Need help seeing my include

Anonymous_Banned275

@kshegunov said in Need help seeing my include:

Looking at the defines, I'm pretty sure you forgot to add the module to list in the .pro file (the QT variable).

You found the problem you are the man...
It complies and tun !

AS a poor excuse - I did not think the client using the library needs the module.
Lesson learn.
THANKS

Anonymous_Banned275

@AnneRanch OK, I have one more request for help.
My project builds, I have added the library to one of the projects.
I have the library linked in .pro file.

unix:!macx: LIBS += -L$$OUT_PWD/../../../../../QT_6/QT6_PRO/CAT/SUB_PRO/EXAMPLES_COPY/QT_5/Examples/Qt-6.2.0/bluetooth/btscanner_source/ -lbtscanner

INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD/../../../../../QT_6/QT6_PRO/CAT/SUB_PRO/EXAMPLES_COPY/QT_5/Examples/Qt-6.2.0/bluetooth/btscanner_source
DEPENDPATH += $$PWD/../../../../../QT_6/QT6_PRO/CAT/SUB_PRO/EXAMPLES_COPY/QT_5/Examples/Qt-6.2.0/bluetooth/btscanner_source

unix:!macx: LIBS += -L$$OUT_PWD/../../../../../QT_6/QT6_PRO/CAT/SUB_PRO/EXAMPLES_COPY/QT_5/Examples/Qt-6.2.0/bluetooth/btscanner_source/ -lbtscanner

INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD/../../../../../QT_6/QT6_PRO/CAT/SUB_PRO/EXAMPLES_COPY/QT_5/Examples/Qt-6.2.0/bluetooth/btscanner_source
DEPENDPATH += $$PWD/../../../../../QT_6/QT6_PRO/CAT/SUB_PRO/EXAMPLES_COPY/QT_5/Examples/Qt-6.2.0/bluetooth/btscanner_source
.

unix:!macx: LIBS += -L$$OUT_PWD/../../../../../QT_6/QT6_PRO/CAT/SUB_PRO/EXAMPLES_COPY/QT_5/Examples/Qt-6.2.0/bluetooth/btscanner_source/ -lbtscanner

INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD/../../../../../QT_6/QT6_PRO/CAT/SUB_PRO/EXAMPLES_COPY/QT_5/Examples/Qt-6.2.0/bluetooth/btscanner_source
DEPENDPATH += $$PWD/../../../../../QT_6/QT6_PRO/CAT/SUB_PRO/EXAMPLES_COPY/QT_5/Examples/Qt-6.2.0/bluetooth/btscanner_source

I still cannot use the library.

The editor does not recognize
"btscanner"
I am still missing something and running out of ideas.

kshegunov

What's the exact errors?

Check the names and the paths, there should be libbtscanner.so inside $$OUT_PWD/../../../../../QT_6/QT6_PRO/CAT/SUB_PRO/EXAMPLES_COPY/QT_5/Examples/Qt-6.2.0/bluetooth/btscanner_source or it won't build (drop the trailing / too).

If this library is a static one, you may want to force it within the PRE_TARGETDEPS[1].

[1] https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qmake-variable-reference.html#pre-targetdeps

Anonymous_Banned275

@kshegunov Here is a screen shot of the error , ignore the extra ")" error.
I'll check the path...
but I can see the build in compiler output ...
Should I post it ?

I decided to post part of the compiler output.
Could you give me an idea where in the output is the resulting library path?

-DQT_DBUS_LIB -DQT_WIDGETS_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I. -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64QtBluetooth -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtBluetooth -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtNetwork -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtDBus -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtWidgets -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtGui -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtCore -I. -I. -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/mkspecs/linux-g++ -o moc_device.o moc_device.cpp
g++ -c -pipe -g -std=gnu++1z -Wall -Wextra -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -DBTSCANNER_PROJECT_LIBRARY -DQT_QML_DEBUG -DQT_BLUETOOTH_LIB -DQT_NETWORK_LIB -DQT_DBUS_LIB -DQT_WIDGETS_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I. -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64QtBluetooth -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtBluetooth -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtNetwork -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtDBus -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtWidgets -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtGui -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtCore -I. -I. -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/mkspecs/linux-g++ -o moc_service.o moc_service.cpp
rm -f libbtscanner.so.1.0.0 libbtscanner.so libbtscanner.so.1 libbtscanner.so.1.0
g++ -Wl,-rpath,/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/lib -shared -Wl,-soname,libbtscanner.so.1 -o libbtscanner.so.1.0.0 main.o device.o service.o moc_device.o moc_service.o /home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/lib/libQt6Bluetooth.so -pthread /home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/lib/libQt6Network.so /home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/lib/libQt6DBus.so /home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/lib/libQt6Widgets.so /home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/lib/libQt6Gui.so /home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/lib/libQt6Core.so -lpthread -lGL
ln -s libbtscanner.so.1.0.0 libbtscanner.so
ln -s libbtscanner.so.1.0.0 libbtscanner.so.1
ln -s libbtscanner.so.1.0.0 libbtscanner.so.1.0
09:37:11: The process "/usr/bin/make" exited normally.
09:37:11: Elapsed time: 00:22.

