Compile Qt 5.13.2 with QtWebEngine issue

[Cobra91151]

Hello!

I want to build Qt 5.13.2 with MySQL and QtWebEngine using Visual Studio 2019 for x86 and x64 architecture. When building for x86 it displays this error:

I have tried to build it using these Command Prompts:
x86 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2019
x86_x64 Cross Tools Command Prompt for VS 2019

But these all failed. Also, I have tried the x64_x86 Cross Tools Command Prompt for VS 2019, it does not display any warning but skips to compile the QtWebEngine. So, how to compile QtWebEngine for x86 architecture? Maybe QtWebEngine does not support VS 2019 compiler?

[Cobra91151]

From the docs: https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtwebengine-platform-notes.html#windows

On Windows, the following additional tools are required:

Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8 or later
Active Template Library (ATL), usually included in the Visual Studio installation
Windows 10 SDK
Qt WebEngine can only be built on 64-bit Windows, with a x64-bit toolchain. For building Qt WebEngine for x86 applications, you need to configure and compile Qt with the Visual Studio 2017 x64 to x86 cross-compile toolchain. This toolchain can be set up on the command line by running vcvarsall.bat amd64_x86.

So, I think it could be 2 possible solutions:

1. Try to set up toolchain by running vcvarsamd64_x86.bat for VS 2019
2. Build it using VS 2017

[Cobra91151]

I have tried these 2 solutions but it failed to compile the QtWebEngine. For some reason it compiles only Qt and skips QtWebEngine. Using Visual Studio 2017 the same behavior. It is strange issue, no error, nothing is displayed. Any ideas? Thanks.

[Cobra91151]

I think, I have found the problem. I will investigate it and reply tomorrow.

[Cobra91151]

So, the bison, flex... components were missing, I have added the appropriate path to environment variable: ..\qt-everywhere-src-5.13.2\gnuwin32\bin and now it finds all necessary components, but it still skips to build QtWebEngine. I think, I will try to build it separately and copy/paste compiled QtWebEngine files to the Qt directory.

[Cobra91151]

So, after some testing, when I try to build QtWebEngine separately from qtwebengine-everywhere-src-5.13.2.zip, I get this error:

ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
jom: C:\QtBuild\QtWebEngine\src\core\Makefile.gn_run.Release [run_ninja] Error 1
jom: C:\QtBuild\QtWebEngine\src\core\Makefile.gn_run [release] Error 2
jom: C:\QtBuild\QtWebEngine\src\core\Makefile [sub-gn_run-pro-make_first] Error 2
jom: C:\QtBuild\QtWebEngine\src\Makefile [sub-core-make_first] Error 2
jom: C:\QtBuild\QtWebEngine\Makefile [sub-src-make_first] Error 2

Screenshot:

It seems that it well know issue: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-65677?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel&showAll=true

[Cobra91151]

I have tested it, and results are:

It successfully has been built debug/release using VS 2017 and VS 2019 for x64 architecture but it skips QtWebEngine when building using x64_x86 Cross Tools Command Prompt for VS. I will report this issue.

[Cobra91151]

I have reported this issue here: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-80278

[Christian Ehrlicher]

Instead posting some screenshots it would be nice to see the actual error which should have happened some lines above.

[Cobra91151]

@Christian-Ehrlicher

Hello!

Actually, there is no error it just skips to build the QtWebEngine when building Qt (all modules). When building QtWebEngine separately it displays only these issues, which I have added in the previous post and in the bug report.

ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
jom: C:\QtBuild\QtWebEngine\src\core\Makefile.gn_run.Release [run_ninja] Error 1
jom: C:\QtBuild\QtWebEngine\src\core\Makefile.gn_run [release] Error 2
jom: C:\QtBuild\QtWebEngine\src\core\Makefile [sub-gn_run-pro-make_first] Error 2
jom: C:\QtBuild\QtWebEngine\src\Makefile [sub-core-make_first] Error 2
jom: C:\QtBuild\QtWebEngine\Makefile [sub-src-make_first] Error 2

For x64 everything compiles well, I think the problem is with ninja path when using x64_x86 Cross Tools Command Prompt for VS. I will try to use the system ninja from VS 2019. Thanks.

