How to build Qt project with auto tools

SulfredLee

I have a project built from autotool and I would like to add an ui for it. I would like to combine Qt's stuff into my original project. I make a new Qt Designer Form Class with default setting, mainwindow.cpp, mainwindow.h and mainwindow.ui, but I don't know how to build it. Any one knows how to do it?

File sturcture
root/mainwindow.cpp
root/mainwindow.h
root/mainwindow.ui

I have tried to add the following into configure.ac

# Check for Qt libraries
PKG_CHECK_MODULES(QT, [QtCore, QtGui, QtNetwork], [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([Qt libraries are required.])])

# Retrieve Qt compilation and linker flags
CPPFLAGS="`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags-only-I QtCore QtGui QtNetwork` $CPPFLAGS"
LDFLAGS="`$PKG_CONFIG --libs-only-L QtCore QtGui QtNetwork` $LDFLAGS"
LIBS="`$PKG_CONFIG --libs-only-l QtCore QtGui QtNetwork` $LIBS"

if ! `$PKG_CONFIG --atleast-version=4.6.0 QtCore`; then
   AC_MSG_ERROR([Qt >= 4.6.0 is required.])
fi

AC_CHECK_PROGS(MOC, [moc-qt5 moc-qt4 moc])
AC_CHECK_PROGS(UIC, [uic-qt5 uic-qt4 uic])
AC_CHECK_PROGS(RCC, [rcc])
 if test -z "$MOC" || test -z "$UIC" || test -z "$RCC"; then
   AC_MSG_ERROR([Qt utility programs moc, uic, and rcc are required.])
fi

I added the following into Makefile.am

# qt project stuff
moc_%.cpp: %.h
	@MOC@ -o$@ $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(MOC_CPPFLAGS) $<

ui_%.h: %.ui
	@UIC@ -o $@ $<

qrc_%.cpp: %.qrc
	@RCC@ -o $@ $<

But I get error

undefined reference to `vtable for MainWindow'

I found that people said those moc_ files are missing but I don't know how to fix it.

Anyway, can anyone teach me how to build a Qt project with autotool?

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Hi! Qt Creator has a plugin for working with Autotools (http://doc.qt.io/qtcreator/creator-projects-autotools.html). Never used this myself but maybe it does what you want.