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  • GC_DevG Offline
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    GC_Dev
    wrote on last edited by
    #5

    jsulm,
    yes, it is executable and already in that folder.
    Can you tell me the whole process for building QT for Beaglebone?.
    because I am getting a new error every time when I build.

    Build is completed and i got qmake in /usr/local/qt5bbb_1/bin
    But while configuring Qt Version in Qtcreater apps, it's showing :

    "Name:
    Qt 5.12.3 (qt5bbb_1)
    Invalid Qt version"

    What is the problem here?
    Does Qt5.12.3 possible to use with Debian 9.5 running beaglebone?.

    can anyone tell me how to build Qt 5.12.3 for BeagleBone running debian 9.5

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    • GC_DevG GC_Dev

      jsulm,
      yes, it is executable and already in that folder.
      Can you tell me the whole process for building QT for Beaglebone?.
      because I am getting a new error every time when I build.

      Build is completed and i got qmake in /usr/local/qt5bbb_1/bin
      But while configuring Qt Version in Qtcreater apps, it's showing :

      "Name:
      Qt 5.12.3 (qt5bbb_1)
      Invalid Qt version"

      What is the problem here?
      Does Qt5.12.3 possible to use with Debian 9.5 running beaglebone?.

      can anyone tell me how to build Qt 5.12.3 for BeagleBone running debian 9.5

      jsulmJ Offline
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      jsulm
      Lifetime Qt Champion
      wrote on last edited by
      #6

      @GC_Dev said in Building Qt for BeagleBone working Debian 9.5:

      What is the problem here?

      Where does it say the Qt version is invalid?
      If you built Qt for your device then you need to configure a Kit in QtCreator. In that Kit you need to select same compiler as you used for Qt and your self built Qt.

      https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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      • GC_DevG Offline
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        GC_Dev
        wrote on last edited by GC_Dev
        #7

        jsulm,
        Its showing i Qt creater apps while configuring complier in kit section and when i select the my built compiler,its shown as invalid.
        i have one question that debian on device having compiler version:
        "arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++ (Debian 6.3.0-18+deb9u1) 6.3.0 20170516"

        and my host machine having complier that i have downloaded from linaro site(gcc-linaro-5.5.0-2017.10-x86_64_arm-linux-gnueabihf):

        "arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc (Linaro GCC 5.5-2017.10) 5.5.0"

        if you see both compiler are different. is that matter here.?

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        • GC_DevG GC_Dev

          jsulm,
          Its showing i Qt creater apps while configuring complier in kit section and when i select the my built compiler,its shown as invalid.
          i have one question that debian on device having compiler version:
          "arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++ (Debian 6.3.0-18+deb9u1) 6.3.0 20170516"

          and my host machine having complier that i have downloaded from linaro site(gcc-linaro-5.5.0-2017.10-x86_64_arm-linux-gnueabihf):

          "arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc (Linaro GCC 5.5-2017.10) 5.5.0"

          if you see both compiler are different. is that matter here.?

          jsulmJ Offline
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          jsulm
          Lifetime Qt Champion
          wrote on last edited by
          #8

          @GC_Dev You should use same compiler version.
          Can you show what exactly happens when you try to add the compiler in QtCreator?

          https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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          • GC_DevG Offline
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            GC_Dev
            wrote on last edited by GC_Dev
            #9

            Jsulm,
            I gussed that i have solved building problem by using the same compiler i.e. (gcc-linaro- 6.3.1-x86_64_arm-linux-gnueabihf_).
            its build successfully and created the executable file but now new error arrived.

            In QT created, When i run the program its start to deploying and showing this error:
            "
            17:44:31: Starting /home/debian/Helloworld_BBB ...
            qt.qpa.plugin: Could not find the Qt platform plugin "eglfs" in ""
            This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

            Available platform plugins are: linuxfb, minimal, offscreen, vnc.
            "
            So what did i miss again?

