How to build Qt on system without a GUI?

bludger

Tell us a bit more. Are you trying to cross compile Qt for ARMv7 or are you building Qt on the device itself?
What errors do you get? Please show us your configure command.

BrMisha

I'm building on the device itself.
Latest configure commands:

./configure -opensource \
    -confirm-license \
    -nomake examples \
    -skip qtquickcontrols \
    -skip qtwebkit \
    -skip qtwebchannel \
    -skip qtactiveqt \
    -skip qtandroidextras \
    -skip qtdeclarative \
    -skip qtimageformats \
    -skip qtmacextras \
    -skip qtx11extras \
    -skip qtxmlpatterns \
    -skip qtconnectivity \
    -skip qtdoc \
    -skip qtenginio \
    -skip qtgraphicaleffects \
    -skip qtmultimedia \
    -skip qtquick1 \
    -skip qtsensors \
    -skip qttools \
    -skip qttranslations \
    -skip qtwayland \
    -skip qtwebchannel \
    -skip qtwebengine \
    -skip qtwebkit-examples \
    -skip qtwebsockets \
    -skip qtwinextras \
    -verbose \
    -no-gif \
    -no-libjpeg \
    -no-mtdev \
    -no-sql-db2 \
    -no-sql-ibase \
    -no-sql-mysql \
    -no-xcb \
    -qt-freetype \
    -no-fontconfig \
    -no-harfbuzz \
    -no-xinput2 \
    -no-xcb-xlib \
    -no-pulseaudio \
    -no-alsa \
    -no-gtkstyle \
    -no-nis \
    -no-cups \
    -no-iconv \
    -no-icu \
    -no-eglfs

Then i did "make -j 2" (there is 2 cores) and in about hourse i got this:

e/QtGui -I../../../../include/QtCore/5.13.0 -I../../../../include/QtCore/5.13.0/QtCore -I../../../../include/QtCore -I.moc -isystem /usr/include/libdrm -I../../../../mkspecs/linux-g++ -o .obj/qcomposeplatforminputcontext.o qcomposeplatforminputcontext.cpp
In file included from qcomposeplatforminputcontext.cpp:39:0:
qcomposeplatforminputcontext.h:46:41: fatal error: xkbcommon/xkbcommon-compose.h: No such file or directory
 #include <xkbcommon/xkbcommon-compose.h>
                                         ^
compilation terminated.
make[5]: *** [.obj/qcomposeplatforminputcontext.o] Error 1
make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/src/plugins/platforminputcontexts/compose'
make[4]: *** [sub-compose-make_first] Error 2
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/src/plugins/platforminputcontexts'
make[3]: *** [sub-platforminputcontexts-make_first] Error 2
make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
g++ -c -pipe -O2 -std=c++1y -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -fno-exceptions -Wall -W -Wvla -Wno-missing-field-initializers -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -DQT_NO_FOREACH -DQT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS -DQT_NO_NARROWING_CONVERSIONS_IN_CONNECT -DQT_NO_EXCEPTIONS -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_PLUGIN -DQT_SERVICE_SUPPORT_LIB -DQT_THEME_SUPPORT_LIB -DQT_FB_SUPPORT_LIB -DQT_EVENTDISPATCHER_SUPPORT_LIB -DQT_FONTDATABASE_SUPPORT_LIB -DQT_INPUT_SUPPORT_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_DEVICEDISCOVERY_SUPPORT_LIB -DQT_NETWORK_LIB -DQT_DBUS_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I. -I../../../../include -I../../../../include/QtServiceSupport -I../../../../include/QtServiceSupport/5.13.0 -I../../../../include/QtServiceSupport/5.13.0/QtServiceSupport -I../../../../include/QtThemeSupport -I../../../../include/QtThemeSupport/5.13.0 -I../../../../include/QtThemeSupport/5.13.0/QtThemeSupport -I../../../../include/QtFbSupport -I../../../../include/QtFbSupport/5.13.0 -I../../../../include/QtFbSupport/5.13.0/QtFbSupport -I../../../../include/QtEventDispatcherSupport -I../../../../include/QtEventDispatcherSupport/5.13.0 -I../../../../include/QtEventDispatcherSupport/5.13.0/QtEventDispatcherSupport -I../../../../include/QtFontDatabaseSupport -I../../../../include/QtFontDatabaseSupport/5.13.0 -I../../../../include/QtFontDatabaseSupport/5.13.0/QtFontDatabaseSupport -I../../../../include/QtInputSupport -I../../../../include/QtInputSupport/5.13.0 -I../../../../include/QtInputSupport/5.13.0/QtInputSupport -I../../../../include/QtGui/5.13.0 -I../../../../include/QtGui/5.13.0/QtGui -I../../../../include/QtGui -I../../../../include/QtDeviceDiscoverySupport -I../../../../include/QtDeviceDiscoverySupport/5.13.0 -I../../../../include/QtDeviceDiscoverySupport/5.13.0/QtDeviceDiscoverySupport -I../../../../include/QtCore/5.13.0 -I../../../../include/QtCore/5.13.0/QtCore -I../../../../include/QtNetwork -I../../../../include/QtDBus -I../../../../include/QtCore -I.moc -isystem /usr/include/libdrm -I../../../../mkspecs/linux-g++ -o .obj/moc_qvnc_p.o .moc/moc_qvnc_p.cpp
g++ -c -pipe -O2 -std=c++1y -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -fno-exceptions -Wall -W -Wvla -Wno-missing-field-initializers -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -DQT_NO_FOREACH -DQT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS -DQT_NO_NARROWING_CONVERSIONS_IN_CONNECT -DQT_NO_EXCEPTIONS -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_PLUGIN -DQT_SERVICE_SUPPORT_LIB -DQT_THEME_SUPPORT_LIB -DQT_FB_SUPPORT_LIB -DQT_EVENTDISPATCHER_SUPPORT_LIB -DQT_FONTDATABASE_SUPPORT_LIB -DQT_INPUT_SUPPORT_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_DEVICEDISCOVERY_SUPPORT_LIB -DQT_NETWORK_LIB -DQT_DBUS_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I. -I../../../../include -I../../../../include/QtServiceSupport -I../../../../include/QtServiceSupport/5.13.0 -I../../../../include/QtServiceSupport/5.13.0/QtServiceSupport -I../../../../include/QtThemeSupport -I../../../../include/QtThemeSupport/5.13.0 -I../../../../include/QtThemeSupport/5.13.0/QtThemeSupport -I../../../../include/QtFbSupport -I../../../../include/QtFbSupport/5.13.0 -I../../../../include/QtFbSupport/5.13.0/QtFbSupport -I../../../../include/QtEventDispatcherSupport -I../../../../include/QtEventDispatcherSupport/5.13.0 -I../../../../include/QtEventDispatcherSupport/5.13.0/QtEventDispatcherSupport -I../../../../include/QtFontDatabaseSupport -I../../../../include/QtFontDatabaseSupport/5.13.0 -I../../../../include/QtFontDatabaseSupport/5.13.0/QtFontDatabaseSupport -I../../../../include/QtInputSupport -I../../../../include/QtInputSupport/5.13.0 -I../../../../include/QtInputSupport/5.13.0/QtInputSupport -I../../../../include/QtGui/5.13.0 -I../../../../include/QtGui/5.13.0/QtGui -I../../../../include/QtGui -I../../../../include/QtDeviceDiscoverySupport -I../../../../include/QtDeviceDiscoverySupport/5.13.0 -I../../../../include/QtDeviceDiscoverySupport/5.13.0/QtDeviceDiscoverySupport -I../../../../include/QtCore/5.13.0 -I../../../../include/QtCore/5.13.0/QtCore -I../../../../include/QtNetwork -I../../../../include/QtDBus -I../../../../include/QtCore -I.moc -isystem /usr/include/libdrm -I../../../../mkspecs/linux-g++ -o .obj/moc_qvncclient.o .moc/moc_qvncclient.cpp
