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    Mr_Ada
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    I'll try the tarball on Cygwin but I'd still would like to be able to compile on Windows XP64 since I do a lot of my development on Windows. I'll go to linux (probably Ubuntu) and see if my bindings to Ada work there as well.

    In older versions of Qt they provided debug libraries. Now it is a real pain.

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      Creating qmake...
      g++ -c -o project.o -pipe -g -g -DQMAKE_OPENSOURCE_EDITION -I/cygdrive/c/qt_src/qtbase/qmake -I/cygdrive/c/qt_src/qtbase/qmake/library -I/cygdrive/c/qt_src/qtbase/qmake/generators -I/cygdrive/c/qt_src/qtbase/qmake/generators/unix -I/cygdrive/c/qt_src/qtbase/qmake/generators/win32 -I/cygdrive/c/qt_src/qtbase/qmake/generators/mac -I/cygdrive/c/qt_src/qtbase/qmake/generators/integrity -I/cygdrive/c/qt_src/qtbase/include -I/cygdrive/c/qt_src/qtbase/include/QtCore -I/cygdrive/c/qt_src/qtbase/include/QtCore/5.1.1 -I/cygdrive/c/qt_src/qtbase/include/QtCore/5.1.1/QtCore -I/cygdrive/c/qt_src/qtbase/src/corelib/global -DHAVE_QCONFIG_CPP -I/cygdrive/c/qt_src/qtbase/mkspecs/cygwin-g++ -I/cygdrive/c/qt_src/qtbase/tools/shared -DQT_BUILD_QMAKE -DQT_BOOTSTRAPPED -DPROEVALUATOR_FULL -DPROEVALUATOR_DEBUG -DQT_NO_TEXTCODEC -DQT_NO_UNICODETABLES -DQT_NO_COMPONENT -DQT_NO_COMPRESS -DQT_NO_THREAD -DQT_NO_QOBJECT -DQT_NO_GEOM_VARIANT -DQT_NO_DATASTREAM /cygdrive/c/qt_src/qtbase/qmake/project.cpp
      g++.exe: error: /cygdrive/c/qt_src/qtbase/qmake/project.cpp: No such file or directory

      g++.exe: fatal error: no input files

      compilation terminated.

      Makefile:163: recipe for target 'project.o' failed
      make: *** [project.o] Error

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        That is the error I got. The files does exist where it says it does. My g++ is the Qt5 binary distributions at:
        $ g++ -v
        Using built-in specs.
        COLLECT_GCC=C:\Qt5\Tools\mingw48_32\bin\g++.exe
        COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=c:/qt5/tools/mingw48_32/bin/../libexec/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/lto-wrapper.exe
        Target: i686-w64-mingw32
        Configured with: ../../../src/gcc-4.8.0/configure --host=i686-w64-mingw32 --build=i686-w64-mingw32 --target=i686-w64-mingw32 --prefix=/mingw32 --with-sysroot=/temp/x32-480-posix-dwarf-r2/mingw32 --enable-shared --enable-static --disable-multilib --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,lto --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-threads=posix --enable-libgomp --enable-lto --enable-graphite --enable-checking=release --enable-fully-dynamic-string --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --disable-sjlj-exceptions --with-dwarf2 --disable-isl-version-check --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-libstdcxx-debug --disable-bootstrap --disable-rpath --disable-win32-registry --disable-nls --disable-werror --disable-symvers --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld --with-arch=i686 --with-tune=generic --with-host-libstdcxx='-static -lstdc++' --with-libiconv --with-system-zlib --with-gmp=/temp/mingw-prereq/i686-w64-mingw32-static --with-mpfr=/temp/mingw-prereq/i686-w64-mingw32-static --with-mpc=/temp/mingw-prereq/i686-w64-mingw32-static --with-isl=/temp/mingw-prereq/i686-w64-mingw32-static --with-cloog=/temp/mingw-prereq/i686-w64-mingw32-static --enable-cloog-backend=isl --with-pkgversion='rev2, Built by MinGW-builds project' --with-bugurl=http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingwbuilds/ CFLAGS='-O2 -pipe -I/temp/x32-480-posix-dwarf-r2/libs/include -I/temp/mingw-prereq/x32-zlib/include -I/temp/mingw-prereq/i686-w64-mingw32-static/include' CXXFLAGS='-O2 -pipe -I/temp/x32-480-posix-dwarf-r2/libs/include -I/temp/mingw-prereq/x32-zlib/include -I/temp/mingw-prereq/i686-w64-mingw32-static/include' CPPFLAGS= LDFLAGS='-pipe -L/temp/x32-480-posix-dwarf-r2/libs/lib -L/temp/mingw-prereq/x32-zlib/lib -L/temp/mingw-prereq/i686-w64-mingw32-static/lib -L/temp/x32-480-posix-dwarf-r2/mingw32/opt/lib'
        Thread model: posix
        gcc version 4.8.0 (rev2, Built by MinGW-builds project)

