Cant build stanford CS106L projects using QTCreator

cristian-adam

Change in your GraphViz.pro the following lines:

SOURCES += $$PWD/src/*.cpp
SOURCES += $$PWD/src/*.h
HEADERS += $$PWD/src/*.h

# set up flags for the compiler and Stanford C++ libraries
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -std=c++11 \

to these lines:

SOURCES += $$files(src/*.cpp)
SOURCES += $$files(src/*.h)
HEADERS += $$files(src/*.h)

# set up flags for the compiler and Stanford C++ libraries
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -std=c++17 \

And your project will compile with MinGW 11.2.0.

The first part fixed my issue, the second part will fix your issue 😀

d14bl0

Hey many thanks for taking the time.

Your solution got rid of all errors except 1 (copyResources Error 4), I have tried a few things recommended by chatGPT but still no luck :/

cristian-adam

I deleted the build directory and then right click on the project and then selected Build and the output looks like this:

19:16:06: Running steps for project GraphViz...
19:16:06: Starting: "C:\Qt\6.7.2\mingw_64\bin\qmake.exe" C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\GraphViz.pro -spec win32-g++ "CONFIG+=debug" "CONFIG+=qml_debug"
Info: creating stash file C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\build\Desktop_Qt_6_7_2_MinGW_64_bit-Debug\.qmake.stash
19:16:09: The process "C:\Qt\6.7.2\mingw_64\bin\qmake.exe" exited normally.
19:16:09: Starting: "C:\Qt\Tools\mingw1120_64\bin\mingw32-make.exe" -f C:/Projects/stanford/01_GraphViz/build/Desktop_Qt_6_7_2_MinGW_64_bit-Debug/Makefile qmake_all
mingw32-make: Nothing to be done for 'qmake_all'.
19:16:09: The process "C:\Qt\Tools\mingw1120_64\bin\mingw32-make.exe" exited normally.
19:16:09: Starting: "C:\Qt\Tools\mingw1120_64\bin\mingw32-make.exe" -j8
C:/Qt/Tools/mingw1120_64/bin/mingw32-make -f Makefile.Debug
mingw32-make[1]: Entering directory 'C:/Projects/stanford/01_GraphViz/build/Desktop_Qt_6_7_2_MinGW_64_bit-Debug'
g++ -c -fno-keep-inline-dllexport -std=c++17 -Wall -Wextra -Wreturn-type -Werror=return-type -Wunreachable-code -g -Wall -Wextra -Wextra -fexceptions -mthreads -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DWIN32 -DMINGW_HAS_SECURE_API=1 -DQT_QML_DEBUG -DQT_WIDGETS_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -IC:/Qt/6.7.2/mingw_64/include -IC:/Qt/6.7.2/mingw_64/include/QtWidgets -IC:/Qt/6.7.2/mingw_64/include/QtGui -IC:/Qt/6.7.2/mingw_64/include/QtCore -Idebug -I/include -IC:/Qt/6.7.2/mingw_64/mkspecs/win32-g++  -o debug\main.o ..\..\src\main.cpp
g++ -c -fno-keep-inline-dllexport -std=c++17 -Wall -Wextra -Wreturn-type -Werror=return-type -Wunreachable-code -g -Wall -Wextra -Wextra -fexceptions -mthreads -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DWIN32 -DMINGW_HAS_SECURE_API=1 -DQT_QML_DEBUG -DQT_WIDGETS_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -IC:/Qt/6.7.2/mingw_64/include -IC:/Qt/6.7.2/mingw_64/include/QtWidgets -IC:/Qt/6.7.2/mingw_64/include/QtGui -IC:/Qt/6.7.2/mingw_64/include/QtCore -Idebug -I/include -IC:/Qt/6.7.2/mingw_64/mkspecs/win32-g++  -o debug\SimpleGraph.o ..\..\src\SimpleGraph.cpp
g++ -fno-keep-inline-dllexport -std=c++17 -Wall -Wextra -Wreturn-type -Werror=return-type -Wunreachable-code -g -Wall -Wextra -Wextra -dM -E -o debug\moc_predefs.h C:\Qt\6.7.2\mingw_64\mkspecs\features\data\dummy.cpp
xcopy "C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res" "C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\build\Desktop_Qt_6_7_2_MinGW_64_bit-Debug" /e /y 
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\10clique
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\10grid
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\10line
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\127binary-tree
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\2line
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\30clique
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\30cycle
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\31binary-tree
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\32wheel
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\3grid
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\50line
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\5clique
