Compiling Qt from Source on Windows - Error

[PrateekKhatri]

@SGaist
I tried using configure.bat file as you suggested. Mentioning that explicitly in the Command Prompt gives the following output:

C:\Qt\Qt5.10>configure.bat -skip webengine -nomake examples -nomake tests
+ cd qtbase
+ C:\Qt\Qt5.10\qtbase\configure.bat -top-level -skip webengine -nomake examples -nomake tests
Bootstrapping qmake ...

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 14.10.25019.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.



Error: Unsupported target platform dummy!

Project ERROR: License check failed! Giving up ...

I do have commercial license which the usual "configure" command can detect. Also, the %QT_LICENSE_FILE% Env variable is set correctly.

Please advise :(

Thanks,
Prateek

[SGaist]

What do you get if you pass the verbose option ?

[PrateekKhatri]

@SGaist

I am unable to store much of the buffer as its Command Prompt here is the configuration it shows:

C:\Qt\Qt5.10>configure -skip webengine -nomake examples -nomake tests -v
+ cd qtbase
+ C:\Qt\Qt5.10\qtbase\configure.bat -top-level -skip webengine -nomake examples -nomake tests -v
Bootstrapping qmake ...

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 14.10.25019.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

Command line: -skip webengine -nomake examples -nomake tests -v

Selecting Qt Edition.

Type 'c' if you want to use the Commercial Edition.
Type 'o' if you want to use the Open Source Edition.

Which edition of Qt do you want to use? c
+ C:/Qt/Qt5.10/qtbase/bin/licheck.exe  ""  C:/Qt/Qt5.10/qtbase C:/Qt/Qt5.10/qtbase  win32-msvc win32-msvc
This is the Qt Application Development Edition.

You are licensed to use this software under the terms of following license(s):
Qt for Application Development License Agreement

Type '?' to view the license offer.
Type 'y' to accept this license offer.
Type 'n' to decline this license offer.

Do you accept the terms of the license(s)?
y
> Licensee=Khatri Prateek
> Edition=Evaluation
> ReleaseDate=2017-12-02


Running configuration tests...
Done running configuration tests.

Configure summary:

Build type: win32-msvc (i386, CPU features: sse sse2)
Configuration: sse2 aesni sse3 ssse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 avx avx2 compile_examples f16c largefile precompile_header rdrnd shani shared debug_and_release release debug build_all c++11 concurrent dbus no-pkg-config rel
ease_tools stl
Build options:
  Mode ................................... debug and release; default link: debug; optimized tools
  Optimize release build for size ........ no
  Building shared libraries .............. yes
  Using C++ standard ..................... C++11
  Using gold linker ...................... no
  Using precompiled headers .............. yes
  Using LTCG ............................. no
  Target compiler supports:
    SSE .................................. SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4.1 SSE4.2
    AVX .................................. AVX AVX2
    AVX512 ............................... <none>
    Other x86 ............................ AES F16C RDRAND SHA
  Build parts ............................ libs tools
  App store compliance ................... no
Qt modules and options:
  Qt Concurrent .......................... yes
  Qt D-Bus ............................... yes
  Qt D-Bus directly linked to libdbus .... no
  Qt Gui ................................. yes
  Qt Network ............................. yes
  Qt Sql ................................. yes
  Qt Testlib ............................. yes
  Qt Widgets ............................. yes
  Qt Xml ................................. yes
Support enabled for:
  Using pkg-config ....................... no
  QML debugging .......................... yes
  udev ................................... no
  Using system zlib ...................... no
Qt Core:
  DoubleConversion ....................... yes
    Using system DoubleConversion ........ no
  GLib ................................... no
  iconv .................................. no
  ICU .................................... no
  Logging backends:
    journald ............................. no
    syslog ............................... no
    slog2 ................................ no
  Using system PCRE2 ..................... no
Qt Network:
  getifaddrs() ........................... no
  IPv6 ifname ............................ no
  libproxy ............................... no
  OpenSSL ................................ no
    Qt directly linked to OpenSSL ........ no
  SCTP ................................... no
  Use system proxies ..................... yes
Qt Gui:
  Accessibility .......................... yes
  FreeType ............................... yes
    Using system FreeType ................ no
  HarfBuzz ............................... yes
    Using system HarfBuzz ................ no
  Fontconfig ............................. no
  Image formats:
    GIF .................................. yes
    ICO .................................. yes
    JPEG ................................. yes
      Using system libjpeg ............... no
    PNG .................................. yes
      Using system libpng ................ no
  EGL .................................... yes
  OpenVG ................................. no
  OpenGL:
    ANGLE ................................ yes
    Combined ANGLE Library ............... no
    Desktop OpenGL ....................... no
    Dynamic OpenGL ....................... no
    OpenGL ES 2.0 ........................ yes
    OpenGL ES 3.0 ........................ no
    OpenGL ES 3.1 ........................ no
    OpenGL ES 3.2 ........................ no
  Vulkan ................................. no
  Session Management ..................... yes
Features used by QPA backends:
  evdev .................................. no
  libinput ............................... no
  INTEGRITY HID .......................... no
  mtdev .................................. no
  tslib .................................. no
  xkbcommon-evdev ........................ no
QPA backends:
  DirectFB ............................... no
  EGLFS .................................. no
  LinuxFB ................................ no
  VNC .................................... no
  Mir client ............................. no
  Windows:
    Direct 2D ............................ yes
    DirectWrite .......................... yes
    DirectWrite 2 ........................ yes
Qt Widgets:
  GTK+ ................................... no
  Styles ................................. Fusion Windows WindowsVista
Qt PrintSupport:
  CUPS ................................... no
Qt Sql:
  DB2 (IBM) .............................. no
  InterBase .............................. no
  MySql .................................. no
  OCI (Oracle) ........................... no
  ODBC ................................... yes
  PostgreSQL ............................. no
  SQLite2 ................................ no
  SQLite ................................. yes
    Using system provided SQLite ......... no
  TDS (Sybase) ........................... no
Qt SerialBus:
  Socket CAN ............................. no
  Socket CAN FD .......................... no
QtXmlPatterns:
  XML schema support ..................... yes
Qt QML:
  QML interpreter ........................ yes
  QML network support .................... yes
Qt Quick:
  Direct3D 12 ............................ yes
  AnimatedImage item ..................... yes
  Canvas item ............................ yes
  Support for Qt Quick Designer .......... yes
  Flipable item .......................... yes
  GridView item .......................... yes
  ListView item .......................... yes
  Path support ........................... yes
  PathView item .......................... yes
  Positioner items ....................... yes
  ShaderEffect item ...................... yes
  Sprite item ............................ yes
Qt Gamepad:
  SDL2 ................................... no
Qt 3D:
  Assimp ................................. yes
  System Assimp .......................... no
  Output Qt3D Job traces ................. no
  Output Qt3D GL traces .................. no
  Use SSE2 instructions .................. yes
  Use AVX2 instructions .................. no
  Aspects:
    Render aspect ........................ yes
    Input aspect ......................... yes
    Logic aspect ......................... yes
    Animation aspect ..................... yes
    Extras aspect ........................ yes
Qt 3D GeometryLoaders:
  Autodesk FBX ........................... no
Qt Wayland Client ........................ no
Qt Wayland Compositor .................... no
Qt Bluetooth:
  BlueZ .................................. no
  BlueZ Low Energy ....................... no
  Linux Crypto API ....................... no
  WinRT Bluetooth API (desktop & UWP) .... yes
Qt Sensors:
  sensorfw ............................... no
Qt Quick Controls 2:
  Styles ................................. Default Fusion Imagine Material Universal
Qt Quick Templates 2:
  Hover support .......................... yes
  Multi-touch support .................... yes
Qt Positioning:
  Gypsy GPS Daemon ....................... no
  WinRT Geolocation API .................. yes
Qt Location:
  Geoservice plugins:
    OpenStreetMap ........................ yes
    HERE ................................. yes
    Esri ................................. yes
    Mapbox ............................... yes
    MapboxGL ............................. no
    Itemsoverlay ......................... yes
Qt Multimedia:
  ALSA ................................... no
  GStreamer 1.0 .......................... no
  GStreamer 0.10 ......................... no
  Video for Linux ........................ no
  OpenAL ................................. no
  PulseAudio ............................. no
  Resource Policy (libresourceqt5) ....... no
  Windows Audio Services ................. yes
  DirectShow ............................. yes
  Windows Media Foundation ............... yes
  Media player backend ................... DirectShow

