Issues compiling c files in Qt creator

DenisKormalev

benardmens, can you show your .pro file (please post its content here in @ tags)?

xsacha

You could put the files inside a zip or tar. Makes it easier to upload and download (for future reference).

Theres a site called wikiupload that doesn't have a time delay to download.

benardmens

[quote author="Denis Kormalev" date="1291620464"]benardmens, can you show your .pro file (please post its content here in (at) tags)?[/quote]

Hi Denis,
I just got a work around to work by building it as a library and adding it manually to the libs. However , i would still like to be able to understand how to do it properly if possible.

The current .pro file is below as requested

@
#-------------------------------------------------

Project created by QtCreator 2010-12-05T20:36:45

#-------------------------------------------------

QT += core gui

TARGET = PolicyFrameworkSpy
TEMPLATE = app

unix:LIBS +=-L/usr/include/libxml2
/usr/local/lib/libhaggle.a

unix:INCLUDEPATH +=/usr/local/include/libhaggle/
/usr/include/libxml2 \

QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEBUG += -std=gnu99 -O2
QMAKE_LFLAGS += -lxml2 -lz -lpthread -licucore -lm
SOURCES += main.cpp
PolicyFramework.cpp

HEADERS += PolicyFramework.h

FORMS += PolicyFramework.ui
@

And the one I was having issues with

@
#-------------------------------------------------

Project created by QtCreator 2010-12-05T16:43:38

#-------------------------------------------------

QT += core gui

TARGET = PolicyFrameworkDesktop
TEMPLATE = app

INCLUDEPATH +=/QTDev/PolicyFrameworkDesktop/libhaggle

SOURCES += main.cpp
PolicyFrameworkSpy.cpp
libhaggle/base64.c

HEADERS += PolicyFrameworkSpy.h
libhaggle/base64.h

FORMS += PolicyFrameworkSpy.ui
@

benardmens

[quote author="xsacha" date="1291620625"]You could put the files inside a zip or tar. Makes it easier to upload and download (for future reference).

Theres a site called wikiupload that doesn't have a time delay to download.[/quote]

Thanks for that, I will keep that in mind for later. Thanks for the help everyone. This is one of the most responsive forums I've ever been on!

DenisKormalev

benardmens, try to add something like this
@
someLib.target = someLibBuild
someLib.commands = cd path/to/lib && make
QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += someLib
PRE_TARGETDEPS += someLibBuild
@

goetz

[quote author="benardmens" date="1291619302"]
These are some new links which shouldnt give the same problem,

I would appreciate any help as I've been trying to get this working for a day now. Thanks again[/quote]

I put base64.h and and base64.c in a small project and could compile it and use its base64_encode_alloc in a C++ program.

qmake calls g++ or gcc depending on the file extension (cpp or c). I used no pre targets or libs or something like that.

maciej

Hi all,
1st thing is that you are not using class. There is no such thing in C as class or object!
Your problem is that you're using qt tools to compile (.pro file & qmake) which generate Makefiles only for C++. If you want to compile C code with QtCreator you should start using "cmake":http://cmake.org/ (which is supported by QtCreator) instead of .pro files.

goetz

Not quite true.

@
HEADERS += plain.h base64.h
SOURCES += main.cpp base64.c
@

This calls g++ (GCC in C++ mode) on main.cpp and gcc (GCC in C mode) on base64.c. The decision is made on the file extension (.cpp or .c). One can tweak that with setting QMAKE_EXT_CPP. The default is .cpp .cc .cxx .C

GordonSchumacher

Actually, there's an even better way:

Top-level .pro file:
@
TEMPLATE = subdirs

someLib.subdir = someLib
someLib.makefile = someLib.mak # This may not be named "Makefile"!
someLib.target = $${QMAKE_PREFIX_SHLIB}someLib.${QMAKE_EXTENSION_SHLIB}

SUBDIRS = someLib someApp
@

someLib/someLib.mak:
@
libsomeLib.so:
gcc foo.c -o libsomeLib.so

clean:
rm -f libsomeLib.so

distclean: clean

.PHONY: clean distclean
@

Note that it will create a bogus, non-functional "someLib/Makefile", but you may simply ignore it.