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            • GC_DevG Offline
              GC_DevG Offline
              GC_Dev
              wrote on last edited by
              #10

              jsulm,

              here is my configuration summaries:
              Configure summary:

              Building on: linux-g++ (x86_64, CPU features: mmx sse sse2)
              Building for: devices/linux-beagleboard-g++ (arm, CPU features: neon)
              Target compiler: gcc 6.3.1
              Configuration: cross_compile use_gold_linker compile_examples enable_new_dtags largefile neon precompile_header shared rpath release c++11 c++14 concurrent dbus reduce_exports release_tools stl
              Build options:
              Mode ................................... release; optimized tools
              Optimize release build for size ........ no
              Building shared libraries .............. yes
              Using C standard ....................... C11
              Using C++ standard ..................... C++14
              Using ccache ........................... no
              Using gold linker ...................... yes
              Using new DTAGS ........................ yes
              Using precompiled headers .............. yes
              Using LTCG ............................. no
              Target compiler supports:
              NEON ................................. yes
              Build parts ............................ libs
              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 ....................... yes
              udev ................................... yes
              Using system zlib ...................... yes
              Qt Core:
              DoubleConversion ....................... yes
              Using system DoubleConversion ........ no
              GLib ................................... no
              iconv .................................. yes
              ICU .................................... no
              Tracing backend ........................ <none>
              Logging backends:
              journald ............................. no
              syslog ............................... no
              slog2 ................................ no
              Using system PCRE2 ..................... no
              Qt Network:
              getifaddrs() ........................... yes
              IPv6 ifname ............................ yes
              libproxy ............................... no
              Linux AF_NETLINK ....................... yes
              OpenSSL ................................ no
              Qt directly linked to OpenSSL ........ no
              OpenSSL 1.1 ............................ no
              DTLS ................................... 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 ............... yes
              PNG .................................. yes
              Using system libpng ................ yes
              EGL .................................... no
              OpenVG ................................. no
              OpenGL:
              Desktop OpenGL ....................... no
              OpenGL ES 2.0 ........................ no
              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 .................................. yes
              libinput ............................... no
              INTEGRITY HID .......................... no
              mtdev .................................. no
              tslib .................................. no
              xkbcommon .............................. no
              X11 specific:
              XLib ................................. no
              XCB Xlib ............................. no
              EGL on X11 ........................... no
              QPA backends:
              DirectFB ............................... no
              EGLFS .................................. no
              LinuxFB ................................ yes
              VNC .................................... yes
              Mir client ............................. no
              Qt Sql:
              SQL item models ........................ yes
              Qt Widgets:
              GTK+ ................................... no
              Styles ................................. Fusion Windows
              Qt PrintSupport:
              CUPS ................................... no
              Qt Sql Drivers:
              DB2 (IBM) .............................. no
              InterBase .............................. no
              MySql .................................. no
              OCI (Oracle) ........................... no
              ODBC ................................... no
              PostgreSQL ............................. no
              SQLite2 ................................ no
              SQLite ................................. yes
              Using system provided SQLite ......... no
              TDS (Sybase) ........................... no
              Qt Testlib:
              Tester for item models ................. yes

              if you see above its showing EGLFS .................................. no so thats problem i guessed.
              So how to add that libraries and how can i make it yes in configuration.?

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              • GC_DevG GC_Dev

                jsulm,

                here is my configuration summaries:
                Configure summary:

                Building on: linux-g++ (x86_64, CPU features: mmx sse sse2)
                Building for: devices/linux-beagleboard-g++ (arm, CPU features: neon)
                Target compiler: gcc 6.3.1
                Configuration: cross_compile use_gold_linker compile_examples enable_new_dtags largefile neon precompile_header shared rpath release c++11 c++14 concurrent dbus reduce_exports release_tools stl
                Build options:
                Mode ................................... release; optimized tools
                Optimize release build for size ........ no
                Building shared libraries .............. yes
                Using C standard ....................... C11
                Using C++ standard ..................... C++14
                Using ccache ........................... no
                Using gold linker ...................... yes
                Using new DTAGS ........................ yes
                Using precompiled headers .............. yes
                Using LTCG ............................. no
                Target compiler supports:
                NEON ................................. yes
                Build parts ............................ libs
                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 ....................... yes
                udev ................................... yes
                Using system zlib ...................... yes
                Qt Core:
                DoubleConversion ....................... yes
                Using system DoubleConversion ........ no
                GLib ................................... no
                iconv .................................. yes
                ICU .................................... no
                Tracing backend ........................ <none>
                Logging backends:
                journald ............................. no
                syslog ............................... no
                slog2 ................................ no
                Using system PCRE2 ..................... no
                Qt Network:
                getifaddrs() ........................... yes
                IPv6 ifname ............................ yes
                libproxy ............................... no
                Linux AF_NETLINK ....................... yes
                OpenSSL ................................ no
                Qt directly linked to OpenSSL ........ no
                OpenSSL 1.1 ............................ no
                DTLS ................................... 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 ............... yes
                PNG .................................. yes
                Using system libpng ................ yes
                EGL .................................... no
                OpenVG ................................. no
                OpenGL:
                Desktop OpenGL ....................... no
                OpenGL ES 2.0 ........................ no
                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 .................................. yes
                libinput ............................... no
                INTEGRITY HID .......................... no
                mtdev .................................. no
                tslib .................................. no
                xkbcommon .............................. no
                X11 specific:
                XLib ................................. no
                XCB Xlib ............................. no
                EGL on X11 ........................... no
                QPA backends:
                DirectFB ............................... no
                EGLFS .................................. no
                LinuxFB ................................ yes
                VNC .................................... yes
                Mir client ............................. no
                Qt Sql:
                SQL item models ........................ yes
                Qt Widgets:
                GTK+ ................................... no
                Styles ................................. Fusion Windows
                Qt PrintSupport:
                CUPS ................................... no
                Qt Sql Drivers:
                DB2 (IBM) .............................. no
                InterBase .............................. no
                MySql .................................. no
                OCI (Oracle) ........................... no
                ODBC ................................... no
                PostgreSQL ............................. no
                SQLite2 ................................ no
                SQLite ................................. yes
                Using system provided SQLite ......... no
                TDS (Sybase) ........................... no
                Qt Testlib:
                Tester for item models ................. yes