[Cobra91151]

I have added the ninja path from VS 2019 to environment variable, but it still skips QtWebEngine build and no error is printed:

In the config.log file I found the following errors:

> main.cpp(2): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'alloca.h': No such file or directory
> jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.13.2\config.tests\alloca_h\Makefile [main.obj] Error 2

> main.c(5): fatal error C1189: #error:  __STDC_VERSION__ must be >= 199901L
> jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.13.2\config.tests\c99\Makefile [main.obj] Error 2

> main.cpp(3): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'unistd.h': No such file or directory
> jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.13.2\config.tests\posix_fallocate\Makefile [main.obj] Error 2

> main.cpp(2): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'sys/eventfd.h': No such file or directory
> jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.13.2\config.tests\eventfd\Makefile [main.obj] Error 2

> main.cpp(2): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'sys/inotify.h': No such file or directory
> jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.13.2\config.tests\inotify\Makefile [main.obj] Error 2

> main.cpp(4): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'sys/socket.h': No such file or directory
> jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.13.2\config.tests\cloexec\Makefile [main.obj] Error 2

> main.cpp(3): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'sys/socket.h': No such file or directory
> jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.13.2\config.tests\getifaddrs\Makefile [main.obj] Error 2

> main.cpp(3): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'sys/socket.h': No such file or directory
> jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.13.2\config.tests\ipv6ifname\Makefile [main.obj] Error 2

> main.cpp(5): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'linux/input.h': No such file or directory
> jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.13.2\config.tests\evdev\Makefile [main.obj] Error 2

> main.cpp(2): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'linux/fb.h': No such file or directory
> jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.13.2\config.tests\linuxfb\Makefile [main.obj] Error 2

Qt 5.13.2 compiles successfully, but for some reason it automatically skips the QtWebEngine build.

[Cobra91151]

I have checked the config.log from x64 compilation and it displays the same errors but QtWebEngine compiles successfully. I think, something is missing for x86.

I think, it could be the issue with the latest Windows 10 version 1909 build 18363.476, because it uses Win Dev Kit 18362.1, Qt 5.13.2 was released: October 31, 2019. So, I think, it was built on previous Win 10 version 1903. I will try tomorrow to build it on VM.

[cawlfj]

@Cobra91151
Could you share how build qt with mysql?
You have a topic about how to build qt with mysql , but it need separately build Openssl and mysql libs .
Now QT5.13.2 has include OPENSSL , do you have simply build steps for qt with mysql? (or mariadb)

[Cobra91151]

@cawlfj

Hello!

Currently, I am busy. I am working to fix the Qt 5.13.2 QtWebEngine build issue for x86 architecture.

I want to combine mysql-5.7.28 with the latest openssl-1.1.1d and QtWebEngine. Qt 5.13.2 has older OpenSSL included. You can contact me in the chat, so we can discuss it.

[Cobra91151]

I have checked it on VM on Windows 10 version 1903, but it still skips to build QtWebEngine when building Qt 5.13.2. I think, there is a bug. I will try to build Qt 5.12.X LTS and check if it compiles or not.

[Cobra91151]

I have tried to build Qt 5.12.6 LTS with QtWebEngine but the same issue is present for x86 architecture using x64_x86 Cross Tools Command Prompt for VS. It compiles Qt and skips the QtWebEngine build. I will switch back to Qt 5.9.8 LTS.

[Cobra91151]

Ok. The problem was that older Qt 5.9.8 mixed up with Qt 5.13.2 because I had added paths for Qt 5.9.8 in the PATH environment variable. I have removed these paths and built Qt and then built QtWebEngine module separately, because it still skips QtWebEngine module when building all Qt modules. Anyway, I have figured it out and now it is all working except for the windeployqt.exe utility, it is missing. Any ideas where to get or how to build the windeployqt.exe? Thanks.

[Cobra91151]

So, I have found that windeployqt.exe utility is actually built (it is exists in the ..qttools\bin directory) but for some reason it does not copy to the appropriate directory when I run jom install command.

[Cobra91151]

Ok. I have compiled Qt 5.13.2 for x86 successfully. I have built some tools separately, because it skips them or just do not copy to the appropriate directory using jom install command. It is strange, because when building for x64 architecture all tools are built and copied correctly. Anyway, now I have Qt 5.13.2 for msvc2017, msvc2017_64, msvc2019, msvc2019_64.