Visual Studio 2010 nmake error

agent8261

I too had problems trying to install Qt 4.7.2 and integrating it with visual studio. When I tried to compile Qt using nmake I always got an error stating that some dll was in use. The actual dll changed every time. After about 2 days of searching and trying things, I fixed it, but I'm not at all sure what was wrong.

Hopefully this will help. Here are the exact steps I had to do in order to compile:

1: I uninstalled all the QT binaries.

2: I deleted the Qt folder.

3: I downloaded the "Visual Studio Add-in":http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/visual-studio-add-in

4: I installed the visual studio add-in

5: I downloaded the "Qt source code":http://get.qt.nokia.com/qt/source/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.2.zip

6: I created New folders c:\Qt\4.7.2-vc\ and extracted the source code to it.

7: I set the environment variables:

QTDIR = C:\Qt\4.7.2-vc\

QMAKESPEC = win32-msvc2010

8: I added to the Path variable:

cd C:\Qt\4.7.2-vc\bin

!!Check!!
If you set it up like I did, then you should be able to do:

C:\Qt\4.7.2-vc\configure.exe -help

from the windows cmd prompt.

9: I downloaded the lasts version of “jom”: ftp://ftp.qt.nokia.com/jom/

10: I created the folder C:\Qt\4.7.2-vc\jom extracted the jom files to it

11: I restarted windows then opened the VISUAL STUDIO command prompt and ran

C:
cd C:\Qt\4.7.2-vc
configure -debug-and-release -opensource -platform win32-msvc2010

The configuration took awhile. After it was finished

12: I RESTARTED IN SAFE MODE!!!!

I don’t know why this step was important, but I had to do the actual compilation in safe mode.

13: Open the VISUAL STUDIO command prompt and run

C:
cd C:\Qt\4.7.2-vc
C:\Qt\4.7.2-vc\jom\jom.exe –j 8

8 is the number of CPU cores for my computer.

Building the file took a long time. By far the longest I have ever seen, but if finally finished.

Afterwards I had to open visual studio and configure the add-in. Below are the sites that helped me figure everything out.

http://www.holoborodko.com/pavel/2011/02/01/how-to-compile-qt-4-7-with-visual-studio-2010/

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4379374/compiling-qt-visual-studio-2010

http://blog.paulnettleship.com/2010/11/11/troubleshooting-visual-studio-2010-and-qt-4-7-integration/

http://dcsoft.wordpress.com/

FYI: I’m on windows 7, using visual studio 2010 ultimate (version 10.0.30319.1), running on a Intel i7(q720). I compiled 4.72 LGPL version of the QT framework. I am using the Visual Studio Qt add-in 1.1.9-1.

muntoo

I've installed the Visual Studio 2010 Add-in. I'm still not sure whether I have to compile the source code, or if any of the installers will work with Visual Studio 2010.

agent8261

I'm not sure if you "have" to compile it yourself or not, but I did. I remember reading somewhere during my search to fix the problem, that the qt binaries are for an older version of visual studio. Long story short, I assumed that I had to compile from source.

Step 13 is where I compiled the src code.

C:\Qt\4.7.2-vc\jom\jom.exe –j 8

is what starts the compile process.

agent8261

Note, I never used nmake.

muntoo

Hmmm... Is Qt pure C++, or does it require any compilers for other languages?

@Error: Creating a shadow build of Qt requires
perl to be in the PATH environment@

(I'll probably be able to work around this, but I'm just saying that it said that.)

agent8261

That error means that you have qt installed (more precisely configured) already.

There is some command to undo a previous configuration. I don't remember what it was. You could also install perl, but I think undoing the previous configuration is easier.

