cannot find C:/Qwt-6.1.6/lib: Permission denied

ldislav

Hello, I'm completely new to qt. I'm trying to run a project I found on github. I have come pretty far, but got stuck on couple of errors on build:

error: cannot find C:/Qwt-6.1.6/lib: Permission denied
error: collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status

I'm not sure what information I should provide, so please be patient with me. My system is Windows 10 x64. Qwt version is 6.1.6. The folder mentioned in error is there. Qt version is 5.15.2 probably.

Thank you

jsulm

@ldislav Please show the pro file from that project.

ldislav

QT += core gui widgets

TARGET = diffimg
TEMPLATE = app

include(3rdparty/perceptualdiff/perceptualdiff.pri)
include(3rdparty/qtpropertybrowser/qtpropertybrowser.pri)

# directories setup
isEmpty( INSTALL_MANDIR )  : INSTALL_MANDIR  = $$[QT_INSTALL_PREFIX]/share/man
isEmpty( INSTALL_DATADIR ) : INSTALL_DATADIR = $$[QT_INSTALL_PREFIX]/share

isEmpty( MYAPP_INSTALL_DESKTOP ) : MYAPP_INSTALL_DESKTOP = $$INSTALL_DATADIR/applications
isEmpty( MYAPP_INSTALL_PIXMAPS ) : MYAPP_INSTALL_PIXMAPS = $$INSTALL_DATADIR/pixmaps
isEmpty( MYAPP_INSTALL_DATA )    : MYAPP_INSTALL_DATA    = $$INSTALL_DATADIR/$$TARGET
isEmpty( MYAPP_INSTALL_DIR )     : MYAPP_INSTALL_DIR     = $$INSTALL_LIBDIR/$$TARGET
isEmpty( MYAPP_INSTALL_BINDIR )  : MYAPP_INSTALL_BINDIR   = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]
isEmpty( MYAPP_INSTALL_MAN )     : MYAPP_INSTALL_MAN     = $$INSTALL_MANDIR/man1
isEmpty( MYAPP_INSTALL_TRANS )   : MYAPP_INSTALL_TRANS   = $$INSTALL_DATADIR/$$TARGET/locale

HEADERS += \
    $$PWD/src/AboutDialog.h \
    $$PWD/src/AppSettings.h \
    $$PWD/src/DiffImgWindow.h \
    $$PWD/src/FilesDialog.h \
    $$PWD/src/FilesManager.h \
    $$PWD/src/ImageNavigator.h \
    $$PWD/src/ImageView.h \
    $$PWD/src/LogHandler.h \
    $$PWD/src/WipeItem.h \
    $$PWD/src/WipeMethod.h \
    $$PWD/src/metrics/BaseMetric.h \
    $$PWD/src/metrics/MetricsManager.h \
    $$PWD/src/metrics/MetricsRegistering.h \
    $$PWD/src/metrics/PerceptualMetric.h \
    $$PWD/src/metrics/PerChannelMeanMetric.h \
    $$PWD/src/metrics/PerChannelMetric.h \
    $$PWD/src/metrics/PerLuminanceMetric.h \
    $$PWD/src/MiscFunctions.h \
    $$PWD/src/PropertyWidget.h \
    $$PWD/src/ChannelCurve.h

    #$$PWD/src/formats/BaseFormat.h \
    #$$PWD/src/formats/FormatsManager.h \
    #$$PWD/src/formats/FormatsRegistering.h \
    #$$PWD/src/formats/YUVFormat.h \

SOURCES +=  \
    $$PWD/src/AboutDialog.cpp \
    $$PWD/src/AppSettings.cpp \
    $$PWD/src/DiffImgWindow.cpp \
    $$PWD/src/FilesDialog.cpp \
    $$PWD/src/FilesManager.cpp \
    $$PWD/src/ImageNavigator.cpp \
    $$PWD/src/ImageView.cpp \
    $$PWD/src/LogHandler.cpp \
    $$PWD/src/WipeItem.cpp \
    $$PWD/src/main.cpp \
    $$PWD/src/metrics/BaseMetric.cpp \
    $$PWD/src/metrics/MetricsManager.cpp \
    $$PWD/src/metrics/MetricsRegistering.cpp \
    $$PWD/src/metrics/PerceptualMetric.cpp \
    $$PWD/src/metrics/PerChannelMeanMetric.cpp \
    $$PWD/src/metrics/PerChannelMetric.cpp \
    $$PWD/src/metrics/PerLuminanceMetric.cpp \
    $$PWD/src/MiscFunctions.cpp \
    $$PWD/src/PropertyWidget.cpp \
    $$PWD/src/ChannelCurve.cpp

    #$$PWD/src/formats/BaseFormat.cpp \
    #$$PWD/src/formats/FormatsManager.cpp \
    #$$PWD/src/formats/FormatsRegistering.cpp \
    #$$PWD/src/formats/YUVFormat.cpp \