I don't believe this is documented, but it's been in qmake for quite a long time (I want to say at least since 4.3.x, but don't quote me on that).

benardmens

[quote author="GordonSchumacher" date="1291831448"]Actually, there's an even better way:

Top-level .pro file:
@
TEMPLATE = subdirs

someLib.subdir = someLib
someLib.makefile = someLib.mak # This may not be named "Makefile"!
someLib.target = $${QMAKE_PREFIX_SHLIB}someLib.${QMAKE_EXTENSION_SHLIB}

SUBDIRS = someLib someApp
@

someLib/someLib.mak:
@
libsomeLib.so:
gcc foo.c -o libsomeLib.so

clean:
rm -f libsomeLib.so

distclean: clean

.PHONY: clean distclean
@

Note that it will create a bogus, non-functional "someLib/Makefile", but you may simply ignore it.

I don't believe this is documented, but it's been in qmake for quite a long time (I want to say at least since 4.3.x, but don't quote me on that).[/quote]

[quote author="Volker" date="1291641995"]Not quite true.

@
HEADERS += plain.h base64.h
SOURCES += main.cpp base64.c
@

This calls g++ (GCC in C++ mode) on main.cpp and gcc (GCC in C mode) on base64.c. The decision is made on the file extension (.cpp or .c). One can tweak that with setting QMAKE_EXT_CPP. The default is .cpp .cc .cxx .C[/quote]

Thanks for all the suggestions, I was unable to go back to the project because of work but I will try the suggestions right away and get back to you.

Thanks everyone!

benardmens

Hi all,

I've tried the options without success so I've uploaded the project if some one could kindly help me out with where I'm going wrong. The link is below

http://www.wikiupload.com/3XHWP6JG2GXMU1D

Thanks again everyone for the help so far

GordonSchumacher

Is that really all of libhaggle? There is no Makefile in that directory, but there is Makefile.in/.ac, which would certainly suggest that it's an Autotools project... but there is no Autoconf.in/.ac, so I can't run automake at all (or at least, mine complains about the lack of those files).

benardmens

[quote author="GordonSchumacher" date="1292083276"]Is that really all of libhaggle? There is no Makefile in that directory, but there is Makefile.in/.ac, which would certainly suggest that it's an Autotools project... but there is no Autoconf.in/.ac, so I can't run automake at all (or at least, mine complains about the lack of those files).[/quote]

Hi Gordon, thanks for the quick reply, I actually didn't include them because in my naivety i though they weren't needed. Please find the full haggle folder included. By the way this is being compiled for Maemo (N900). Don't know if that helps. The links are below. They are both the same thing just uploaded to different places for convenience.

http://www.wikiupload.com/QIPLU200EX9PHGS
http://rapidshare.com/files/436368610/Policy.zip

Thanks again every one, really appreciate the help

GordonSchumacher

Okay, that was way harder than it should have been, and my solution unquestionably qualifies as abusing qmake... but it works!

I created a "main.pro" in the top-level directory with the following contents:
@TEMPLATE = subdirs

haggle_build.subdir = haggle_build
haggle_build.makefile = Makefile.haggle_build

PolicyMobile.subdir = PolicyMobile
PolicyMobile.depends = haggle_build

SUBDIRS = haggle_build PolicyMobile@

The "haggle_build.makefile = haggle_build" will cause the top-level Makefile to call "make -f Makefile.haggle_build" in that subdirectory. We need to change the name of the makefile because configure would otherwise clobber it. Note that this will not actually change the name of the file qmake generates there... we'll take care of that in a bit.

