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How to compile a so file in order to load it as a library.

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  • J jenya7

    @jsulm said in How to compile a so file in order to load it as a library.:

    @jenya7 Then -lQt5Core should be enough, no need for -L

    Thank you.
    g++ -fPIC -shared -o mylib.so mylib.o -L/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf -lQt5Core
    It works. Now it's quit a nightmare - it's like a chain reaction - demands more and more dependencies. I include each time, hope it'll come till the end eventually. My command line string takes the full screen already.

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    jsulm
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    @jenya7 You should use a proper build system like QMake or CMake instead of hacking around with all these manually...

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    • jsulmJ jsulm

      @jenya7 You should use a proper build system like QMake or CMake instead of hacking around with all these manually...

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      @jsulm
      One dependence I can't resolve - undefined symbol: _ZN7QAction16staticMetaObjectE
      Where could it be - QAction - is it a separate library?

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      • J jenya7

        @jsulm
        One dependence I can't resolve - undefined symbol: _ZN7QAction16staticMetaObjectE
        Where could it be - QAction - is it a separate library?

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        @jenya7 If you go to https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qaction.html you will see what Qt module it is (hint: qmake: QT += gui)

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        • jsulmJ jsulm

          @jenya7 If you go to https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qaction.html you will see what Qt module it is (hint: qmake: QT += gui)

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          @jsulm said in How to compile a so file in order to load it as a library.:

          @jenya7 If you go to https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qaction.html you will see what Qt module it is (hint: qmake: QT += gui)

          sorry to bother but I included
          -L/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/ -lQt5Gui
          and QAction is good now but I get
          undefined symbol: _ZN12QActionGroup16staticMetaObjectE
          but I see QAction and QActionGroup in the same library (QT += gui)
          Do I miss some lib?

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          • J jenya7

            @jsulm said in How to compile a so file in order to load it as a library.:

            @jenya7 If you go to https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qaction.html you will see what Qt module it is (hint: qmake: QT += gui)

            sorry to bother but I included
            -L/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/ -lQt5Gui
            and QAction is good now but I get
            undefined symbol: _ZN12QActionGroup16staticMetaObjectE
            but I see QAction and QActionGroup in the same library (QT += gui)
            Do I miss some lib?

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            #22

            @jenya7
            Same as before --- you need to look at the doc page! You are now getting an error about QActionGroup instead of QAction. So you need to look at the QActionGroup page for what it tells you you will need to add, just like before. And note that you are using Qt5 so you will need to be careful to look at that documentation, https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qactiongroup.html, because at Qt6 (the default now when you search online) QActionGroup actually changed module!

            but I see QAction and QActionGroup in the same library (QT += gui)

            Yes in Qt6, not in Qt5!

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            • J jenya7

              @jsulm said in How to compile a so file in order to load it as a library.:

              @jenya7 If you go to https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qaction.html you will see what Qt module it is (hint: qmake: QT += gui)

              sorry to bother but I included
              -L/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/ -lQt5Gui
              and QAction is good now but I get
              undefined symbol: _ZN12QActionGroup16staticMetaObjectE
              but I see QAction and QActionGroup in the same library (QT += gui)
              Do I miss some lib?

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              jsulm
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              @jenya7 said in How to compile a so file in order to load it as a library.:

              but I see QAction and QActionGroup

              This is wrong, please look again...

              https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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              • jsulmJ jsulm

                @jenya7 said in How to compile a so file in order to load it as a library.:

                but I see QAction and QActionGroup

                This is wrong, please look again...

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                @jsulm
                Well. It shows no mercy. To make a single .so file I have to include ALL -lQt5** files and ALL object files in the build folder. Start to learn QMake file usage.

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                • J jenya7

                  @jsulm
                  Well. It shows no mercy. To make a single .so file I have to include ALL -lQt5** files and ALL object files in the build folder. Start to learn QMake file usage.

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                  #25

                  @jenya7
                  Not sure what you are saying here. In order to create a shared library file --- or for that matter an executable --- yes, you have to provide the linker with all the -l... libraries it will need to resolve all the references. And that includes other libraries which each one references. This will not be an unending/large number: there are only a limited number of libraries supplied for Qt, it's not like it's one for each class. Note btw that it will not statically include those library files into your executable or library --- it will use references to the shared library files to load at runtime.

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                  • JonBJ JonB

                    @jenya7
                    Not sure what you are saying here. In order to create a shared library file --- or for that matter an executable --- yes, you have to provide the linker with all the -l... libraries it will need to resolve all the references. And that includes other libraries which each one references. This will not be an unending/large number: there are only a limited number of libraries supplied for Qt, it's not like it's one for each class. Note btw that it will not statically include those library files into your executable or library --- it will use references to the shared library files to load at runtime.

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                    @JonB
                    But when I try to link the resulting so file to Python

                    from ctypes import *
                      
                    libc = CDLL("mylib.so")
                    

                    It throws exceptions till I include ALL files in so file build.

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                    • J jenya7

                      @JonB
                      But when I try to link the resulting so file to Python

                      from ctypes import *
                        
                      libc = CDLL("mylib.so")
                      

                      It throws exceptions till I include ALL files in so file build.

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                      jsulm
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                      @jenya7 said in How to compile a so file in order to load it as a library.:

                      till I include ALL files in so file build

                      You need to add all files which you link to your mylib.so (so, all the -l*.so)

                      https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                        wrote on last edited by jenya7
                        #28

                        Well. Finally I've build a so file. Added libraries till it stopped popping up "undefined symbol".
                        Now when Python loads the file it crashes with

                        Backend terminated or disconnected. Use 'Stop/Restart' to restart.

                        Too bad.

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