Note: No wayland-egl support detected. Cross-toolkit compatibility disabled.

Qt is now configured for building. Just run 'nmake'.
Once everything is built, you must run 'nmake install'.
Qt will be installed into '\usr\local\Qt-5.10.0'.

Prior to reconfiguration, make sure you remove any leftovers from
the previous build.

I am not sure what is wrong here.

[PrateekKhatri]

Hi,

I conifgured as required and then ran qmake under qtbase/bin/ and ran "jom" again.

I was able to finish the build with the following output:

Updating 'qtxmlpatterns_it.qm'...
Updating 'qtxmlpatterns_hu.qm'...
    Generated 37 translation(s) (37 finished and 0 unfinished)
    Ignored 443 untranslated source text(s)
    Generated 457 translation(s) (0 finished and 457 unfinished)
    Ignored 2 untranslated source text(s)
        call C:\Qt\Qt5.10\qttranslations\translations\lrelease_wrapper.bat qtxmlpatterns_ko.ts -qm qtxmlpatterns_ko.qm
        call C:\Qt\Qt5.10\qttranslations\translations\lrelease_wrapper.bat qtxmlpatterns_pl.ts -qm qtxmlpatterns_pl.qm
Updating 'qtxmlpatterns_ja.qm'...
Updating 'qtxmlpatterns_ko.qm'...
    Generated 480 translation(s) (480 finished and 0 unfinished)
    Generated 480 translation(s) (480 finished and 0 unfinished)
        call C:\Qt\Qt5.10\qttranslations\translations\lrelease_wrapper.bat qtxmlpatterns_ru.ts -qm qtxmlpatterns_ru.qm
        call C:\Qt\Qt5.10\qttranslations\translations\lrelease_wrapper.bat qtxmlpatterns_sk.ts -qm qtxmlpatterns_sk.qm
Updating 'qtxmlpatterns_ru.qm'...
Updating 'qtxmlpatterns_pl.qm'...
    Generated 465 translation(s) (465 finished and 0 unfinished)
    Ignored 15 untranslated source text(s)
    Generated 480 translation(s) (480 finished and 0 unfinished)
        call C:\Qt\Qt5.10\qttranslations\translations\lrelease_wrapper.bat qtxmlpatterns_uk.ts -qm qtxmlpatterns_uk.qm
Updating 'qtxmlpatterns_sk.qm'...
    Generated 151 translation(s) (151 finished and 0 unfinished)
    Ignored 308 untranslated source text(s)
Updating 'qtxmlpatterns_uk.qm'...
    Generated 49 translation(s) (49 finished and 0 unfinished)
    Ignored 431 untranslated source text(s)

After this It came back to the prompt. I assume that the build is finished as there were no messages related to it being finished or throwing errors.
EDIT: I did call jom install after this and waited for it to finish.
Next I installed Qt Creator Enterprise Edition and configured the Kit to point to the qmake under the newly built folder.

However I am getting the following error:

11:35:28: Running steps for project TestCanBus...
11:35:28: Starting: "C:\Qt\Qt5.10\qtbase\bin\qmake.exe" C:\Users\prateekkhatri\Documents\TestCanBus\TestCanBus.pro -spec win32-msvc "CONFIG+=qml_debug"
Project ERROR: Unknown module(s) in QT: serialbus
11:35:28: The process "C:\Qt\Qt5.10\qtbase\bin\qmake.exe" exited with code 3.
Error while building/deploying project TestCanBus (kit: Desktop)
When executing step "qmake"
11:35:28: Elapsed time: 00:00.

