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QT Executable under Windows


  • I am statically linking an QT application, but for some reason when i open the executable i am getting errors for missing dlls.

    Basically i am linking the following libs:

    ### LINKER FLAGS ###
LDFLAGS = -LC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/lib

LDLIBS = -lQt5Widgets -lQt5Gui -lQt5Core

    Why am i getting errors for missing dlls when i am statically linking everything?

    The compilation and linking passes correctly, the executable is generated also..i have no idea why it needs dlls.

    EDIT:
    Missing dlls :
    libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll,
    libstdc++-6.dll,
    Qt5Code.dll,
    Qt5Widgets.dll

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  • @Korsarq
    Because there are other DLLs. Why don't you actually paste the error message so that people can see which DLLs are being reported?

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  • I added

    -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++

    and now i get errors only for Qt5Code.dll and Qt5Widgets.dll

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  • I just realized something really strange.The size of the actual executable is surprisingly small - 333kb.How is this possible?I expect to be atleast a few MBs with all those static libraries.

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  • @Korsarq you may want to take a look at this article.

    And of course, the assumption is that you already have a static version of Qt, right?

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  • I downloaded it from the website prebuild.I think it has both static and dynamic libraries.

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  • @Korsarq said in QT Executable under Windows:

    I just realized something really strange.The size of the actual executable is surprisingly small - 333kb.How is this possible?I expect to be atleast a few MBs with all those static libraries

    Pretty small! Doesn't sound (to me) like it's a complete static.

    I downloaded it from the website prebuild.I think it has both static and dynamic libraries.

    Are you sure about it having the static libraries you will need?

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  • I have under C:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/lib libQt5Widgets.a libQt5Gui.a libQt5Core.a

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  • @Korsarq could you please post your whole project (.pro) file?

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  • I don't know what is that .pro file, i am using a makefile.

    BUILD = Build

### SOURCES ###
SRC = Src/Main\
	  Src/TlvWindow/TlvWindow

### MOC SOURCES ###
MOC_SRC = Src/TlvWindow/TlvWindow

### OBJECTS ###
OBJ = $(addsuffix .o, $(addprefix $(BUILD)/, $(SRC))) 
OBJ += $(addsuffix .moc.o, $(addprefix $(BUILD)/, $(MOC_SRC)))

### INCLUDES ###
INC = -IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include\
    -IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/Qt3DAnimation\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/Qt3DCore\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/Qt3DExtras\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/Qt3DInput\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/Qt3DLogic\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/Qt3DQuick\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/Qt3DQuickAnimation\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/Qt3DQuickExtras\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/Qt3DQuickInput\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/Qt3DQuickRender\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/Qt3DQuickScene2D\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/Qt3DRender\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtAccessibilitySupport\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtANGLE\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtBluetooth\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtBodymovin\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtCharts\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtConcurrent\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtCore\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtDataVisualization\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtDBus\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtDesigner\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtDesignerComponents\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtDeviceDiscoverySupport\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtEdidSupport\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtEglSupport\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtEventDispatcherSupport\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtFbSupport\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtFontDatabaseSupport\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtGamepad\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtGui\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtHelp\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtLocation\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtMultimedia\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtMultimediaQuick\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtMultimediaWidgets\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtNetwork\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtNetworkAuth\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtNfc\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtOpenGL\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtOpenGLExtensions\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtPacketProtocol\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtPlatformCompositorSupport\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtPlatformHeaders\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtPositioning\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtPositioningQuick\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtPrintSupport\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtPurchasing\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtQml\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtQmlDebug\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtQmlModels\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtQmlWorkerScript\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtQuick\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtQuick3D\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtQuick3DAssetImport\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtQuick3DRender\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtQuick3DRuntimeRender\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtQuick3DUtils\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtQuickControls2\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtQuickParticles\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtQuickShapes\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtQuickTemplates2\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtQuickTest\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtQuickWidgets\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtRemoteObjects\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtRepParser\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtScript\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtScriptTools\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtScxml\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtSensors\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtSerialBus\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtSerialPort\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtSql\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtSvg\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtTest\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtTextToSpeech\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtThemeSupport\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtUiPlugin\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtUiTools\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtVirtualKeyboard\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtWebChannel\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtWebSockets\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtWidgets\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtWindowsUIAutomationSupport\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtWinExtras\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtXml\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtXmlPatterns\
	-IC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/include/QtZlib\
	-ISrc/TlvWindow

### LINKER FLAGS ###
LDFLAGS = -static -LC:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/lib

LDLIBS = C:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/lib/libQt5Widgets.a\
         C:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/lib/libQt5Gui.a\
         C:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/lib/libQt5Core.a\
		 -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++
		  
### COMPILER FLAGS
CFLAGS = $(INC)

### COMPILER ###
CC = g++

### QT MOC ###
MOC = moc

all: $(BUILD)/test.exe

$(BUILD)/test.exe: $(OBJ)
	@echo LINKING $^
	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LDLIBS)
	
$(BUILD)/%.o: %.cpp
	@echo COMPILING $<
	@mkdir -p $(subst /,\,$(dir $@))
	@$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -M -MT $@ -o $(patsubst %.o, %.d, $@) $<
	@$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<

$(BUILD)/%.moc.o: $(BUILD)/%.moc.cpp
	@echo COMPILING MOC $<
	@mkdir -p $(subst /,\,$(dir $@))
	@$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -M -MT $@ -o $(patsubst %.o, %.d, $@) $<
	@$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
					    
$(BUILD)/%.moc.cpp: %.h
	@echo GENERATING MOC $<
	@$(MOC) $< -o $@

-include $(OBJ:.o=.d) 
	
.PHONY: clean

clean:
	@echo CLEANING......
	@rm -rf $(BUILD)/Src $(BUILD)/test.exe
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  • Fully Static build will be almost 30 Mb without stripping.

    .pro file the is QtCreator project file which you could generate and execute using qmake build, which you could find it in /Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32/bin as per your path.

    You should build and handle everything with qmake which will generate the correct makefile.

    Add also: CONFIG += release static to your .pro file.

    As we are not sure how did you install Qt and if its actually support the static build. For a better build environment, I would suggest using msys2 which will install a complete qt with static and dynamic with QtCreator with the update and full package management.

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    @Korsarq said in QT Executable under Windows:

    I downloaded it from the website prebuild.I think it has both static and dynamic libraries.

    from what website, qt.io ?
    Those are only dynamically linked (for legal reasons I assume). Usually one has to build Qt him/herself when one want to make a static qt app

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