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          Mr_Ada
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          #12

          My configure command is:
          ./configure -prefix /cygdrive/c/Qt5d -debug -developer-build -opensource -confirm-license -static -platform cygwin-g++ -qt-zlib -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -verbose

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            I'm not sure if you can use the Win32 (native Windows) variant of MinGW on Cygwin. You might need a copy of MinGW that was specifically built for Cygwin.

            -I do know, however, that the configure script doesn't work on Windows, even within Cygwin. You'll need to run configure.bat instead.- EDIT: Sorry, I was thinking of MSYS, not Cygwin!

            Qt Doc Search for browsers: forum.qt.io/topic/35616/web-browser-extension-for-improved-doc-searches

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              intersting! I would not have expected a DOS script to work in CYGWIN!

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                Ack, sorry, I just realized I remembered wrongly. I was thinking of MSYS, not Cygwin! I've never tried compiling Qt on Cygwin before.

                But like I said in your other thread, you'll probably have better luck doing a native Windows build instead of a Cygwin build which adds a POSIX layer to your system.

                [quote]
                @
                COLLECT_GCC=C:\Qt5\Tools\mingw48_32\bin\g++.exe
                @
                [/quote]That's a native Windows toolchain, so I doubt that works on Cygwin either.

                What errors do you get when you try to compile in CMD?

                Qt Doc Search for browsers: forum.qt.io/topic/35616/web-browser-extension-for-improved-doc-searches

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                  Ok. My toolchain was wrong, so I fixed my path. Here is an output (I changed the folder name so that I didn't have it so long):
                  C:\qt_src>configure -prefix C:\Qt5d -debug -developer-build -opensource -confirm -license -static -platform cygwin-g++ -qt-zlib -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -verbose

                  • cd qtbase
                  • C:\qt_src\qtbase\configure.bat -prefix C:\Qt5d -debug -developer-build -opensource -confirm-license -static -platform cygwin-g++ -qt-zlib -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -verbose
                    'C:\qt_src\qtbase\configure.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file
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                    Mr_Ada
                    wrote on last edited by
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                    strange that it would look for an exe when there is a bat file there.

                    I think I am using the tarball source code. Maybe that is throwing things off....

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                      [quote]
                      @

                      • cd qtbase
                      • C:\qt_src\qtbase\configure.bat -prefix C:\Qt5d -debug -developer-build -opensource -confirm-license -static -platform cygwin-g++ -qt-zlib -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -verbose
                        @
                        [/quote]
                        Don't go into 'qtbase'. Call configure.bat in C:\qt_src, and then call make in C:\qt_src.

                      Qt Doc Search for browsers: forum.qt.io/topic/35616/web-browser-extension-for-improved-doc-searches

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                        Mr_Ada
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                        first I had to resintall the Zip file instead of the tarball and I got a little further. It didn't like my -verbose so I took that out.

                        Then I ran it again and I got:
                        make.exe - Unable to Locate Component
                        This application has failed to start because msys-1.0.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.

                        What does msys have to do with all of this?

                        Also I am not going down to qtbase. I am calling this from the qt_src level.

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                          so I cleaned up my PATH so only the one mingw toolchain was visible (Qt's).