FORMS += \
    $$PWD/ui/AboutDialog.ui \
    $$PWD/ui/DiffImgWindow.ui \
    $$PWD/ui/FilesDialog.ui

INCLUDEPATH += \
    $${DESTDIR} \
    $$PWD/src \
    $$PWD/src/metrics \
    $$PWD/src/formats

INCLUDEPATH += /usr/include/qwt
LIBS += -lqwt

RESOURCES += $$PWD/res/$${TARGET}.qrc

TRANSLATIONS +=  $$PWD/lang/$${TARGET}_fr.ts # french 
TRANSLATIONS += $$PWD/lang/$${TARGET}_cs.ts # Czech
TRANSLATIONS += $$PWD/lang/$${TARGET}_it.ts # Italian
TRANSLATIONS += $$PWD/lang/$${TARGET}_vi.ts # Vietnamese
TRANSLATIONS += $$PWD/lang/$${TARGET}_pt.ts # Portuguese
TRANSLATIONS += $$PWD/lang/$${TARGET}_sv.ts # Swedish
TRANSLATIONS += $$PWD/lang/$${TARGET}_zh.ts # Chinese
TRANSLATIONS += $$PWD/lang/$${TARGET}_ro.ts # Romanian
TRANSLATIONS += $$PWD/lang/$${TARGET}_de.ts # German
TRANSLATIONS += $$PWD/lang/$${TARGET}_ru.ts # Russian

macx:ICON = res/$${TARGET}.icns
macx:QMAKE_INFO_PLIST =  build/Info.plist
macx:QMAKE_POST_LINK += ./postbuild-macx.sh

win32:RC_FILE = $$PWD/res/$${TARGET}.rc

win32-msvc*:DEFINES += _CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS

macx {
    # add auto creation of info.plist file
    VERSION = $$system(grep VERSION $$PWD/src/AppSettings.h | awk \' { print $NF }\' | sed   \'s/\"//g\')
    createplist.commands = $$PWD/misc/Info.plist.sh $$VERSION > $$PWD/misc/Info.plist
    createplist.target = Info.plist1
    createplist.depends = FORCE
    PRE_TARGETDEPS += Info.plist1
    QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += createplist
}

# .qm file for mingw and before setup.nsi
win32-g++ {
    # add auto compilation of .ts files
    QMAKE_EXTRA_COMPILERS += copyQtTrans
    for(TRANS,TRANSLATIONS){
    lang = $$replace(TRANS, .*_([^/]*)\\.ts, \\1)
    GLOBALTRANSLATIONS += $$[QT_INSTALL_TRANSLATIONS]/qt_$${lang}.qm
    }
    copyQtTrans.input         =  GLOBALTRANSLATIONS
    copyQtTrans.output        = ${QMAKE_FILE_BASE}.qm
    copyQtTrans.commands      = cp ${QMAKE_FILE_IN} $$PWDlang/
    copyQtTrans.CONFIG       += no_link target_predeps
    
    # add auto compilation of .ts files
    QMAKE_EXTRA_COMPILERS += lrelease 
    lrelease.input         = TRANSLATIONS
    lrelease.output        = ${QMAKE_FILE_PATH}/${QMAKE_FILE_BASE}.qm
    lrelease.commands      = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]/lrelease ${QMAKE_FILE_IN} -qm $$PWD/lang/${QMAKE_FILE_BASE}.qm
    lrelease.CONFIG       += no_link target_predeps
}


unix:!macx {
    # add auto compilation of .ts files
    QMAKE_EXTRA_COMPILERS += lrelease
    lrelease.input         = TRANSLATIONS
    lrelease.output        = ${QMAKE_FILE_BASE}.qm
    lrelease.commands      = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]/lrelease ${QMAKE_FILE_IN} -qm $$PWD/lang/${QMAKE_FILE_BASE}.qm
    lrelease.CONFIG       += no_link target_predeps

    target.path = $$MYAPP_INSTALL_BINDIR

    transl.files = $$PWD/lang/*.qm
    transl.path = $$MYAPP_INSTALL_TRANS
    
    data.files += $$PWD/CREDITS.txt $$PWD/README.txt $$PWD/AUTHORS.txt $$PWD/Changelog.txt
    data.path = $$MYAPP_INSTALL_DATA

    # generate desktop file  
    VERSION = $$system(grep VERSION $$PWD/src/AppSettings.h | awk \' { print $NF }\' | sed   \'s/\"//g\')
    system( sh  $$PWD/misc/diffimg-desktop.sh  $$[QT_INSTALL_PREFIX] $$VERSION > diffimg.desktop )
    desktop.files += $${TARGET}.desktop
    desktop.path = $$MYAPP_INSTALL_DESKTOP

    icons.files += $$PWD/res/$${TARGET}.png
    icons.path = $$MYAPP_INSTALL_PIXMAPS

    # generate manpage
    system( sh  $$PWD/misc/diffimg-manpage.sh > diffimg.1 )
    system( gzip -9 -f diffimg.1  )
    manual.files += diffimg.1.gz
    manual.path = $$MYAPP_INSTALL_MAN

    INSTALLS += target transl data desktop icons manual
}

jsulm

@ldislav Can you also provide the build log (a fresh rebuild)? And the description of the steps you're executing? I don't see how C:/Qwt-6.1.6/lib comes into play here.