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\5grid
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\60cycle
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\63binary-tree
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\64wheel
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\8wheel
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\bull
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\cube
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\desargues
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\dodecahedron
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\doodad-1
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\doodad-2
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\doodad-3
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\durer
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\heawood
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\icosahedron
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\mobius-kantor
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\moser-spindle
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\octahedron
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\petersen
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\star
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\tesseract
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\tietze
C:\Projects\stanford\01_GraphViz\res\triangle
35 File(s) copied
C:\Qt\6.7.2\mingw_64\bin\moc.exe -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DWIN32 -DMINGW_HAS_SECURE_API=1 -DQT_QML_DEBUG -DQT_WIDGETS_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB --include C:/Projects/stanford/01_GraphViz/build/Desktop_Qt_6_7_2_MinGW_64_bit-Debug/debug/moc_predefs.h -IC:/Qt/6.7.2/mingw_64/mkspecs/win32-g++ -IC:/Projects/stanford/01_GraphViz -IC:/Qt/6.7.2/mingw_64/include -IC:/Qt/6.7.2/mingw_64/include/QtWidgets -IC:/Qt/6.7.2/mingw_64/include/QtGui -IC:/Qt/6.7.2/mingw_64/include/QtCore -IC:/Qt/Tools/mingw1120_64/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/11.2.0/include/c++ -IC:/Qt/Tools/mingw1120_64/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/11.2.0/include/c++/x86_64-w64-mingw32 -IC:/Qt/Tools/mingw1120_64/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/11.2.0/include/c++/backward -IC:/Qt/Tools/mingw1120_64/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/11.2.0/include -IC:/Qt/Tools/mingw1120_64/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/11.2.0/include-fixed -IC:/Qt/Tools/mingw1120_64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include ..\..\src\SimpleGraph.h -o debug\moc_SimpleGraph.cpp
g++ -c -fno-keep-inline-dllexport -std=c++17 -Wall -Wextra -Wreturn-type -Werror=return-type -Wunreachable-code -g -Wall -Wextra -Wextra -fexceptions -mthreads -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DWIN32 -DMINGW_HAS_SECURE_API=1 -DQT_QML_DEBUG -DQT_WIDGETS_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -IC:/Qt/6.7.2/mingw_64/include -IC:/Qt/6.7.2/mingw_64/include/QtWidgets -IC:/Qt/6.7.2/mingw_64/include/QtGui -IC:/Qt/6.7.2/mingw_64/include/QtCore -Idebug -I/include -IC:/Qt/6.7.2/mingw_64/mkspecs/win32-g++  -o debug\moc_SimpleGraph.o debug\moc_SimpleGraph.cpp
..\..\src\SimpleGraph.cpp: In member function 'virtual void WorkerThread::run()':
..\..\src\SimpleGraph.cpp:95:22: warning: empty parentheses were disambiguated as a function declaration [-Wvexing-parse]
   95 |         int _userMain();
      |                      ^~
..\..\src\SimpleGraph.cpp:95:22: note: remove parentheses to default-initialize a variable
   95 |         int _userMain();
      |                      ^~
      |                      --
..\..\src\SimpleGraph.cpp:95:22: note: or replace parentheses with braces to value-initialize a variable
g++ -Wl,-subsystem,console -mthreads -o debug\GraphViz.exe debug/main.o debug/SimpleGraph.o debug/moc_SimpleGraph.o C:\Qt\6.7.2\mingw_64\lib\libQt6Widgets.a C:\Qt\6.7.2\mingw_64\lib\libQt6Gui.a C:\Qt\6.7.2\mingw_64\lib\libQt6Core.a   
mingw32-make[1]: Leaving directory 'C:/Projects/stanford/01_GraphViz/build/Desktop_Qt_6_7_2_MinGW_64_bit-Debug'
19:16:21: The process "C:\Qt\Tools\mingw1120_64\bin\mingw32-make.exe" exited normally.
19:16:21: Elapsed time: 00:15.

