote test application -signature <file> .. Use file for signing the target project * -phonon-wince-ds9 .. Enable Phonon Direct Show 9 backend for Windows CE Qt for Symbian OS only: * -no-freetype ....... Do not compile in Freetype2 support. -qt-freetype ....... Use the libfreetype bundled with Qt. -system-freetype ... Use the libfreetype provided by the system. -fpu <flags> ....... VFP type on ARM, supported options: softvfp(default) | vfpv2 | softvfp+vfpv2 -no-s60 ............ Do not compile in S60 support. * -s60 ............... Compile with support for the S60 UI Framework -no-usedeffiles .... Disable the usage of DEF files. -usedeffiles ....... Enable the usage of DEF files. PS C:\Qt\Qt4.8.4\qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.4>

Hi @SGaist ! They are ANGLE QT libraries. DLLs in C:\Qt\Qt5.9.1\5.9.1\msvc2015\bin\ and LIBS in C:\Qt\Qt5.9.1\5.9.1\msvc2015\lib, I use them directly, because I am not sure there is ANGLE module for QMake. Still cannot figure out how it works, if I specify the libraries with CMake like this: target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} debug ${ANGLE_LIB_DIR}libEGLd.lib debug ${ANGLE_LIB_DIR}libGLESv2d.lib optimized ${ANGLE_LIB_DIR}libEGL.lib optimized ${ANGLE_LIB_DIR}libGLESv2.lib) and then run msbuild MyApp.sln /p:Configuration=Release the libs are linked correctly.

figured this out, it is because the brace should be on the same line like "android {"

Have tried macdeployqt already several times, but: ~/Qt/5.9.1/clang_64/bin/macdeployqt dfm.app/ ERROR: no file at "/usr/lib/libdfmcore.1.dylib" And this shows that it does not find my core library. Nethertheless, my .pro file has the following lines: win32:CONFIG(release, debug|release): LIBS += -L$$PWD/../build/core/release -ldfmcore else:win32:CONFIG(debug, debug|release): LIBS += -L$$PWD/../build/core/debug -ldfmcore else:unix:CONFIG(release, debug|release): LIBS += -L$$PWD/../build/release/core -ldfmcore else:unix:CONFIG(debug, debug|release): LIBS += -L$$PWD/../build/debug/core -ldfmcore The application runs perfectly fine from Qt Creator.

@SGaist Yes I am. I'm considering to mark the topic as solved because I figured out why it only SEEMED that not all libraries are being statically compiled, it's because : The first time I built them I set the prefix to the same folder an already installed Qt was, making them scattered across the various subdirectories When I set the -prefix flag the next time to another location I forgot to run the make install step So after fixing those two mistakes I had my statically built Qt up and running. As for the Designer plugin not being statically built that's not a problem anymore because I actually didn't need it. My current problems are far out of the reach the original topic, so if need be Ill open another thread at a later time. Thanks for the help anyways.

What are these externals ?

@hskoglund Ok that helped As for the deployment on a different pc, Do I need to install the MinGW package supplied by QT, or is there a way to use the MinGW installer to get the needed dependancies? I tried installing MinGW on a pc without having QT on it, but its complaining about libwinthread-1.dll missing. I never had that issue when I used 5.8 VC and everything worked after I installed vcredist.exe.

@SGaist So i went to the options Build & Run and added a new kit with the following values Name: Qt 5.9.1 File System name: *empty* Device Type: Desktop Device: Local Pc (default for desktop) Sysroot: *empty* C: GCC C x86 64bit /usr/bin C++: GCC C++ x86 64bit /usr/bin Environment: *has a non changable value* No changes to apply Debugger: System GDB at /usr/bin/gdb Qt Version: Qt 5.9.1 (build_qt5) Qt mkspec: *empty* CMake Tool: System CMake at /usr/bin/cmake Now the DB connection seems to work but when i do QSqlDatabase db = QSqlDatabase::addDatabase("QMYSQL"); db.setHostName("localhost"); db.setDatabaseName("files"); db.setUserName("root"); db.setPassword("kosta"); bool ok = db.open(); QSqlQueryModel *model = new QSqlQueryModel; model->setQuery("SELECT id, comment, pdf FROM pdf"); model->setHeaderData(0, Qt::Horizontal, tr("id")); model->setHeaderData(1, Qt::Horizontal, tr("comment")); model->setHeaderData(2, Qt::Horizontal, tr("pdf")); QTableView *view = new QTableView; view->setModel(model); ui->cent->addWidget(view); view->show(); (cent is a layout i added in the form just for debug purpose) Nothing appears and i get an error saying that Qt didnt ship anymore with font database or something so i went ahead and created a fonts directory in build_qt5/lib i took the font Oxygen from Google fonts. So everything works perfectly thanks a lot for that! I am now looking to add the oxygen font for my overall application but i should be able to figure that out alone. Again thanks alot!

@SGaist said in How to get QtCreator to use static libs for Release?: On a side note, .lib files on Windows are used for static libraries as well as import libraries when using .dlls. Usually you can spot the difference with the size of the file. I did NOT know that and always assumed that a .lib was for static linking. I never generate dll files so really only have ever encountered .lib files. Thanks for cluing me in.

@SGaist -- Thank you for linking to QTIFW-166. This does appear to be talking about these issues. Sadly, the end solution they cite is precisely what doesn't work. '-platform' is an unrecognized argument with the version of the installer 'qt-opensource-linux-x64-5.6.2.run'. This is a seperate issue from the script not being able to uncheck 'Run Qt Creator' in the installer GUI, of course. My first guess is that the feature doesn't exist in the installer version I've got. I am wondering -- how do I check the version of the installer framework is being used with any given package? Maybe the installer framework version is too old on my 5.6.2.run file. Not that that would help much, since I am locked to this Qt version for my needs and I need a method of installing it over commandline without X server and without user interactivity. AD

@SGaist Lordful seems to have succeeded building Poppler with qt5 on ios . I could not hold the list of error I encountered. I am trying to build fontconfig , openjpeg and freetype for ios because they are asked in cmake. If I get to Xcode project it fails with different errors. I am new to Ios, and mac os . Should I build the dependencies from source for ios ? If so some of them are harder than poppler

@jsulm The Qt5Charts.dlls were only available after installing this additional package. All other Qt-Dlls I need (Qt5Widgets, Qt5Core, Qt5Gui, ...) could allready be found in the QTDIR\bin after installing msvc2015. Somehow there was an installation problem. After altering the installation, the QtCharts-dll where added into the mscv2015_64 directory-structure. Actually I do not use the UWP package.