Here is how library project looks when built from scratch by Qt
Notice removal of gui and the
Default rules for deployment.

I did add DEFINES but not sure what the does.

I do not have either in my project I build from "normal" project by adding
TEMPLATE = lib

PS Looks as "tick tack toe" make a mess when copying . I am sure there is a hack to fix that.

QT -= gui

TEMPLATE = lib
DEFINES += TEST_LIBRARY_LIBRARY

CONFIG += c++11

# You can make your code fail to compile if it uses deprecated APIs.
# In order to do so, uncomment the following line.
#DEFINES += QT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0x060000    # disables all the APIs deprecated before Qt 6.0.0

SOURCES += \
    test_library.cpp

HEADERS += \
    TEST_LIBRARY_global.h \
    test_library.h

# Default rules for deployment.
unix {
    target.path = /usr/lib
}
!isEmpty(target.path): INSTALLS += target

kshegunov

@AnneRanch said in Need help seeing my include:

but I can see the build in compiler output ...

The compiler complains that it doesn't know what the btscanner identifier means. It is missing a declaration or a definition, which usually means that the includes are wrong (somehow). Is this a function?

g++ -Wl,-rpath,/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/lib -shared -Wl,-soname,libbtscanner.so.1 -o libbtscanner.so.1.0.0 main.o device.o service.o moc_device.o moc_service.o /home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/lib/libQt6Bluetooth.so -pthread /home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/lib/libQt6Network.so /home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/lib/libQt6DBus.so /home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/lib/libQt6Widgets.so /home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/lib/libQt6Gui.so /home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/lib/libQt6Core.so -lpthread -lGL

That's the linker call, so the library is in /home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/lib, assuming that the rpath's set to the build directory.

I did add DEFINES but not sure what the does.

I don't follow. What defines and why?

PS Looks as "tick tack toe" make a mess when copying . I am sure there is a hack to fix that.
[snip]

If that's the project file that's supposed to use the btscanner library, then it is missing the proper INCLUDEPATH and the LIBS variables being filled in. It doesn't matter if that's an application or library (template) it still needs to link against the dependency to be able to use it.

Should look something like this:

HEADERS += \
    TEST_LIBRARY_global.h \
    test_library.h

INCLUDEPATH += /home/qe/<...>/include<...>                   # Wherever the headers reside
LIBS += -L/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/lib -lbtscanner

Anonymous_Banned275

I am making some progress

Here is part of the compiler / linker .
It looks as linker is creating .a (shared ?) library.

I have added -Wl --verbose , much needed tool to track what is happening ,and do not the see "btscanner.so" library build at all.

I am going to see how adding the HEADER and INCLUDE to .pro file make a difference.

IT SHOULD - I have been missing that from get go !!!

/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/libexec/moc -DBTSCANNER_PROJECT_LIBRARY -DQT_QML_DEBUG -DQT_BLUETOOTH_LIB -DQT_NETWORK_LIB -DQT_DBUS_LIB -DQT_WIDGETS_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB --include /media/qe/TSET_QT_LABEL/QT_6/QT6_PRO/CAT/SUB_PRO/EXAMPLES_COPY/QT_5/Examples/Qt-6.2.0/bluetooth/btscanner_source/moc_predefs.h -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/mkspecs/linux-g++ -I/media/qe/TSET_QT_LABEL/QT_6/QT6_PRO/CAT/SUB_PRO/EXAMPLES_COPY/QT_5/Examples/Qt-6.2.0/bluetooth/btscanner_source -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtBluetooth -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtNetwork -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtDBus -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtWidgets -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtGui -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtCore -I/usr/include/c++/10 -I/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/c++/10 -I/usr/include/c++/10/backward -I/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/10/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu -I/usr/include service.h -o moc_service.cpp
g++ -c -pipe -g -fPIC -std=gnu++1z -Wall -Wextra -D_REENTRANT -DBTSCANNER_PROJECT_LIBRARY -DQT_QML_DEBUG -DQT_BLUETOOTH_LIB -DQT_NETWORK_LIB -DQT_DBUS_LIB -DQT_WIDGETS_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I. -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtBluetooth -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtNetwork -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtDBus -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtWidgets -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtGui -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtCore -I. -I. -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/mkspecs/linux-g++ -o moc_device.o moc_device.cpp
g++ -c -pipe -g -fPIC -std=gnu++1z -Wall -Wextra -D_REENTRANT -DBTSCANNER_PROJECT_LIBRARY -DQT_QML_DEBUG -DQT_BLUETOOTH_LIB -DQT_NETWORK_LIB -DQT_DBUS_LIB -DQT_WIDGETS_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I. -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtBluetooth -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtNetwork -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtDBus -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtWidgets -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtGui -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/include/QtCore -I. -I. -I/home/qe/Qt_5/6.2.0/gcc_64/mkspecs/linux-g++ -o moc_service.o moc_service.cpp
rm -f libbtscanner.a
ar cqs libbtscanner.a main.o device.o service.o moc_device.o moc_service.o

Anonymous_Banned275

@kshegunov This is a very good point .

