Error: Symbolic links not supported: disabling -L.

Andy35

Hi,
Im a real noob, just installed the latest version of qt on Window 10, tried a fresh clean new project, as well as the examples and got this error right into my face:

Symbolic links not supported: disabling -L.
this linker was not configured to use sysroots
linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

I basically know nothing yet about qt and would really appreciate your help to get started.

Thanks!

aha_1980

Hi @Andy35,

please post the complete text of your compile output pane.

Regards

Andy35

I hope, that is what you needed

mingw32-make[1]: Leaving directory 'D:/qt/build-untitled-Desktop_Qt_5_12_3_MSVC2017_64bit-Debug'
Makefile:38: recipe for target 'debug' failed
mingw32-make[1]: *** [debug/untitled.exe] Error 1
mingw32-make: *** [debug] Error 2
05:53:57: The process "C:\TDM-GCC-64\bin\mingw32-make.exe" exited with code 2.
Error while building/deploying project untitled (kit: Desktop Qt 5.12.3 MSVC2017 64bit)
When executing step "Make"
05:53:57: Elapsed time: 00:06.

aha_1980

Hi @Andy35,

yeah thats (at least a part of) the log.

I can already see that you have likely a mixture of MSVC and MinGW compiler.

So my question: which compiler do you want to use?

Andy35

Sorry, didnt see I could scroll up in the compiler log

05:53:51: Running steps for project untitled...
05:53:51: Starting: "D:\qt\5.12.3\msvc2017_64\bin\qmake.exe" D:\qt\untitled\untitled.pro -spec win32-clang-g++ "CONFIG+=debug" "CONFIG+=qml_debug" "QMAKE_CFLAGS+=--sysroot="\""C:/TDM-GCC-64"\""" "QMAKE_CXXFLAGS+=--sysroot="\""C:/TDM-GCC-64"\""" "QMAKE_LFLAGS+=--sysroot="\""C:/TDM-GCC-64"\""" "QMAKE_CFLAGS+=--target=x86_64-w64-mingw32" "QMAKE_CXXFLAGS+=--target=x86_64-w64-mingw32" "QMAKE_LFLAGS+=--target=x86_64-w64-mingw32"
05:53:52: The process "D:\qt\5.12.3\msvc2017_64\bin\qmake.exe" exited normally.
05:53:52: Starting: "C:\TDM-GCC-64\bin\mingw32-make.exe" -f D:/qt/build-untitled-Desktop_Qt_5_12_3_MSVC2017_64bit-Debug/Makefile qmake_all
mingw32-make: Nothing to be done for 'qmake_all'.
05:53:52: The process "C:\TDM-GCC-64\bin\mingw32-make.exe" exited normally.
05:53:52: Starting: "C:\TDM-GCC-64\bin\mingw32-make.exe" 
mingw32-make: Symbolic links not supported: disabling -L.
C:/TDM-GCC-64/bin/mingw32-make -f Makefile.Debug
mingw32-make[1]: Entering directory 'D:/qt/build-untitled-Desktop_Qt_5_12_3_MSVC2017_64bit-Debug'
clang++ --sysroot=C:/TDM-GCC-64 --target=x86_64-w64-mingw32 -Wl,-subsystem,windows -mthreads -o debug\untitled.exe debug/main.o debug/mainwindow.o debug/moc_mainwindow.o  -LD:\qt\5.12.3\msvc2017_64\lib D:\qt\5.12.3\msvc2017_64\lib\Qt5Widgetsd.lib D:\qt\5.12.3\msvc2017_64\lib\Qt5Guid.lib D:\qt\5.12.3\msvc2017_64\lib\Qt5Cored.lib  -lmingw32 D:\qt\5.12.3\msvc2017_64\lib\qtmaind.lib -LC:\openssl\lib -LC:\Utils\my_sql\mysql-5.6.11-winx64\lib -LC:\Utils\postgresql\pgsql\lib -lshell32 
C:\TDM-GCC-64\bin\ld.exe: this linker was not configured to use sysroots
clang++: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
Makefile.Debug:69: recipe for target 'debug/untitled.exe' failed
mingw32-make[1]: Leaving directory 'D:/qt/build-untitled-Desktop_Qt_5_12_3_MSVC2017_64bit-Debug'
Makefile:38: recipe for target 'debug' failed
mingw32-make[1]: *** [debug/untitled.exe] Error 1
mingw32-make: *** [debug] Error 2
05:53:57: The process "C:\TDM-GCC-64\bin\mingw32-make.exe" exited with code 2.
Error while building/deploying project untitled (kit: Desktop Qt 5.12.3 MSVC2017 64bit)
When executing step "Make"
05:53:57: Elapsed time: 00:06.

I prefer OpenSource and FLOSS, so I guess its MinGW for me.

jsulm

@Andy35 said in Error: Symbolic links not supported: disabling -L.:

I prefer OpenSource and FLOSS, so I guess its MinGW for me.

Then install Qt for MinGW instead of Qt 5.12.3 MSVC2017 which is for Microsoft C++ compiler.

aha_1980

Hi again @Andy35,

thanks that's better.

Now I see that you have even three systems combined: Clang, MinGW and MSVC.

I'd recommend you a clean new installation.

When selecting Qt, make sure to only select the MinGW version below 5.12.3 (choose 32 or 64 bit). If you just check 5.12.3, you will get all versions (MSVC, UWP, Android, etc.) Experience has shown that can lead to setup problems like yours.

After that, it should work like a charm.

Regards

Also select the appropriate MinGW compiler from the Tools section.

Andy35

Thanks guys, it works! Wanted to code in qt since 2010. Dream came true.

jsulm

@Andy35 Have fun! :-)

top-master

For future readers;
mingw's *make.exe seems to produce the error:
"Symbolic links not supported: disabling -L."

Maybe because trying to use clang instead of gcc.

Possible Solution: download and use jom.exe instead.

Example:

Simply backup *make.exe, then replace it with jom.exe
(by moving jom.exe to same folder, and renaming jom.exe file to same name).

I mean, they seem to support the same command-lines,
with the only difference that jom.exe does not crash with strange-message.