                if you see above its showing EGLFS .................................. no so thats problem i guessed.
                So how to add that libraries and how can i make it yes in configuration.?

                jsulmJ Offline
                jsulmJ Offline
                jsulm
                Lifetime Qt Champion
                wrote on last edited by
                #11

                @GC_Dev Do you want to use eglfs?
                If you do then add -v to your configure call and see why exactly eglfs is disabled.
                If you don't you can use one of the other platform plug-ins. For example: -platform linuxfb

                https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                  GC_Dev
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #12

                  jsulm,
                  I just want to run my application beaglebone so i dont mind with any pulgins.
                  As i mention it showing error while deploying on beaglebone from QT creater apps:

                  qt.qpa.plugin: Could not find the Qt platform plugin "eglfs" in ""
                  This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

                  So How can i solve this..?

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                  • GC_DevG GC_Dev

                    jsulm,
                    I just want to run my application beaglebone so i dont mind with any pulgins.
                    As i mention it showing error while deploying on beaglebone from QT creater apps:

                    qt.qpa.plugin: Could not find the Qt platform plugin "eglfs" in ""
                    This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

                    So How can i solve this..?

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                    jsulm
                    Lifetime Qt Champion
                    wrote on last edited by jsulm
                    #13

                    @GC_Dev As I said try to use other platform plug-in, for example linuxfb if you're using framebuffer: add "-platform linuxfb" when calling your app.
                    You should also know what is actually used on your device (framebuffer, X11, ...).

                    https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                      GC_Dev
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #14

                      jsulm,
                      I am a little bit confuse Where should i add "-platform linuxfb"? is in QT creator or somewhere else?
                      As deploying from Qtcreater i don't find such an option there.
                      i don't know which one using either framebuffer or X11?
                      can you help me out?

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                      • GC_DevG GC_Dev

                        jsulm,
                        I am a little bit confuse Where should i add "-platform linuxfb"? is in QT creator or somewhere else?
                        As deploying from Qtcreater i don't find such an option there.
                        i don't know which one using either framebuffer or X11?
                        can you help me out?

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                        jsulm
                        Lifetime Qt Champion
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #15

                        @GC_Dev said in Building Qt for BeagleBone working Debian 9.5:

                        Where should i add

                        As parameter to your application when you start it.
                        "i don't know which one using either framebuffer or X11?
                        can you help me out?" - no I can't. I have no idea what exactly you're using and what is running on that device. You should know or find out.

                        https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                        • GC_DevG GC_Dev

                          jsulm,
                          I am a little bit confuse Where should i add "-platform linuxfb"? is in QT creator or somewhere else?
                          As deploying from Qtcreater i don't find such an option there.
                          i don't know which one using either framebuffer or X11?
                          can you help me out?

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                          Pablo J. Rogina
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #16

                          @GC_Dev said in Building Qt for BeagleBone working Debian 9.5:

                          i add "-platform linuxfb"? is in QT creator or somewhere else?

                          try running your app from command line:

                          /path/to/my/app -platform linuxfb
                          

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                            comarius
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #17

                            Hi,
                            kind of late but I solve it

                            https://comarius.blogspot.com/2019/08/qt-512-on-beaglebone-with-full-egl-no-x.html

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