Why Qt libraries 4.8.4 for Windows (minGW 4.4, 317 MB) not include minwg 4.4?

AlekseyK · wrote on 10 Jan 2013, 20:30

Hopefully I'd saved Tdm MinGW 4.4 installation:
http://narod.ru/disk/65348175001.23eca25bdc77a52765372404135b3d19/tdm-mingw-1.908.0-4.4.1-2.exe.html

Another links:

http://en.sourceforge.jp/projects/sfnet_tdm-gcc/downloads/TDM-GCC Installer/Previous/1.908.0/tdm-mingw-1.908.0-4.4.1-2.exe/
http://code.google.com/p/gcc-offline/downloads/detail?name=tdm-mingw-1.908.0-4.4.1-2.exe&can=2&q=

kenton · wrote on 29 Jan 2013, 20:41

I start to develop successfully onto a windows environment .
Now i'm preparing the Mac environment .
Where can i find MinGw 4.4 for Mac Osx ?
Tkx

JKSH · wrote on 30 Jan 2013, 11:07

[quote author="kenton" date="1359492100"]I start to develop successfully onto a windows environment .
Now i'm preparing the Mac environment .
Where can i find MinGw 4.4 for Mac Osx ?
Tkx[/quote]
MinGW is for creating Windows programs. Do you want to cross-compile for Windows, or create Mac programs?

kenton · wrote on 30 Jan 2013, 11:26

Mac programs .

qxoz · wrote on 30 Jan 2013, 11:32

For mac Xcode should be enough.

JKSH · wrote on 30 Jan 2013, 11:40

Then you don't want MinGW :) Just use Mac's compiler

kenton · wrote on 30 Jan 2013, 21:03

Tkx qxoz & JKSK ,
i downloaded xcode today but my girlf. denied me to access her Mac :)

Anyway i'm at my place on Windows and i tried to give to a friend my release.exe file for a try ...
but the .exe ask for mingwm10.dll

How can i obtain a release indipendent from the environment ?
(linking with static libraries?)

JKSH · wrote on 31 Jan 2013, 13:41

mingwm10.dll is found in your MinGW's \bin\ folder -- just copy it into your release.exe directory (you'll probably need a few other DLLs from there too)

Yes, linking to static libraries will let you do that, but you'll need to rebuild Qt statically

kenton · wrote on 31 Jan 2013, 23:20

Good ...
and build Qt statically is something hard ?
Exist some guide ?
It's possible to download it already statically builded or not ?

JKSH · wrote on 10 Feb 2013, 01:32

[quote author="kenton" date="1359674417"]Good ...
and build Qt statically is something hard ?
Exist some guide ?
It's possible to download it already statically builded or not ?[/quote]I've never used a statically-compiled Qt before, so I don't know if it's hard or not. There are no ready-made downloads though.

Note: If it's the error messages about DLLs that are bothering you, just copy the DLLs into your .exe folder. You don't need to modify the environment.