g++ -c -pipe -O2 -std=c++1y -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -fno-exceptions -Wall -W -Wvla -Wno-missing-field-initializers -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -DQT_NO_FOREACH -DQT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS -DQT_NO_NARROWING_CONVERSIONS_IN_CONNECT -DQT_NO_EXCEPTIONS -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_PLUGIN -DQT_SERVICE_SUPPORT_LIB -DQT_THEME_SUPPORT_LIB -DQT_FB_SUPPORT_LIB -DQT_EVENTDISPATCHER_SUPPORT_LIB -DQT_FONTDATABASE_SUPPORT_LIB -DQT_INPUT_SUPPORT_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_DEVICEDISCOVERY_SUPPORT_LIB -DQT_NETWORK_LIB -DQT_DBUS_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I. -I../../../../include -I../../../../include/QtServiceSupport -I../../../../include/QtServiceSupport/5.13.0 -I../../../../include/QtServiceSupport/5.13.0/QtServiceSupport -I../../../../include/QtThemeSupport -I../../../../include/QtThemeSupport/5.13.0 -I../../../../include/QtThemeSupport/5.13.0/QtThemeSupport -I../../../../include/QtFbSupport -I../../../../include/QtFbSupport/5.13.0 -I../../../../include/QtFbSupport/5.13.0/QtFbSupport -I../../../../include/QtEventDispatcherSupport -I../../../../include/QtEventDispatcherSupport/5.13.0 -I../../../../include/QtEventDispatcherSupport/5.13.0/QtEventDispatcherSupport -I../../../../include/QtFontDatabaseSupport -I../../../../include/QtFontDatabaseSupport/5.13.0 -I../../../../include/QtFontDatabaseSupport/5.13.0/QtFontDatabaseSupport -I../../../../include/QtInputSupport -I../../../../include/QtInputSupport/5.13.0 -I../../../../include/QtInputSupport/5.13.0/QtInputSupport -I../../../../include/QtGui/5.13.0 -I../../../../include/QtGui/5.13.0/QtGui -I../../../../include/QtGui -I../../../../include/QtDeviceDiscoverySupport -I../../../../include/QtDeviceDiscoverySupport/5.13.0 -I../../../../include/QtDeviceDiscoverySupport/5.13.0/QtDeviceDiscoverySupport -I../../../../include/QtCore/5.13.0 -I../../../../include/QtCore/5.13.0/QtCore -I../../../../include/QtNetwork -I../../../../include/QtDBus -I../../../../include/QtCore -I.moc -isystem /usr/include/libdrm -I../../../../mkspecs/linux-g++ -o .obj/main.o main.cpp
rm -f libqvnc.so
g++ -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,-O1 -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,-z,origin -Wl,-rpath,\$ORIGIN/../../lib -shared -o libqvnc.so .obj/main.o .obj/qvncintegration.o .obj/qvncscreen.o .obj/qvnc.o .obj/qvncclient.o .obj/moc_qvncscreen.o .obj/moc_qvnc_p.o .obj/moc_qvncclient.o  /home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/lib/libQt5ServiceSupport.a /home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/lib/libQt5ThemeSupport.a /home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/lib/libQt5FbSupport.a /home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/lib/libQt5EventDispatcherSupport.a /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgthread-2.0.so /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libglib-2.0.so /home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/lib/libQt5FontDatabaseSupport.a /home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/lib/libqtfreetype.a /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libpng12.so /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libz.so /home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/lib/libQt5InputSupport.a /home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/lib/libQt5Gui.so /home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/lib/libQt5DeviceDiscoverySupport.a /home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/lib/libQt5Network.so /home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/lib/libQt5DBus.so /home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/lib/libQt5Core.so /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGL.so -lpthread
mv -f libqvnc.so ../../../../plugins/platforms/libqvnc.so
make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/src/plugins/platforms/vnc'
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/src/plugins/platforms'
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/src/plugins'
make[2]: *** [sub-plugins-make_first] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/src'
make[1]: *** [sub-src-make_first] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase'
make: *** [module-qtbase-make_first] Error 2
analog@analog:~/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0$

