Perl not found in PATH. Aborting.

[Denjas]

Yes, I tried printing the PATH variable to the console and it did have the Perl path in it: http://i.imgur.com/7NLGCgK.png

[SGaist]

Might be a silly question, but is it the same console you used to build Qt ?

[ambershark]

@Denjas Also I would avoid building in powershell. It has enough differences from a normal cmd to cause issues.

I don't know if it's causing this problem, but just general info for problems I've run into building Qt before.

As others suggested verify your path in your console by running set and it should show you all your variables, make sure PATH has your perl in it. Or even easier, just try running perl in that console.

[matobodo]

The problem that the powershell could not find Perl is in the script line 154. There is a PATH variable which the script sets for the session.

$env:Path = "$MingwDir\bin;$MingwDir\opt\bin;$env:SystemRoot\system32;$env:SystemRoot"

Just add the perl paths so it looks like this:

$env:Path = "$MingwDir\bin;$MingwDir\opt\bin;$env:SystemRoot\system32;$env:SystemRoot;C:\Perl\site\bin;C:\Perl\bin"

This powershell script had more issues for me so after a few changes it worked for Qt 5.8.0. I have also changed default paths in script so I do not have to write it every time.

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<#
 .SYNOPSIS

  Build a static version of Qt for Windows.

 .DESCRIPTION

  This scripts downloads Qt source code, compiles and installs a static version
  of Qt. It assumes that a prebuilt Qt / MinGW environment is already installed,
  typically in C:\Qt. This prebuilt environment uses shared libraries. It is
  supposed to remain the main development environment for Qt. This script adds
  a static version of the Qt libraries in order to allow the construction of
  standalone and self-sufficient executable.

  This script is typically run from the Windows Explorer.

  Requirements:
  - Windows PowerShell 3.0 or higher.
  - 7-zip.

 .PARAMETER QtSrcUrl

  URL of the Qt source file archive.
  By default, use the latest identified version.

 .PARAMETER QtStaticDir

  Root directory where the static versions of Qt are installed.
  By default, use C:\Qt\Static.

 .PARAMETER QtVersion

  The Qt version. By default, this script tries to extract the version number
  from the Qt source file name.

 .PARAMETER MingwDir

  Root directory of the MinGW prebuilt environment. By default, use the version
  which was installed by the prebuilt Qt environment.

 .PARAMETER NoPause

  Do not wait for the user to press <enter> at end of execution. By default,
  execute a "pause" instruction at the end of execution, which is useful
  when the script was run from Windows Explorer.
#>

[CmdletBinding()]
param(
    $QtSrcUrl = "http://download.qt-project.org/official_releases/qt/5.8/5.8.0/single/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.8.0.7z",
    $QtStaticDir = "C:\Qt\Static",
    $QtVersion = "",
    $MingwDir = "C:\Qt\Tools\mingw530_32",
    [switch]$NoPause = $false
)

# PowerShell execution policy.
Set-StrictMode -Version 3

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Main code
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

function Main
{
    # Check that 7zip is installed. We use it to expand the downloaded archive.
    [void] (Get-7zip)

    # Get Qt source file name from URL.
    $QtSrcFileName = Split-Path -Leaf $QtSrcUrl

    # If Qt version is not specified on the command line, try to extract the value.
    if (-not $QtVersion) {
        $QtVersion = $QtSrcFileName -replace "`.[^`.]*$",''
        $QtVersion = $QtVersion -replace 'qt-',''
        $QtVersion = $QtVersion -replace 'everywhere-',''
        $QtVersion = $QtVersion -replace 'opensource-',''
        $QtVersion = $QtVersion -replace 'src-',''
        $QtVersion = $QtVersion -replace '-src',''
    }
    Write-Output "Building static Qt version $QtVersion"

    # Qt installation directory.
    $QtDir = "$QtStaticDir\$QtVersion"

    # Get MinGW root directory, if not specified on the command line.
    if (-not $MingwDir) {
        # Search all instances of gcc.exe from C:\Qt prebuilt environment.
        $GccList = @(Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Qt\*\Tools\mingw*\bin\gcc.exe | ForEach-Object FullName | Sort-Object)
        if ($GccList.Length -eq 0) {
            Exit-Script "MinGW environment not found, no Qt prebuilt version?"
        }
        $MingwDir = (Split-Path -Parent (Split-Path -Parent $GccList[$GccList.Length - 1]))
    }
    Write-Output "Using MinGW from $MingwDir"

    # Build the directory tree where the static version of Qt will be installed.
    Create-Directory $QtStaticDir\src
    Create-Directory $QtDir

    # Download the Qt source package if not yet done.
    Download-File $QtSrcUrl $QtStaticDir\src\$QtSrcFileName

    # Directory of expanded packages.
    $QtSrcDir = "$QtStaticDir\src\$((Get-Item $QtStaticDir\src\$QtSrcFileName).BaseName)"

    # Expand archives if not yet done
    Expand-Archive $QtStaticDir\src\$QtSrcFileName $QtStaticDir\src $QtSrcDir

    # Patch Qt's mkspecs for static build.
    $File = "$QtSrcDir\qtbase\mkspecs\win32-g++\qmake.conf"
    if (-not (Select-String -Quiet -SimpleMatch -CaseSensitive "# [QT-STATIC-PATCH]" $File)) {
        Write-Output "Patching $File ..."
        Copy-Item $File "$File.orig"
        @"