I think Qt uses perl for scripting. From what I understand, Qt uses a bunch of macros and meta commands to "extend" c++. Qmake then changes your code to actual c++ for compiling. But I'm just learning how to use Qt so, that's just my guess.

muntoo

When I ran:

@configure -debug-and-release -opensource -platform win32-msvc2010@

It ran for a while. Then, I got:

@header created for C:/Qt/4.7.2-vc/src/qt3support/widgets/q3widgetstack.h (2)
header (master) created for Qt3Support
headers.pri file created for Qt3Support
mkdir C:/Qt/4.7.2-vc/bin/src/tools
mkdir C:/Qt/4.7.2-vc/bin/src/tools/uic
Creating qmake...

Creating makefiles in src...
Generating Visual Studio project files...
execute: File or path is not found (C:\Qt\4.7.2-vc\bin\bin\qmake)
Qmake failed, return code -1

Generating Makefiles...
execute: File or path is not found (C:\Qt\4.7.2-vc\bin\bin\qmake)
Qmake failed, return code -1

C:\Qt\4.7.2-vc\bin>@

agent8261

Looks like some file path variable isn't set correctly. Check your environment variables.

muntoo

OK, here it is this time:

@Setting environment for using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 x86 tools.

C:Program FilesMicrosoft Visual Studio 10.0VC>cd %QTDIR%

C:Qt4.7.2-vc>configure -debug-and-release -opensource -platform win32-msvc2010

This is the Qt for Windows Open Source Edition.

You are licensed to use this software under the terms of
the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1
or the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3.

Type '3' to view the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).
Type 'L' to view the Lesser GNU General Public License version 2.1 (LGPLv2.1).
Type 'y' to accept this license offer.
Type 'n' to decline this license offer.

Do you accept the terms of the license?
y
Environment:
INCLUDE=
C:Program FilesMicrosoft Visual Studio 10.0VCINCLUDE
C:Program FilesMicrosoft Visual Studio 10.0VCATLMFCINCLUDE
C:Program FilesMicrosoft SDKsWindowsv7.0Ainclude

LIB=
  C:Program FilesMicrosoft Visual Studio 10.0VCLIB
  C:Program FilesMicrosoft Visual Studio 10.0VCATLMFCLIB
  C:Program FilesMicrosoft SDKsWindowsv7.0Alib

PATH=
  C:Program FilesMicrosoft F#v4.0
  C:Program FilesMicrosoft Visual Studio 10.0VSTSDBDeploy
  C:Program FilesMicrosoft Visual Studio 10.0Common7IDE
  C:Program FilesMicrosoft Visual Studio 10.0VCBIN
  C:Program FilesMicrosoft Visual Studio 10.0Common7Tools
  c:WindowsMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv4.0.30319
  c:WindowsMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv3.5
  C:Program FilesMicrosoft Visual Studio 10.0VCVCPackages
  C:Program FilesHTML Help Workshop
  C:Program FilesMicrosoft SDKsWindowsv7.0AbinNETFX 4.0 Tools
  C:Program FilesMicrosoft SDKsWindowsv7.0Abin
  C:Perlsitebin
  C:Perlbin
  C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedWindows Live
  C:Windowssystem32
  C:Windows
  C:WindowsSystem32Wbem
  C:Program FilesZipGenius 6
  c:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server100ToolsBinn
  c:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server100DTSBinn
  C:PROGRA~1TIEDUC~1TI-83P~1UTILS
  C:WindowsSystem32WindowsPowerShellv1.0
  C:Program FilesWindows LiveShared
  C:Program FilesCalibre2
  C:Program FilesTortoiseHg
  C:Program FilesTortoiseSVNbin
  C:Program FilesQuickTimeQTSystem
  C:Qt4.7.2-vc
  C:Qt4.7.2-vcbin
  C:Program FilesMercurial

You are licensed to use this software under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.Y
ou are licensed to use this software under the terms of the Lesser GNU LGPL vers
ion 2.1.
See C:/Qt/4.7.2-vc3

or C:/Qt/4.7.2-vcL

Configuration:
minimal-config
small-config
medium-config
large-config
full-config
build_all
debug
Qt Configuration:
release
debug
zlib
png
accessibility
qt3support
opengl
s60
ipv6
script
scripttools
xmlpatterns
phonon
phonon-backend
multimedia
audio-backend
declarative
native-gestures
svg
minimal-config
small-config
medium-config
large-config
full-config

