Project ERROR: You cannot configure qt separately within a top-level build

[ChetanM]

@jsulm

I followed steps from the below link ,
"https://forum.qt.io/topic/122297/beaglebone-cross-compile-setup/2"

after i remove -top-level i get the following
Info: creating cache file /home/chetan/QtForBBB/build_qt/.qmake.cache
Project ERROR: You cannot configure qtbase separately within a top-level build.

[jsulm]

@ChetanM Please follow https://wiki.qt.io/Building_Qt_5_from_Git and don't build inside source tree!

[ChetanM]

Thanks for the response @jsulm , i will try to do the steps mentioned ,
my dir structure is
├── build_qt
│   ├── bin
│   ├── mkspecs
│   └── qmake
└── qt5
└── qt5base

I can issue build fro build_qt dir correct , qt5base will have the code

Should i replace the QT code and continue the same steps for cross compilation .? Or are there different steps for cross compilation , I need QT for beagle bone black .

Thanks
Chetan.M

[jsulm]

@ChetanM said in Project ERROR: You cannot configure qt separately within a top-level build:

Should i replace the QT code and continue the same steps for cross compilation .?

No need to replace Qt code as it is the same.
For cross compilation you need a sysroot and cross-compiler for your device.

[ChetanM]

@jsulm i mean replace earlier QT code and cross compile the one from git .
I have got the sys root for Debian image

../qt5/qt5base/qtbase/configure -device linux-beagleboard-g++ -device-option CROSS_COMPILE=/home/chetan/gcc-linaro/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-
-sysroot /home/chetan/bbb-rootfs -opensource -confirm-license -optimized-qmake -release -make libs -prefix /usr/local/qt5bbb -hostprefix /usr/local/qt5bbb -qt-zlib -qt-libpng -openssl -v

Is this correct

[jsulm]

@ChetanM said in Project ERROR: You cannot configure qt separately within a top-level build:

Is this correct

Probably, just try

[ChetanM]

Hi @jsulm ,

I still get the error
Project ERROR: You cannot configure qtbase separately within a top-level build.

This is my configure
../qtsrc/qt5/qtbase/configure -device linux-beagleboard-g++ -device-option CROSS_COMPILE=/home/chetan/gcc-linaro/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf- -sysroot /home/chetan/bbb-rootfs -opensource -confirm-license -optimized-qmake -release -make libs -prefix /usr/local/qt5bbb -hostprefix /usr/local/qt5bbb -qt-zlib -qt-libpng -openssl -v

├── build_qt
│   ├── bin
│   ├── include
│   ├── mkspecs
│   └── qmake
└── qtsrc
└── qt5 // Qt src from git

Regards
Chetan.M

[ChetanM]

@jsulm

Creating qmake...
............................................................................................Done.
Project ERROR: You cannot configure qtbase separately within a top-level build.

I still get error if i run
../qtsrc/qt5/qtbase/configure -device linux-beagleboard-g++

can you please suggest

Regards
Chetan.M

[jbates]

@ChetanM Did you ever resolve this? I'm stumbling with the same issue.

[SGaist]

@jbates hi and welcome to devnet,

Just a hunch, did you try using the full path to the configure script ?

[jbates]

@SGaist Thanks for the reply, Yes I did.
I resolved the problem by deleting the .qmake* files in my home directory.