Qt 5 - OpenGL Problem
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[quote author="mgonzalo" date="1358338826"]Hi guys!
I've got exactly the same problem as DamianPrg.
Maybe this is a stupid question, but I am a very beginner, anyway : what do you mean by saying that you need to compile Qt by yourself ?
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You can compile it by yourself, I tried but didn't work. Some problem with configure.
Or you can wait for next release of Qt 5, and maybe there will be OpenGL desktop instead of GL ES 2.Note: If you want compile it by yourself, it will take some time, on good machine about 1h :-)
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Well, just that you need to compile your own build of the Qt libraries to enable Desktop OpenGL on windows at present. Helpful instructions can be found at http://qt-project.org/wiki/Building_Qt_5_from_Git
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0O6mvD6uk4 - It also can help you :-)
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Qt is a set of libraries and tools. What you download from Qt Project web site is - most probably - a pack of precompiled libraries, ready to be used. Necessarily, this general package is compiled with default, fit-for-all settings.
However, Qt is a big project, and can be compiled in thousands of ways (by passing flags to configure script) and for some usages it's better to define those flags as you want to.
Qt Project is open sourced, you can download sources yourself and take a look ("link":http://qt-project.org/wiki/Building_Qt_5_from_Git).
EDIT whoosh, I was waaaay too slow on this one ;)
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C:\qt5>configure -developer-build -opensource -opengl desktop -nomake examples -
nomake tests- C:/qt5/qtbase/configure -developer-build -opensource -opengl desktop -nomake e
xamples -nomake tests
'C:\qt5\qtbase\configure.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external comm
and,
operable program or batch file.
*** qtbase/configure exited with non-zero status.
C:\qt5>
@This is what I get when I try to configure. Note that i have Perl, Python installed. Source code is downloaded from http://qt-project.org/downloads
- C:/qt5/qtbase/configure -developer-build -opensource -opengl desktop -nomake e
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On Windows, you need to rdowload the .zip file, not tarball. Also, I think you need to run configure.exe, not the configure script. I'm using Linux, though, this info is second-hand at best ;)
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Probably best to get a git clone as it is easier to get back to a clean state. Also it makes sure you have the same exact source tree as the Qt devs so it's easier to trouble shoot. The packaging may remove some files needed to do a fresh build. Does the configure.exe actually exist at that path?
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[quote author="sierdzio" date="1358339671"]On Windows, you need to rdowload the .zip file, not tarball. Also, I think you need to run configure.exe, not the configure script. I'm using Linux, though, this info is second-hand at best ;)[/quote]
I tried ZIP, but it wont extract on my PC. Do you think thats problem? Because Tarball is often used on linux?
@ZapB - Does the configure.exe actually exist at that path?
No, just .bat and one with no extenstion.
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Qt packaging strips tarballs of things that are not needed on unix (so, Windows stuff is missing there), and uses unix line endings. So you need the .zip.
As ZapB mentioned, using git is a much better idea.
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Ok, i downloaded source from GitHub, and I have new problem.
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C:\Users\Damian\Documents\GitHub\qt5>configure -developer-build -opensource -ope
ngl desktop -nomake examples -nomake tests- C:/Users/Damian/Documents/GitHub/qt5/qtbase/configure -developer-build -openso
urce -opengl desktop -nomake examples -nomake tests
Please wait while bootstrapping configure ...
<srcbase> = C:/Users/Damian/Documents/GitHub/qt5/qtbase
<outbase> = C:/Users/Damian/Documents/GitHub/qt5/qtbase
No suitable compiler found in PATH. Aborting.
*** qtbase/configure exited with non-zero status.
C:\Users\Damian\Documents\GitHub\qt5>
@I have VS10 Pro, VS11 Pro, so why it says "No suitable compiler found in PATH", should I add VS to PATH, or what?
- C:/Users/Damian/Documents/GitHub/qt5/qtbase/configure -developer-build -openso
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Hey, wouldn't it be far better if solutions for both ANGLE and desktop OpenGL are being built and switching is runtime like the QPA plugin works? Same for QWidgets without OpenGL dependencies.
Even if OpenGL is buried deep into QtGui, it should still be possible to patch it in as a dynamic library. After all, even having 3 different version of QtGui is better than having 3 different version of Qt plus the time to build those.
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Ok, compiled. I relaunched my project - run qmake. And when I want to build/run I get.
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c:\users\damian\documents\github\qt5\qtbase\src\opengl\qgl.h:70: error: C1083: Cannot open include file: 'GLES2/gl2.h': No such file or directory
@which is right, because I added -opengl desktop, so i should use desktop opengl, so why it want to include GLES?
now i get
@:-1: error: LNK1104: cannot open file 'libEGLd.lib'@ -
Even if you compiled to use desktop OpenGL, GLES is still crucial as it is the compatibility layer Qt relies on across different platforms. What you did essentially allows YOU to use desktop OpenGL if avaiable, there is no separate implementation of the functionality Qt relies on internally. EGL fits in that context as well.
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[quote author="utcenter" date="1358366924"]Even if you compiled to use desktop OpenGL, GLES is still crucial as it is the compatibility layer Qt relies on across different platforms. What you did essentially allows YOU to use desktop OpenGL if avaiable, there is no separate implementation of the functionality Qt relies on internally. EGL fits in that context as well.[/quote]
Sorry but that is incorrect. Qt can use either OpenGL ES 2 and EGL or Desktop GL and WGL (on Windows). Check the source code of the windows qpa plugin for confirmation. It will use whichever GL it has been compiled for. So in this case it should be using the desktop GL.
DamianPrg, for some reason it seems that you project is still trying to link to the old setup. Stale makefiles perhaps? Are you sure you are using the correct Qt build? i.e. is your new qmake the first in your %PATH%?
Did configure say that it was building for Desktop OpenGL?