Then I created a subdirectory called "haggle_build". In that directory I placed a file named haggle_build.pro which contains:
@MAKEFILE = Makefile.haggle_build

HAGGLE_SRCDIR = ../haggle-0.3

autoreconf.target = $${HAGGLE_SRCDIR}/configure
autoreconf.commands = cd $${HAGGLE_SRCDIR} && autoreconf

aclocal.target = $${HAGGLE_SRCDIR}/aclocal.m4
aclocal.depends = autoreconf

automake.target = $${HAGGLE_SRCDIR}/Makefile.in
automake.depends = autoreconf

autoheader.target = $${HAGGLE_SRCDIR}/Makefile.in
autoheader.depends = autoreconf

libtoolize.target = $${HAGGLE_SRCDIR}/ltmain.sh
libtoolize.depends = autoreconf

Makefile.target = Makefile
Makefile.commands = $${HAGGLE_SRCDIR}/configure
Makefile.depends = autoreconf aclocal automake autoheader libtoolize

all.CONFIG = phony
all.commands = make
all.depends = Makefile

TARGET = \\

QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += autoreconf aclocal automake autoheader libtoolize Makefile all@

So the MAKEFILE variable changes the name of the makefile to match main.pro's. Most of the rest of the .pro is writing custom targets to ensure that all the Autotools file are up-to-date. The last target, "all", is one which qmake always generates, and is the default build target. I have not found a way to get qmake not to output a section which looks something like:
@all: $(TARGET)
$(LINK) $(LFLAGS) -o $(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(OBJCOMP) $(LIBS)@

Since we defined a custom rule named "all" as well and made it depend on "Makefile", qmake will later on write another rule in the makefile. So we can successfully get the "all" target to invoke make for us; our remaining challenge is to get it not to call the linker!

So my tactic was to abuse qmake and define TARGET to simply a space. This means that the first "all" rule depends on nothing, and thus will never be run!

Hope this works for you and helps; I am planning to transfer this nugget to a wiki page...

benardmens

[quote author="GordonSchumacher" date="1292254708"]Okay, that was way harder than it should have been, and my solution unquestionably qualifies as abusing qmake... but it works!

I created a "main.pro" in the top-level directory with the following contents:
@TEMPLATE = subdirs

haggle_build.subdir = haggle_build
haggle_build.makefile = Makefile.haggle_build

PolicyMobile.subdir = PolicyMobile
PolicyMobile.depends = haggle_build

SUBDIRS = haggle_build PolicyMobile@

The "haggle_build.makefile = haggle_build" will cause the top-level Makefile to call "make -f Makefile.haggle_build" in that subdirectory. We need to change the name of the makefile because configure would otherwise clobber it. Note that this will not actually change the name of the file qmake generates there... we'll take care of that in a bit.

Then I created a subdirectory called "haggle_build". In that directory I placed a file named haggle_build.pro which contains:
@MAKEFILE = Makefile.haggle_build

HAGGLE_SRCDIR = ../haggle-0.3

autoreconf.target = $${HAGGLE_SRCDIR}/configure
autoreconf.commands = cd $${HAGGLE_SRCDIR} && autoreconf

aclocal.target = $${HAGGLE_SRCDIR}/aclocal.m4
aclocal.depends = autoreconf

automake.target = $${HAGGLE_SRCDIR}/Makefile.in
automake.depends = autoreconf

autoheader.target = $${HAGGLE_SRCDIR}/Makefile.in
autoheader.depends = autoreconf

libtoolize.target = $${HAGGLE_SRCDIR}/ltmain.sh
libtoolize.depends = autoreconf

Makefile.target = Makefile
Makefile.commands = $${HAGGLE_SRCDIR}/configure
Makefile.depends = autoreconf aclocal automake autoheader libtoolize

all.CONFIG = phony
all.commands = make
all.depends = Makefile

TARGET = \\

QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += autoreconf aclocal automake autoheader libtoolize Makefile all@

So the MAKEFILE variable changes the name of the makefile to match main.pro's. Most of the rest of the .pro is writing custom targets to ensure that all the Autotools file are up-to-date. The last target, "all", is one which qmake always generates, and is the default build target. I have not found a way to get qmake not to output a section which looks something like:
@all: $(TARGET)
$(LINK) $(LFLAGS) -o $(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(OBJCOMP) $(LIBS)@

Since we defined a custom rule named "all" as well and made it depend on "Makefile", qmake will later on write another rule in the makefile. So we can successfully get the "all" target to invoke make for us; our remaining challenge is to get it not to call the linker!