I don't see a reason why this should fail. You can check:

that the build path doesn't contain spaces or something weird
disable the antivirus, which for some reason would want to block something

aha_1980

@d14bl0 In addition to what @cristian-adam said: Please show the compile output (best as text) so we see what actually goes wrong.

Regards

d14bl0

This is the compile output after disabling antivirus:

11:12:33: Running steps for project GraphViz...
11:12:33: Configuration unchanged, skipping qmake step.
11:12:33: Starting: "C:\Qt\Tools\mingw1120_64\bin\mingw32-make.exe" -j20
C:/Qt/Tools/mingw1120_64/bin/mingw32-make -f Makefile.Debug
mingw32-make[1]: Entering directory 'C:/Users/DELLPHOTO/Downloads/01_GraphViz_2/01_GraphViz/build/Desktop_Qt_6_7_2_MinGW_64_bit-Debug'
xcopy "C:\Users\DELLPHOTO\Downloads\01_GraphViz_2\01_GraphViz\res" "C:\Users\DELLPHOTO\Downloads\01_GraphViz_2\01_GraphViz\build\Desktop_Qt_6_7_2_MinGW_64_bit-Debug" /e /y 
Invalid number of parameters
mingw32-make[1]: *** [Makefile.Debug:91: copyResources] Error 4
mingw32-make[1]: Leaving directory 'C:/Users/DELLPHOTO/Downloads/01_GraphViz_2/01_GraphViz/build/Desktop_Qt_6_7_2_MinGW_64_bit-Debug'
mingw32-make: *** [Makefile:45: debug] Error 2
11:12:33: The process "C:\Qt\Tools\mingw1120_64\bin\mingw32-make.exe" exited with code 2.
Error while building/deploying project GraphViz (kit: Desktop Qt 6.7.2 MinGW 64-bit)
When executing step "Make"
11:12:33: Elapsed time: 00:00.

and this is the .pro file

QT += widgets

CONFIG += no_include_pwd
CONFIG += console
CONFIG -= app_bundle

SOURCES += $$files(src/*.cpp)
SOURCES += $$files(src/*.h)
HEADERS += $$files(src/*.h)

QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -std=c++17 \
    -Wall \
    -Wextra \
    -Wreturn-type \
    -Werror=return-type \
    -Wunreachable-code \

defineTest(copyToDestdir) {
    files = $$1

    for(FILE, files) {
        DDIR = $$OUT_PWD

        win32:FILE ~= s,/,\\,g
        win32:DDIR ~= s,/,\\,g

        !win32 {
            copyResources.commands += cp -r '"'$$FILE'"' '"'$$DDIR'"' $$escape_expand(\\n\\t)
        }
        win32 {
            copyResources.commands += xcopy '"'$$FILE'"' '"'$$DDIR'"' /e /y $$escape_expand(\\n\\t)
        }
    }
    export(copyResources.commands)
}

!win32 {
    copyToDestdir($$files($$PWD/res/*))
}
win32 {
    copyToDestdir($$PWD/res)
}

copyResources.input = $$files($$PWD/res)
OTHER_FILES = $$files(res/*)
QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += copyResources
POST_TARGETDEPS += copyResources

macx {
    cache()
    QMAKE_MAC_SDK = macosx
}

jsulm

@d14bl0 Looks like the xcopy command usage is wrong, check that

J.Hilk

@d14bl0 said in Cant build stanford CS106L projects using QTCreator:

SOURCES += $$files(src/*.cpp)
SOURCES += $$files(src/*.h)
HEADERS += $$files(src/*.h)

is this correct ? From personal experience I would say no, adding header files to sources usually leads to compile problems!?

cristian-adam

@d14bl0 You could just comment the whole copyResources part and do the copy of the res directory manually.

This way QMake won't try to do smart things that fail in weird ways.

d14bl0

@cristian-adam Hey thank you very much! that worked :D I was just about to give up.

Thanks again!!!

cristian-adam

@d14bl0 said in Cant build stanford CS106L projects using QTCreator:

@cristian-adam Hey thank you very much! that worked :D I was just about to give up.

Thanks again!!!

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