"normal " code has
header
source file

relations.

now SUDDIRS adds .pro

and default project mimic the

header
source file

relation in .pro file

without changing anything - not sure about that - done that few versions ago

I can "include"
a library header file in my .cpp file - the client reference point to library ( my inherited definition ) - editor(!) will complain if an attempt to include inaccessible file is made (nice real time feature kidos ) ,
intelisense will display ONLY accessible files .

What is suggested that IN ADDITION to C++ relations between client and library

there need to be manually added "stuff " to .pro file where access to libray is desired.

I would expect this to be done by SUBDIR option "add library" .
Easy to verify.

Sounds reasonable.

HOWEVER, I now have another issue
if I add
CONFIG += staticlib - as recommended in other forum

I get bscanner.a = not btscanner.so

So I got two issues right now.
This will take some time to fix stand by...

kshegunov

@AnneRanch said in Need help seeing my include:

It looks as linker is creating .a (shared ?) library.

That's an archive, a.k.a. a static library.

now SUDDIRS adds .pro

SUBDIRS is simply a tree-like build for qmake. It doesn't have to do with code at all. Each project is built separately and all considerations for stand-alone projects apply. The INCLUDEPATH is necessary for the compiler so it has the declarations avaialble, without it names (i.e. identifiers) mean nothing to it. LIBS is necessary for the linker, whenever it starts to resolve the objects it needs to know what symbol is defined in which binary (library, object file, executable).

HOWEVER, I now have another issue
if I add
CONFIG += staticlib - as recommended in other forum

Don't do that. Stick to dynamic libraries, it's simpler. Otherwise you need to satisfy the dependencies on the client side for the linking.
Also on linux it's necessary as far as I recall to add the archive to the PRE_TARGETDEPS.

Anonymous_Banned275

@kshegunov said in Need help seeing my include:

@AnneRanch said in Need help seeing my include:

It looks as linker is creating .a (shared ?) library.

That's an archive, a.k.a. a static library.

now SUDDIRS adds .pro

SUBDIRS is simply a tree-like build for qmake. It doesn't have to do with code at all. Each project is built separately and all considerations for stand-alone projects apply. The INCLUDEPATH is necessary for the compiler so it has the declarations avaialble, without it names (i.e. identifiers) mean nothing to it. LIBS is necessary for the linker, whenever it starts to resolve the objects it needs to know what symbol is defined in which binary (library, object file, executable).

HOWEVER, I now have another issue
if I add
CONFIG += staticlib - as recommended in other forum

Don't do that. Stick to dynamic libraries, it's simpler. Otherwise you need to satisfy the dependencies on the client side for the linking.
Also on linux it's necessary as far as I recall to add the archive to the PRE_TARGETDEPS.

Thanks for sticking with this mess.

I decided to actually check if the .so library is built and where.
Now I need to verify if that is for real as far as SUDIRS go.

I really believe , I am convinced, I have created this myself by adding
TEMPLATE = lib to the project.

I have no issue using / accessing the real library , created by Qt SUDBIRS .

There are copies of libbtscanner .so files :

qe@qe-desktop:~$ find ./ -name "*btscanner.so"
./Qt_5/Examples/Qt-6.2.0/bluetooth/btscanner/libbtscanner.so
./Qt/Examples/Qt-5.15.2/bluetooth/build-btscanner-Desktop-Debug/libbtscanner.so
qe@qe-desktop:~$

Anonymous_Banned275

I have rebuild my SUDIRS project .
I have a main (widget) application and first subproject - widget application converted to library and another subproject - a real library crreated by Qt.

No problem using the real library.
Same problem using the converted library.

Now the error is what has been suspect from get go

So a same error / story but now official.
Hope I find the missing link soon...

Anonymous_Banned275

I have given up.

Trying to add plain project and converting it to library is futile.
I now have main SUBDIR project with "added library".
The library is build as SUBDIR internal library and added as such to main SUDBIR project. Works as expected.
I'll we transferring "btscanner" code example piece by piece to my library, hopefully learning more about Bluetooth in the process.

I would like to express my appreciation to all who helped , albeit unsuccessfully , to fix this problem.

CASE closed