# [QT-STATIC-PATCH]
QMAKE_LFLAGS += -static -static-libgcc
QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE -= -O2
QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE += -Os -momit-leaf-frame-pointer
DEFINES += QT_STATIC_BUILD
"@ | Out-File -Append $File -Encoding Ascii
    }

    # Set a clean path including MinGW.
    $env:Path = "$MingwDir\bin;$MingwDir\opt\bin;$env:SystemRoot\system32;$env:SystemRoot;C:\Perl\site\bin;C:\Perl\bin"

    # Force English locale to avoid weird effects of tools localization.
    $env:LANG = "en"

    # Set environment variable QT_INSTALL_PREFIX. Documentation says it should be
    # used by configure as prefix but this does not seem to work. So, we will
    # also specify -prefix option in configure.
    $env:QT_INSTALL_PREFIX = $QtDir

    # Configure, compile and install Qt.
    Push-Location $QtSrcDir
    cmd /c "configure.bat -static -debug-and-release -platform win32-g++ -prefix $QtDir `
        -qt-zlib -qt-pcre -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -qt-freetype -opengl desktop -sql-sqlite -no-openssl `
        -opensource -confirm-license `
        -make libs -nomake tools -nomake examples -nomake tests"
    mingw32-make -k -j4
    mingw32-make -k install
    Pop-Location

    # Patch Qt's installed mkspecs for static build of application.
    $File = "$QtSrcDir\qtbase\mkspecs\win32-g++\qmake.conf"
    @"
CONFIG += static
"@ | Out-File -Append $File -Encoding Ascii

    Exit-Script
}

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# A function to exit this script. The Message parameter is used on error.
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

function Exit-Script ([string]$Message = "")
{
    $Code = 0
    if ($Message -ne "") {
        Write-Output "ERROR: $Message"
        $Code = 1
    }
    if (-not $NoPause) {
        pause
    }
    exit $Code
}

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Silently create a directory.
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

function Create-Directory ([string]$Directory)
{
    [void] (New-Item -Path $Directory -ItemType "directory" -Force)
}

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Download a file if not yet present.
# Warning: If file is present but incomplete, do not download it again.
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

function Download-File ([string]$Url, [string]$OutputFile)
{
    $FileName = Split-Path $Url -Leaf
    if (-not (Test-Path $OutputFile)) {
        # Local file not present, start download.
        Write-Output "Downloading $Url ..."
        try {
            $webclient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
            $webclient.DownloadFile($Url, $OutputFile)
        }
        catch {
            # Display exception.
            $_
            # Delete partial file, if any.
            if (Test-Path $OutputFile) {
                Remove-Item -Force $OutputFile
            }
            # Abort
            Exit-Script "Error downloading $FileName"
        }
        # Check that the file is present.
        if (-not (Test-Path $OutputFile)) {
            Exit-Script "Error downloading $FileName"
        }
    }
}

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Get path name of 7zip, abort if not found.
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

function Get-7zip
{
    $Exe = "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe"
    if (-not (Test-Path $Exe)) {
        $Exe = "C:\Program Files (x86)\7-Zip\7z.exe"
    }
    if (-not (Test-Path $Exe)) {
        Exit-Script "7-zip not found, install it first, see http://www.7-zip.org/"
    }
    $Exe
}

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Expand an archive file if not yet done.
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

function Expand-Archive ([string]$ZipFile, [string]$OutDir, [string]$CheckFile)
{
    # Check presence of expected expanded file or directory.
    if (-not (Test-Path $CheckFile)) {
        Write-Output "Expanding $ZipFile ..."
        & (Get-7zip) x $ZipFile "-o$OutDir" | Select-String -Pattern "^Extracting " -CaseSensitive -NotMatch
        if (-not (Test-Path $CheckFile)) {
            Exit-Script "Error expanding $ZipFile, $OutDir\$CheckFile not found"
        }
    }
}

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Execute main code.
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

. Main

[jsulm]

@matobodo I would not use PowerShell to build Qt. CMD.exe is the supported environment.

[matobodo]

@jsulm
In the Qt wiki is tutorial with PowerShell
https://wiki.qt.io/Building_a_static_Qt_for_Windows_using_MinGW#Windows_PowerShell

[jcolominas]

@jsulm No answer to @matobodo after 3 months? Wiki tutorial recommends PowerShell... I'm in the same troubles that @matobodo

[jsulm]

@jcolominas Since I don't use PowerShell (and mainly develop on Linux) I cannot help here much.

[ambershark]

@jcolominas I agree with @jsulm . I'm also a linux user, but have built Qt for Windows using both Visual Studio and mingw many many times.

I have never been successful using powershell though. I always did it with cygwin, msys, or more often than not cmd. Cygwin and msys come with their own set of problems. I usually use one or the other for the awesomeness of bash getting everything set up then shell out to a cmd to build.

Powershell does things that require powershell knowledge of which I have none. So things that should just work, don't. And if you don't know why you're stuck. It's not that it isn't possible to use powershell it's just that it adds problems and if you aren't good with windows/powershell you may create more headache than it's worth using it over cmd.

[JKPina]

@matobodo thanks so much, adding explicit Perl path solved the problem. pay attention in the way perl got installed, I had to add: "C:\Strawberry\Perl\site\bin;C:\Strawberry\Perl\bin" in line 154.