So my tactic was to abuse qmake and define TARGET to simply a space. This means that the first "all" rule depends on nothing, and thus will never be run!

Hope this works for you and helps; I am planning to transfer this nugget to a wiki page...[/quote]

Thanks a lot, there is no way I could have figured that out, I will try that right away and let you know how it goes,

Thanks again everyone

jdbastardy

I am also using qmake for my TicTacToe University Project which is coded in C and ncurses. I have no problems compiling C files.

benardmens

[quote author="GordonSchumacher" date="1292254708"]Okay, that was way harder than it should have been, and my solution unquestionably qualifies as abusing qmake... but it works!

I created a "main.pro" in the top-level directory with the following contents:
@TEMPLATE = subdirs

haggle_build.subdir = haggle_build
haggle_build.makefile = Makefile.haggle_build

PolicyMobile.subdir = PolicyMobile
PolicyMobile.depends = haggle_build

SUBDIRS = haggle_build PolicyMobile@

The "haggle_build.makefile = haggle_build" will cause the top-level Makefile to call "make -f Makefile.haggle_build" in that subdirectory. We need to change the name of the makefile because configure would otherwise clobber it. Note that this will not actually change the name of the file qmake generates there... we'll take care of that in a bit.

Then I created a subdirectory called "haggle_build". In that directory I placed a file named haggle_build.pro which contains:
@MAKEFILE = Makefile.haggle_build

HAGGLE_SRCDIR = ../haggle-0.3

autoreconf.target = $${HAGGLE_SRCDIR}/configure
autoreconf.commands = cd $${HAGGLE_SRCDIR} && autoreconf

aclocal.target = $${HAGGLE_SRCDIR}/aclocal.m4
aclocal.depends = autoreconf

automake.target = $${HAGGLE_SRCDIR}/Makefile.in
automake.depends = autoreconf

autoheader.target = $${HAGGLE_SRCDIR}/Makefile.in
autoheader.depends = autoreconf

libtoolize.target = $${HAGGLE_SRCDIR}/ltmain.sh
libtoolize.depends = autoreconf

Makefile.target = Makefile
Makefile.commands = $${HAGGLE_SRCDIR}/configure
Makefile.depends = autoreconf aclocal automake autoheader libtoolize

all.CONFIG = phony
all.commands = make
all.depends = Makefile

TARGET = \\

QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += autoreconf aclocal automake autoheader libtoolize Makefile all@

So the MAKEFILE variable changes the name of the makefile to match main.pro's. Most of the rest of the .pro is writing custom targets to ensure that all the Autotools file are up-to-date. The last target, "all", is one which qmake always generates, and is the default build target. I have not found a way to get qmake not to output a section which looks something like:
@all: $(TARGET)
$(LINK) $(LFLAGS) -o $(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(OBJCOMP) $(LIBS)@

Since we defined a custom rule named "all" as well and made it depend on "Makefile", qmake will later on write another rule in the makefile. So we can successfully get the "all" target to invoke make for us; our remaining challenge is to get it not to call the linker!

So my tactic was to abuse qmake and define TARGET to simply a space. This means that the first "all" rule depends on nothing, and thus will never be run!

Hope this works for you and helps; I am planning to transfer this nugget to a wiki page...[/quote]

Hi Gordon,

I've been trying to replicate your solution for the past two weeks with varying levels of success, sometimes it compiles the files and then proceeds to fail. I was wondering if your solution is working for maemo as thats the target platform I'm trying to build for using the MADDE tools. Could you upload your solution so that I can go through it as I dont seem to be making much more headway.

Thanks a bunch