KroMignon

@ldislav said in cannot find C:/Qwt-6.1.6/lib: Permission denied:

diffimg

Do you try to build this project ==> https://github.com/lingo/diffimg-xbee ?

AFAIK, it is design for Qt 4.

ldislav

@KroMignon it's a fork of that project: https://github.com/sandsmark/diffimg

@jsulm My bad. I'm not using .pro for building. The project includes a CMakeLists.txt the output is :

14:28:45: Running steps for project diffimg...
14:28:45: Starting: "C:\Qt\Tools\CMake_64\bin\cmake.exe" --build . --target all
[1/1 0.5/sec] Linking CXX executable diffimg.exe
FAILED: diffimg.exe 
cmd.exe /C "cd . && C:\Qt\Tools\mingw810_64\bin\g++.exe -g  CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/diffimg_autogen/mocs_compilation.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/src/AboutDialog.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/src/AppSettings.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/src/ChannelCurve.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/src/DiffImgWindow.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/src/FilesDialog.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/src/FilesManager.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/src/ImageNavigator.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/src/ImageView.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/src/LogHandler.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/src/main.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/src/MiscFunctions.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/src/PropertyWidget.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/src/WipeItem.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/src/metrics/BaseMetric.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/src/metrics/MetricsManager.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/src/metrics/MetricsRegistering.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/src/metrics/PerceptualMetric.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/src/metrics/PerChannelMeanMetric.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/src/metrics/PerChannelMetric.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/src/metrics/PerLuminanceMetric.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/3rdparty/perceptualdiff/LPyramid.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/3rdparty/perceptualdiff/Metric.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/3rdparty/perceptualdiff/CompareArgs.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/3rdparty/perceptualdiff/RGBAImage.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/3rdparty/qtpropertybrowser/qteditorfactory.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/3rdparty/qtpropertybrowser/qtpropertybrowser.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/3rdparty/qtpropertybrowser/qtpropertybrowserutils.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/3rdparty/qtpropertybrowser/qtpropertymanager.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/3rdparty/qtpropertybrowser/qttreepropertybrowser.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/3rdparty/qtpropertybrowser/qtvariantproperty.cpp.obj CMakeFiles/diffimg.dir/diffimg_autogen/PNK5WDWK6L/qrc_diffimg.cpp.obj -o diffimg.exe -Wl,--out-implib,libdiffimg.dll.a -Wl,--major-image-version,0,--minor-image-version,0  C:/Qwt-6.1.6/lib  C:/Qt/5.15.2/mingw81_64/lib/libQt5Widgets.a  C:/Qt/5.15.2/mingw81_64/lib/libQt5Gui.a  C:/Qt/5.15.2/mingw81_64/lib/libQt5Core.a  -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspool -lshell32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -luuid -lcomdlg32 -ladvapi32 && cd ."
C:/Qt/Tools/mingw810_64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/8.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find C:/Qwt-6.1.6/lib: Permission denied
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
14:28:47: The process "C:\Qt\Tools\CMake_64\bin\cmake.exe" exited with code 1.
Error while building/deploying project diffimg (kit: Desktop Qt 5.15.2 MinGW 64-bit)
When executing step "Build"
14:28:47: Elapsed time: 00:02.

KroMignon

@ldislav said in cannot find C:/Qwt-6.1.6/lib: Permission denied:

it's a fork of that project: https://github.com/sandsmark/diffimg

From GitHub:

Are you sure this fork is working?
It seems that is also based on Qt 4.x

ldislav

@KroMignon

I'm not sure, but the creator seems competent.
The readme that references Qt 4.x is from the original version, but the code seems to be adapted to version 5.

jsulm

@ldislav

-Wl,--major-image-version,0,--minor-image-version,0  C:/Qwt-6.1.6/lib

I think this is the problem in the linker call. You will need to check the CMakeLists.txt files to find out how to fix.

KroMignon

@ldislav said in cannot find C:/Qwt-6.1.6/lib: Permission denied:

The readme that references Qt 4.x is from the original version, but the code seems to be adapted to version 5.

Yes there are changes done, at least the main CMakeList.txt seems to be for Qt5 (but don't know which version is required).

And the devlopper don't seems to give any garanties about project quality:

ldislav

@jsulm Thank you. It seems I figured it out. I just added

set ( QT_INCLUDE_DIR "C:/Qwt-6.1.6/include" )
set ( QT_LIBRARY_DIR "C:/Qwt-6.1.6/lib" )

to the FindQwt.cmake and disabled antivirus.

@KroMignon I can confirm now that it works. The original program had issues with .png files. This seems to be solved in the fork.