Building Open-Sankoré on windows

[JKSH]

@GamalMohamed said:

I know but I tried several times to follow these steps but in vain...

Sorry, I didn't notice that you already posted the same link in your original post!

Warning: corrupt .drectve at end of def file

I'm not sure what these mean, I'm afraid...

D:/2- Extra-circular work/RGB Internship/sources/Open-sankore sources/Project2/ThirdParty/xpdf/lib/win32/libxpdf.a(SplashFTFontEngine.o):SplashFTFontEngine.cc:(.text+0x66): undefined reference to `FT_Library_Version'
D:/2- Extra-circular work/RGB Internship/sources/Open-sankore sources/Project2/ThirdParty/xpdf/lib/win32/libxpdf.a(SplashFTFontEngine.o):SplashFTFontEngine.cc:(.text+0xaf): undefined reference to `FT_Init_FreeType'
D:/2- Extra-circular work/RGB Internship/sources/Open-sankore sources/Project2/ThirdParty/xpdf/lib/win32/libxpdf.a(SplashFTFontEngine.o):SplashFTFontEngine.cc:(.text+0x11a): undefined reference to `FT_Done_FreeType'
C:/mingw32/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.8.2/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:/2- Extra-circular work/RGB Internship/sources/Open-sankore sources/Project2/ThirdParty/xpdf/lib/win32/libxpdf.a(SplashFTFontEngine.o): bad reloc address 0x20 in section `.eh_frame'

How did you build the FreeType and Xpdf libraries?

[SGaist]

It looks like the ThirdParty repository provides some of the dependencies as pre-built lib files. Taking the build documentation as reference, they are likely built for Visual Studio 2008 which is not compatible with Visual Studio 2015 and even less MinGW.

[GamalMohamed]

@JKSH
There's a .pro file found in the repo: https://github.com/Sankore/Sankore-ThirdParty
I used it to compile the project using Qt-creator (mingw32-Qt 4.8.6) and then put the build files in the same directory with source files..
Same thing done for xpdf..

@SGaist
I didn't use any pre-built lib files as far I can see...Have a look at the files i use:
https://goo.gl/Xv4mbV

[SGaist]

I didn't say you did: the repository provides them. Look at the microsoft folder.

[GamalMohamed]

@SGaist
I saw them..but I think the linker isn't complaining from them, is it? :/
These errors are from xpdf and freetype..

[SGaist]

xpdf depends on freetype so if you haven't built it that's why you are getting the missing symbols.

[JKSH]

@GamalMohamed said:

I used it to compile the project using Qt-creator (mingw32-Qt 4.8.6) and then put the build files in the same directory with source files..
Same thing done for xpdf..

You also need to tell the linker exactly which library files to use. Just putting the files in the same folder is not enough.

In your .pro file, you need something like LIBS += -lfreetype (see https://github.com/Sankore/Sankore-ThirdParty/blob/master/libs.pri ). I'm guessing that you got the "Undefined reference" errors because this line is missing.

[GamalMohamed]

FINAAAAAAAAAAALYYYYYYY IT BUILT & RAN !
Thnx 2 all of u guys :)

[mrjj]

@GamalMohamed
good work :)

so u made it compile with mingw?

Any change to share this setup? on git or something like that.

[JKSH]

@GamalMohamed said:

FINAAAAAAAAAAALYYYYYYY IT BUILT & RAN !
Thnx 2 all of u guys :)

Congratulations! :) What was the secret?

[GamalMohamed]

The Secret is simple :)
I used VS2008 to build the project and it ran like magic :D

Concerning the other approaches that are available on long term: (if anyone interested :) )

• It's too hard to be built on Qt-creator using mingw (even if we use qt4.8 kit) as Sankoré depends on external libraries that are very hard (and maybe impossible!) to be built using mingw..

• Also on VS2015 it's also too hard as it uses modules that have been removed from Qt5.6 or 5.7 like phonon, QtWebkit, QFtp, ...etc

So,any of these 2 methods needs a "hard & deep Porting operation" to be able to build and run Sankoré on it using Qt5..

[JKSH]

Thanks for sharing! All the best with your project