QMAKESPEC...................win32-msvc2010 (commandline)
Architecture................windows
Maketool....................nmake
Debug symbols...............yes
Link Time Code Generation...no
Accessibility support.......yes
STL support.................yes
Exception support...........yes
RTTI support................yes
MMX support.................yes
3DNOW support...............yes
SSE support.................yes
SSE2 support................yes
IWMMXT support..............no
OpenGL support..............yes
OpenVG support..............no
OpenSSL support.............no
QtDBus support..............no
QtXmlPatterns support.......yes
Phonon support..............yes
QtMultimedia support........yes
WebKit support..............yes
Declarative support.........yes
Declarative debugging.......yes
QtScript support............yes
QtScriptTools support.......yes
Graphics System.............raster
Qt3 compatibility...........yes

Third Party Libraries:
ZLIB support............qt
GIF support.............plugin
TIFF support............plugin
JPEG support............plugin
PNG support.............yes
MNG support.............plugin
FreeType support........no

Styles:
Windows.................yes
Windows XP..............yes
Windows Vista...........yes
Plastique...............yes
Cleanlooks..............yes
Motif...................yes
CDE.....................yes
Windows CE..............no
Windows Mobile..........no
S60.....................no

Sql Drivers:
ODBC....................no
MySQL...................no
OCI.....................no
PostgreSQL..............no
TDS.....................no
DB2.....................no
SQLite..................plugin (qt)
SQLite2.................no
InterBase...............no

Sources are in..............C:Qt4.7.2-vc
Build is done in............C:Qt4.7.2-vc
Install prefix..............C:Qt4.7.2-vc
Headers installed to........C:Qt4.7.2-vcinclude
Libraries installed to......C:Qt4.7.2-vclib
Plugins installed to........C:Qt4.7.2-vcplugins
Imports installed to........C:Qt4.7.2-vcimports
Binaries installed to.......C:Qt4.7.2-vcbin
Docs installed to...........C:Qt4.7.2-vcdoc
Data installed to...........C:Qt4.7.2-vc
Translations installed to...C:Qt4.7.2-vctranslations
Examples installed to.......C:Qt4.7.2-vcexamples
Demos installed to..........C:Qt4.7.2-vcdemos

Running syncqt...
Creating qmake...

Creating makefiles in src...
Generating Visual Studio project files...
execute: Unknown error
(-nodepend)
(-tp)
(vc)
(-r)
(C:/Qt/4.7.2-vc/projects.pro)
(-o)
(C:/Qt/4.7.2-vc)
Qmake failed, return code -1

Generating Makefiles...
execute: Unknown error
(-r)
(C:/Qt/4.7.2-vc/projects.pro)
(-o)
(C:/Qt/4.7.2-vc)
Qmake failed, return code -1

C:Qt4.7.2-vc>@

ludde

Since you seem to be getting different errors each time, maybe using a shadow build (see "this page":http://doc.qt.nokia.com/main-snapshot/shadow-builds-wince.html) would help - just to make sure you are building from scratch every time you start building. (Shadow building works for for Windows too, not just Windows CE, but you have to use the '-nomake examples' configure option with Qt 4.7.3.) Alternatively, you could run 'nmake distclean' to clean things up, but I don't know if you can be 100% sure that it really does clean everything.

THSQT

I always have the same error:

c:\qt\4.7.2\include\qtcore../../src/corelib/global/qt_windows.h(63) : fatal err
or C1083: Cannot open include file: 'windows.h': No such file or directory
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0
VC\BIN\cl.EXE"' : return code '0x2'
Stop.
Building qmake failed, return code 2

I've followed agent8261 instructions up to step 11

1: I uninstalled all the QT binaries.

2: I deleted the Qt folder.

