Linking a lib with QT on linux

[jsulm]

@Keith-Harville said in Linking a lib with QT on linux:

"g++: error: libfw_console_api: No such file or directory"

Can you please show your pro file? Because the suggestion from @mrjj is the correct approach to link libraries with qmake.

[Keith Harville]

@jsulm @mrjj

here is my full .pro

QT += core gui charts
#CONFIG += console

greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4): QT += widgets

TARGET = frameworkConsole
TEMPLATE = app


CONFIG += c++11 app_bundle
#CONFIG -= app_bundle

# The following define makes your compiler emit warnings if you use
# any Qt feature that has been marked deprecated (the exact warnings
# depend on your compiler). Please consult the documentation of the
# deprecated API in order to know how to port your code away from it.
DEFINES += QT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS

# You can also make your code fail to compile if it uses deprecated APIs.
# In order to do so, uncomment the following line.
# You can also select to disable deprecated APIs only up to a certain version of Qt.
#DEFINES += QT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0x060000    # disables all the APIs deprecated before Qt 6.0.0

greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4): QT += widgets

INCLUDEPATH += ../../../../inc

SOURCES += \
    ../../../src/countercontrol.cpp \
    ../../../src/discoveryeventthread.cpp \
    ../../../src/discoveryprogress.cpp \
    ../../../src/dockbutton.cpp \
    ../../../src/enablebutton.cpp \
    ../../../src/frameworkConsole.cpp \
    ../../../src/hdavconfig.cpp \
    ../../../src/main.cpp \
    ../../../src/moduleinfodialog.cpp \
    ../../../src/nodetreeview.cpp \
    ../../../src/playstopbutton.cpp

HEADERS += \
    ../../../src/countercontrol.h \
    ../../../src/discoveryeventthread.h \
    ../../../src/discoveryprogress.h \
    ../../../src/dockbutton.h \
    ../../../src/enablebutton.h \
    ../../../src/frameworkConsole.h \
    ../../../src/hdavconfig.h \
    ../../../src/moduleinfodialog.h \
    ../../../src/nodetreeview.h \
    ../../../src/playstopbutton.h


# Default rules for deployment.
qnx: target.path = /tmp/$${TARGET}/bin
else: unix:!android: target.path = /opt/$${TARGET}/bin
!isEmpty(target.path): INSTALLS += target

unix:!macx: LIBS += -L$$PWD/../ -lfw_console_api

INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD/../
DEPENDPATH += $$PWD/../

[Keith Harville]

I have created a small test app and made one call to the library as well.

I can send you the full source for test app as well.

[mrjj]

Hi
If libray is compiled with same compiler and all that is in order, then
its most of the time just a path issue.

However, that is hard to test so the mini sample is a good thing.

Could you upload to say
https://wetransfer.com/
and use the get link

and paste link here so we could try run the project ?

[Keith Harville]

here is a link to the testApp.zip it should include everything

https://we.tl/t-TcnN3DZR7b

[mrjj]

@Keith-Harville
Link works.
However, its seems the cpp for libfw_console_api.so is not included ?

So we also need to know the gcc version used to compile the test app.
Just we are sure to use ca. the same version.

I assume no Qt was used in libfw_console_api so Qt version is not important.

[Christian Ehrlicher]

@mrjj said in Linking a lib with QT on linux:

So we also need to know the gcc version used to compile the test app.

And the complete error message.

[Keith Harville]

gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.12)

[Keith Harville]

undefined reference to `fwConsole_initConsoleHeader(FW_CONSOLE_HEADER*)'

[Christian Ehrlicher]

Since it's a C library you must make sure that the compiler also interpret your header as C ->

extern "C"
{
#include "fw_console_api.h"
}

Or fix the header so it's not needed for every include of it.

[Keith Harville]

Thank you so much, that fixed it

[mrjj]

@Christian-Ehrlicher
Hi
You are so fast. :)
What did you run on it too see it was a C lib ?
or just be looking in the .h file ?

[Christian Ehrlicher]

@mrjj said in Linking a lib with QT on linux:

What did you run on it too see it was a C lib ?

I got a linker error, looked at the exports and they looked like plain C exports. Then the idea with the wrong symbols was there :)

[mrjj]

@Christian-Ehrlicher
Ok, where did you look at the exports ?
With objdump or ?
Im asking as i want to learn. Since you knew so fast and i was still looking at it :)

[Christian Ehrlicher]

@mrjj said in Linking a lib with QT on linux:

With objdump or ?

Yes, "objdump -T" - take a look at the libfw_console_api.so output and you will notice that they're plain C functions - they are not annotated.

[mrjj]

@Christian-Ehrlicher
Thank you
Its handy to know. goes on my of list of things to try when you get undefined's and
checked path many times :=)

[Keith Harville]

for the header fix, I added in the header and that took care of it

#ifdef __cplusplus
#define FWCONSOLEAPI_DECLSPEC extern  "C"
#else
#define FWCONSOLEAPI_DECLSPEC extern
#endif//__cplusplus

thank you again, you guys are awesome