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[SGaist]

Hi,

What compiler are you using ?
What version of Qt have you installed ?

[Abdulmueez]

For the Qt version- Qt 5.12.2(MSVC 2015 64-bit)
for the compiler , on android- Android Clang and on the desktop -mingw7.3.0

[jsulm]

@abdulmueez said in KArchive:

For the Qt version- Qt 5.12.2(MSVC 2015 64-bit)
for the compiler , on android- Android Clang and on the desktop -mingw7.3.0

This doesn't make sense as you can't use Qt 5.12.2(MSVC 2015 64-bit) with CLang or MinGW as compiler!
For Qt 5.12.2(MSVC 2015 64-bit) you need MSVC 2015 64-bit compiler (2017 should work as well).

[Abdulmueez]

Here is a screenshot, think I made a mistake the other time, I was using the qt cmd to check for my qt version

[SGaist]

Did you get zlib built with MinGW then ?

[Abdulmueez]

Hmmm, the guide said nothing about that, am I to follow the same steps as the build for the extra cmake modules?
Sorry if it sounds like a beginner question

[SGaist]

You should at least check that the architecture of your zlib dll matches the architecture of the Qt version you are using.

Otherwise, check the zlib sources for build instructions.

[Abdulmueez]

Checked through the readme, it's also using mingw

  Compiler:
    i686-w64-mingw32-gcc (GCC) 4.5.3
  Library:
    mingw64-i686-runtime/headers: 3.0b_svn5747-1
  Build commands:
    i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -c -DASMV contrib/asm686/match.S
    i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -c -DASMINF -I. -O3 contrib/inflate86/inffas86.c
    make -f win32/Makefile.gcc PREFIX=i686-w64-mingw32- LOC="-mms-bitfields -DASMV -DASMINF" OBJA="inffas86.o match.o"
   Finally, from VS commandline (VS2005 or higher):
    lib -machine:X86 -name:zlib1.dll -def:zlib.def -out:zdll.lib

[SGaist]

Right it's a C library, however it looks like built for 32bit and you are using a 64bit build of Qt.

[Abdulmueez]

Went directly to the website to get a version that uses 64 bit, didn't seem to be such. Checked their FAQ and found this

Will zlib work on a 64-bit machine? 
Yes. It has been tested on 64-bit machines, and has no dependence on any data types being limited to 32-bits in length. 

So, should I replace the version I have with the latest one on their site or I should keep on using the one from the guide?

[jsulm]

@abdulmueez said in KArchive:

So, should I replace the version I have with the latest one on their site or I should keep on using the one from the guide?

You have to use a 64bit version, so get one, or build it by yourself if there is no official build.

[Abdulmueez]

So, I just succeeded in getting rid of the error by using the following

mkdir C:\Builds\zlib; cd C:\Builds\zlib
cmake -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A x64 D:\Downloads\zlib-1.2.8\
cmake --build .

and then going to my cmake gui to include the zlib directory and the bzip2 directory.
Also, the versions from the guide I was using was outdated, I had to download new versions of ZLIB and BZIP2