3: I downloaded the Visual Studio Add-in [qt.nokia.com]

4: I installed the visual studio add-in

5: I downloaded the Qt source code [get.qt.nokia.com]

6: I created New folders c:\Qt\4.7.2-vc\ and extracted the source code to it.

7: I set the environment variables:

QTDIR = C:\Qt\4.7.2-vc\

QMAKESPEC = win32-msvc2010

8: I added to the Path variable:

cd C:\Qt\4.7.2-vc\bin

!!Check!!
If you set it up like I did, then you should be able to do:

C:\Qt\4.7.2-vc\configure.exe -help

from the windows cmd prompt.

9: I downloaded the lasts version of “jom”: ftp://ftp.qt.nokia.com/jom/

10: I created the folder C:\Qt\4.7.2-vc\jom extracted the jom files to it

11: I restarted windows then opened the VISUAL STUDIO command prompt and ran

C:
cd C:\Qt\4.7.2-vc
configure -debug-and-release -opensource -platform win32-msvc2010

What can I do????????
Thanks

steno

[quote author="muntoo" date="1304471289"]I've installed the Visual Studio 2010 Add-in. I'm still not sure whether I have to compile the source code, or if any of the installers will work with Visual Studio 2010.[/quote]

The vs2008 installer works fine for me on vs2010. I don't ever build from source with the installers...

jpo38

I had the same problem yesterday when trying to build Qt 4.7.4 with VS2008, and I remember having this problem in the past with earlier versions too.

I then started Windows in Safe Mode and started compilation. It succeeded.

Apparently, Microsoft compiler is more stable in safe mode.

Jean

dezdechado

[quote author="muntoo" date="1305411723"]
Creating makefiles in src...
Generating Visual Studio project files...
execute: Unknown error
(-nodepend)
(-tp)
(vc)
(-r)
(C:/Qt/4.7.2-vc/projects.pro)
(-o)
(C:/Qt/4.7.2-vc)
Qmake failed, return code -1
[/quote]
It seems that you use wrong target architecture. For example, you may use "Visual Studio x64 command prompt" instead x86.

sara_2005

Hi I have the same problem with windows 64 and Qt4.8 .
nmake falls in a warning loop after many time .

Bob.Capton

when i run the command:
configure -debug-and-release -opensource -platform win32-msvc2010
i get an error which says windows.h files.
I've however installed the windows SDK but it's still giving me the error.
Please i need help

Techtotie

Hi,

I am not aware of entire previous discussions but I think probable answer to your question about windows.h file might be ..

You have to set some environmental system variables.
I am using cl compiler and SDK and it works fine for me. I have the following environmental variables set..

Variable name : INCLUDE
Variable value : C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\atl\include;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\mfc\include;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\include;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\atlmfc\include;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Include;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\include;C:\OpenSSL-Win32\include;C:\OpenSSL-Win32\include\openssl;

I am using cl from Visual studio command prompt. I am not aware of any settings to be done for Visual studio debugger. This link might help you :
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vcgeneral/thread/c42cf8da-8718-4aa7-9a6a-9eef80f96c6e

weiyuemin

I have the same issue with muntoo, while building the current stable branch (5.1) from git.

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\bin\m
t.exe"' : return code '0x1f'

Carefully reading http://qt-project.org/wiki/Building_Qt_5_from_Git , I guess it is because lack of Windows SDK 7.1.

But I failed to install Windows SDK 7.1. According to the page http://qt-project.org/wiki/Cannot_Install_Windows_SDK, I uninstalled the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable, but still failed with another error.

Techtotie

Hi,

  Try to use jom instead of nmake that may solve your problem...

Refer to ...: http://qt-project.org/forums/viewthread/25776

weiyuemin

At that time, I had other errors when using jom, posted at http://qt-project.org/forums/viewthread/26325 Afterwards I find another machine that can install Windows SDK and run nmake, then build successfully.

jom may indeed avoid the problem. In fact, I participate in your referred post http://qt-project.org/forums/viewthread/25776 :)