SGaist

Hi,

While you don't need a screen to build Qt, you still need the development libraries required for the various features you want to build.

BrMisha

@SGaist This configure options i just copied from somewhere)) I need just features like from qt5-default (this one i can install with apt, but only old version) and networking

SGaist

You need the libxkbcommon development package.

BrMisha

@SGaist But xcb need for windows system. My dev board hasn't windows system))
I need to build only QtCore and QNetwork

BrMisha

https://forum.qt.io/topic/45821/building-minimal-qt5-no-gui-just-qtcore-qtnetwork-oh-and-qtscript-solved/2
This man had like problem. He wrote that built qtbase, bu HOW??? I can't find info about it on network

closx

@BrMisha said in How to build Qt on system without a GUI?:

fatal error: xkbcommon/xkbcommon-compose.h: No such file or directory

Like @SGaist said, you need the libraries anyway. Check Qt5 Dependencies page.
Try this maybe?

sudo apt-get install libx11-xcb-dev libglu1-mesa-dev build-dependencies

If not solves, try this,

sudo apt-get install libxcb1 libxcb-util0 libpam-dev libcairo-dev libxcb-xinerama0 libev-dev libx11-dev libx11-xcb-dev libxkbcommon0 libxkbcommon-x11-dev libxkbcommon-dev libxcb-dpms0-dev libxcb-xinerama0-dev libxkbfile-dev libxcb-util0-dev libxcb-image0-dev

SGaist

@BrMisha said in How to build Qt on system without a GUI?:

https://forum.qt.io/topic/45821/building-minimal-qt5-no-gui-just-qtcore-qtnetwork-oh-and-qtscript-solved/2
This man had like problem. He wrote that built qtbase, bu HOW??? I can't find info about it on network

Run the configure script that is located in qtbase.

As for xkbcommon, you can also disable that feature.

BrMisha

@closx said in How to build Qt on system without a GUI?:

libraries
I installed this libs and started make. Now waiting a few hours ))) (it's quit slow)

BrMisha

@SGaist so, i have done it but got this output:

rm -f libqvnc.so
g++ -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,-O1 -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,-z,origin -Wl,-rpath,\$ORIGIN/../../lib -shared -o libqvnc.so .obj/main.o .obj/qvncintegration.o .obj/qvncscreen.o .obj/qvnc.o .obj/qvncclient.o .obj/moc_qvncscreen.o .obj/moc_qvnc_p.o .obj/moc_qvncclient.o  /home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/lib/libQt5ServiceSupport.a /home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/lib/libQt5ThemeSupport.a /home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/lib/libQt5FbSupport.a /home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/lib/libQt5EventDispatcherSupport.a /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgthread-2.0.so /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libglib-2.0.so /home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/lib/libQt5FontDatabaseSupport.a /home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/lib/libqtfreetype.a /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libpng12.so /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libz.so /home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/lib/libQt5InputSupport.a /home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/lib/libQt5Gui.so /home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/lib/libQt5DeviceDiscoverySupport.a /home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/lib/libQt5Network.so /home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/lib/libQt5DBus.so /home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/lib/libQt5Core.so /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGL.so -lpthread
mv -f libqvnc.so ../../../../plugins/platforms/libqvnc.so
make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/src/plugins/platforms/vnc'
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/src/plugins/platforms'
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/src/plugins'
make[2]: *** [sub-plugins-make_first] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase/src'
make[1]: *** [sub-src-make_first] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/analog/qt-everywhere-src-5.13.0/qtbase'
make: *** [module-qtbase-make_first] Error 2

SGaist

This doesn't show where the build failed.

Re-run the build without the -j parameter so you'll see exactly were the error is.

BrMisha

In file included from qcomposeplatforminputcontextmain.cpp:44:0:
qcomposeplatforminputcontext.h:46:41: fatal error: xkbcommon/xkbcommon-compose.h: No such file or directory
 #include <xkbcommon/xkbcommon-compose.h>

jsulm

@BrMisha said in How to build Qt on system without a GUI?:

I installed this libs

dev package also (which contains header files)?

BrMisha

@jsulm yes, libxkbcommon0 libxkbcommon-x11-dev libxkbcommon-dev are installed

SGaist

Did you re-run configure from a clean state ?

BrMisha

@SGaist I did re-unzip sources, then did configure))

SGaist

Can you check the configure log to see if there's anything related to that ?

BrMisha

Log i will saw after do configure?

SGaist

They are generated when configure is run. Look into your build folder.