                          Ran again and got this:

                          C:\qt_src>configure -prefix C:\Qt5d -debug -developer-build -opensource -confirm-license -static -platform cygwin-g++ -qt-zlib -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg

                          • cd qtbase
                          • C:\qt_src\qtbase\configure.bat -prefix C:\Qt5d -debug -developer-build -opensource -confirm-license -static -platform cygwin-g++ -qt-zlib -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg

                          This is the Qt for Windows Open Source Edition.

                          You have already accepted the terms of the license.

                          Creating qmake...
                          Cleaning qmake failed, return code -1

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                            Mr_Ada
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                            duh! I still have cygwin in there!!!!

                            changed to win32-g++

                            seems to be compiling...

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                              Mr_Ada
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                              got this:
                              Running configuration tests...
                              WARNING: The DirectX SDK could not be detected:
                              There is no Direct X SDK installed or the environment variable "DXSDK_DIR" is not set.
                              Disabling the ANGLE backend.

                              WARNING: Using OpenGL ES 2.0 without ANGLE.
                              Specify -opengl desktop to use Open GL.
                              The build will most likely fail.

                              config info...

                              then it said to:
                              Qt is now configured for building. Just run mingw32-make.

                              This doesn't exist in the tool chain. neither does make.
                              chris

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                                wrote on last edited by
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                                You have two choices:

                                • Install the DirectX SDK, or
                                • Add "-opengl desktop" to your configuration flags (your graphics card drivers needs to support OpenGL 2.0 or newer).

                                In either case, make sure you clean your source tree first and the re-configure.

                                If you're using the copy of MinGW that came with Qt 5.1, then mingw32-make should be in the 'bin' folder together with g++

                                Qt Doc Search for browsers: forum.qt.io/topic/35616/web-browser-extension-for-improved-doc-searches

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                                  Mr_Ada
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                                  I added -opengl desktop and just did a make. Don't why it is compiling now but it is. I tried to re-configure but that didn't work but it is compiling which is a good sign!

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                                    Mr_Ada
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                                    Ok. it stopped compiling. Here is what it is complaining about:
                                    mingw32-make[4]: Entering directory 'C:/qt_src/qtbase/src/widgets'
                                    (set PATH=C:\qt_src\qtbase\lib;%PATH:)=^)%) & C:\qt_src\qtbase\bin\uic.exe dialogs\qfiledialog.ui -o ui_qfiledialog.h
                                    Makefile.Debug:647: recipe for target 'ui_qfiledialog.h' failed
                                    mingw32-make[4]: *** [ui_qfiledialog.h] Error 255
                                    mingw32-make[4]: Leaving directory 'C:/qt_src/qtbase/src/widgets'
                                    Makefile:34: recipe for target 'debug' failed
                                    mingw32-make[3]: *** [debug] Error 2
                                    mingw32-make[3]: Leaving directory 'C:/qt_src/qtbase/src/widgets'
                                    Makefile:411: recipe for target 'sub-widgets-make_first' failed
                                    mingw32-make[2]: *** [sub-widgets-make_first] Error 2
                                    mingw32-make[2]: Leaving directory 'C:/qt_src/qtbase/src'
                                    Makefile:41: recipe for target 'sub-src-make_first' failed
                                    mingw32-make[1]: *** [sub-src-make_first] Error 2
                                    mingw32-make[1]: Leaving directory 'C:/qt_src/qtbase'
                                    makefile:56: recipe for target 'module-qtbase-make_first' failed
                                    mingw32-make: *** [module-qtbase-make_first] Error 2

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                                      Mr_Ada
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                                      path issue!!! Doesn't like " " in the path!

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                                        Mr_Ada
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                                        still compiling and linking...

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                                          Yes, it takes several hours on old PCs (it took over 3 hours to compile Qt 4.8 on my old Windows XP laptop; can't remember its specs)

                                          If you have a dual-core processor, passing "-j 2" or "-j 3" into mingw32-make will let it to compile with 2 or 3 threads in parallel, speeding things up a little.

                                          You can also only compile a subset of modules. Example:
                                          @
                                          mingw32-make -j 3 module-qtbase
                                          @
                                          ...this will only compile the modules in the qtbase subfolder (http://qt-project.org/wiki/Qt_5_Structure shows you which modules are in which subfolder)

                                          Qt Doc Search for browsers: forum.qt.io/topic/35616/web-browser-extension-for-improved-doc-searches

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