It is not able to identify QCanBus under the qtserialbus folder.
My .pro file has the following entries:

QT       += core gui
QT       += serialbus

It'll be really awesome if I can get this working. I would really appreciate any help.

Also, I tried adding QSerialPort by adding it in project and including it in one of my source files - it gave the same error. For some reason The Qt Modules are not being found.

Thanks!

[SGaist]

Did you call jom install after building ?

[PrateekKhatri]

@SGaist

Yes I did.

[SGaist]

Good, did you do that in qtbase or the Qt sources top level folder ?

[PrateekKhatri]

@SGaist
I did it in the top-level folder or one level above qtbase.

[SGaist]

Check the content of the lib folder, if nothing QtSerialBus can be found, the quickest would be to build/install the module by hand. You can go in the module sources and call qmake/jom/jom install.

[PrateekKhatri]

@SGaist

C:\Qt\Qt5.10\qtserialbus\lib>ls
Qt5SerialBus.dll  Qt5SerialBus.exp  Qt5SerialBus.lib  Qt5SerialBus.prl  Qt5SerialBusd.dll  Qt5SerialBusd.exp  Qt5SerialBusd.ilk  Qt5SerialBusd.lib  Qt5SerialBusd.pdb  Qt5SerialBusd.prl  cmake

These are the contents that I find in qtserialbus directory and

C:\Qt\Qt5.10\qtserialbus\lib>cd cmake

C:\Qt\Qt5.10\qtserialbus\lib\cmake>ls
Qt5SerialBus

C:\Qt\Qt5.10\qtserialbus\lib\cmake>cd Qt5SerialBus

C:\Qt\Qt5.10\qtserialbus\lib\cmake\Qt5SerialBus>ls
Qt5SerialBusConfig.cmake  Qt5SerialBusConfigVersion.cmake  Qt5SerialBus_PeakCanBusPlugin.cmake  Qt5SerialBus_SystecCanBusPlugin.cmake  Qt5SerialBus_TinyCanBusPlugin.cmake  Qt5SerialBus_VectorCanBusPlugin.cmake

C:\Qt\Qt5.10\qtserialbus\lib\cmake\Qt5SerialBus>

I did run jom install inside this folder, but Qt Creator still can't see this module for some reason.

[SGaist]

AFAIK, you should have all the libraries needed in qtbase/lib once the installation is done

[PrateekKhatri]

@SGaist
I could't see anything Qt5SerialBus inside the lib folder under qtbase. Any suggestions on how to get this working?

I manually copied the contents of qtserialbus/lib into qtbase/lib and the contents of qtserialbus/lib/cmake into qtbase/lib/cmake, but Qt Creator doesn't seem to find the library still.

[SGaist]

@PrateekKhatri said in Compiling Qt from Source on Windows - Error:

\usr\local\Qt-5.10.0

Do you have a folder like that somewhere on your machine ?

[PrateekKhatri]

@SGaist
Yes it is there in my C:\ . And I do see Qt5SerialBus related files in the lib folder. Is there a reason why it would automatically move everything to a folder \usr\local\Qt5.10.0\ ?

[SGaist]

The path is a bit surprising but you should use the -prefix option when you want your build to be located somewhere precisely, otherwise, Qt has it's defaults. But again, that's rather a *nix path than Windows.

[PrateekKhatri]

@SGaist
I was wondering the same thing. Oh well, I pointed the qmake under usr/local/Qt5.10.0/bin and everything magically works now :)

Thank you so much @SGaist !

You saved my life!

[SGaist]

You're welcome !

Since you have it working now, please mark the thread as solved using the "Topic Tools" button so that other forum users may know a solution has been found :)