QtWebEngine static compilation on Linux fails with Error: Missing archive files from linking pri
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I am receiving the following error when i am trying to compile QtWebEngine on my Manjaro Linux machine.
Project ERROR: Missing archive files from linking pri
Following is the configure summary with the command used.
./configure -static -release -ltcg -optimize-size -no-pch -opensource -prefix "/home/<USERNAME>/opt/Qt/5.15.1-static" -nomake tools -nomake tests -nomake examples Build type: linux-g++ (x86_64, CPU features: mmx sse sse2) Compiler: gcc 10.2.0 Configuration: sse2 aesni sse3 ssse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 avx avx2 avx512f avx512bw avx512cd avx512dq avx512er avx512ifma avx512pf avx512vbmi avx512vl compile_examples enable_new_dtags f16c largefile ltcg optimize_size rdrnd rdseed shani x86SimdAlways release c++11 c++14 c++17 c++1z concurrent dbus reduce_exports reduce_relocations static stl Build options: Mode ................................... release Optimize release build for size ........ yes Building shared libraries .............. no Using C standard ....................... C11 Using C++ standard ..................... C++17 Using ccache ........................... no Using new DTAGS ........................ yes Relocatable ............................ no Using precompiled headers .............. no Using LTCG ............................. yes Target compiler supports: SSE .................................. SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4.1 SSE4.2 AVX .................................. AVX AVX2 AVX512 ............................... F ER CD PF DQ BW VL IFMA VBMI Other x86 ............................ AES F16C RDRAND SHA Intrinsics without -mXXX option ...... yes Build parts ............................ libs Qt modules and options: Qt Concurrent .......................... yes Qt D-Bus ............................... yes Qt D-Bus directly linked to libdbus .... yes Qt Gui ................................. yes Qt Network ............................. yes Qt Sql ................................. yes Qt Testlib ............................. yes Qt Widgets ............................. yes Qt Xml ................................. yes Support enabled for: Using pkg-config ....................... yes udev ................................... yes Using system zlib ...................... yes Zstandard support ...................... yes Qt Core: DoubleConversion ....................... yes Using system DoubleConversion ........ yes GLib ................................... yes iconv .................................. no ICU .................................... yes Built-in copy of the MIME database ..... yes Tracing backend ........................ <none> Logging backends: journald ............................. no syslog ............................... no slog2 ................................ no PCRE2 .................................. yes Using system PCRE2 ................... yes Qt Network: getifaddrs() ........................... yes IPv6 ifname ............................ yes libproxy ............................... no Linux AF_NETLINK ....................... yes OpenSSL ................................ yes Qt directly linked to OpenSSL ........ no OpenSSL 1.1 ............................ yes DTLS ................................... yes OCSP-stapling .......................... yes SCTP ................................... no Use system proxies ..................... yes GSSAPI ................................. yes Qt Gui: Accessibility .......................... yes FreeType ............................... yes Using system FreeType ................ yes HarfBuzz ............................... yes Using system HarfBuzz ................ yes Fontconfig ............................. yes Image formats: GIF .................................. yes ICO .................................. yes JPEG ................................. yes Using system libjpeg ............... yes PNG .................................. yes Using system libpng ................ yes Text formats: HtmlParser ........................... yes CssParser ............................ yes OdfWriter ............................ yes MarkdownReader ....................... yes Using system libmd4c ............... yes MarkdownWriter ....................... yes EGL .................................... yes OpenVG ................................. no OpenGL: Desktop OpenGL ....................... yes OpenGL ES 2.0 ........................ no OpenGL ES 3.0 ........................ no OpenGL ES 3.1 ........................ no OpenGL ES 3.2 ........................ no Vulkan ................................. no Session Management ..................... yes Features used by QPA backends: evdev .................................. yes libinput ............................... yes INTEGRITY HID .......................... no mtdev .................................. yes tslib .................................. yes xkbcommon .............................. yes X11 specific: XLib ................................. yes XCB Xlib ............................. yes EGL on X11 ........................... yes xkbcommon-x11 ........................ yes QPA backends: DirectFB ............................... no EGLFS .................................. yes EGLFS details: EGLFS OpenWFD ........................ no EGLFS i.Mx6 .......................... no EGLFS i.Mx6 Wayland .................. no EGLFS RCAR ........................... no EGLFS EGLDevice ...................... yes EGLFS GBM ............................ yes EGLFS VSP2 ........................... no EGLFS Mali ........................... no EGLFS Raspberry Pi ................... no EGLFS X11 ............................ yes LinuxFB ................................ yes VNC .................................... yes XCB: Using system-provided xcb-xinput ..... yes Native painting (experimental) ....... no GL integrations: GLX Plugin ......................... yes XCB GLX .......................... yes EGL-X11 Plugin ..................... yes Qt Sql: SQL item models ........................ yes Qt Widgets: GTK+ ................................... yes Styles ................................. Fusion Windows Qt PrintSupport: CUPS ................................... yes Qt Sql Drivers: DB2 (IBM) .............................. no InterBase .............................. no MySql .................................. no OCI (Oracle) ........................... no ODBC ................................... no PostgreSQL ............................. yes SQLite2 ................................ no SQLite ................................. yes Using system provided SQLite ......... no TDS (Sybase) ........................... no Qt Testlib: Tester for item models ................. yes Serial Port: ntddmodm ............................... no Qt SerialBus: Socket CAN ............................. yes Socket CAN FD .......................... yes SerialPort Support ..................... yes Further Image Formats: JasPer ................................. yes MNG .................................... yes TIFF ................................... yes Using system libtiff ................. yes WEBP ................................... yes Using system libwebp ................. yes Qt QML: QML network support .................... yes QML debugging and profiling support .... yes QML just-in-time compiler .............. yes QML sequence object .................... yes QML XML http request ................... yes QML Locale ............................. yes Qt QML Models: QML list model ......................... yes QML delegate model ..................... yes Qt Quick: Direct3D 12 ............................ no AnimatedImage item ..................... yes Canvas item ............................ yes Support for Qt Quick Designer .......... yes Flipable item .......................... yes GridView item .......................... yes ListView item .......................... yes TableView item ......................... yes Path support ........................... yes PathView item .......................... yes Positioner items ....................... yes Repeater item .......................... yes ShaderEffect item ...................... yes Sprite item ............................ yes QtQuick3D: Assimp ................................. yes System Assimp .......................... no Qt Scxml: ECMAScript data model for QtScxml ...... yes Qt Gamepad: SDL2 ................................... yes Qt 3D: Assimp ................................. yes System Assimp .......................... no Output Qt3D GL traces .................. no Use SSE2 instructions .................. yes Use AVX2 instructions .................. no Aspects: Render aspect ........................ yes Input aspect ......................... yes Logic aspect ......................... yes Animation aspect ..................... yes Extras aspect ........................ yes Qt 3D Renderers: OpenGL Renderer ........................ yes RHI Renderer ........................... no Qt 3D GeometryLoaders: Autodesk FBX ........................... no Qt Wayland Drivers: EGL .................................... yes Raspberry Pi ........................... no XComposite EGL ......................... yes XComposite GLX ......................... yes DRM EGL ................................ yes libhybris EGL .......................... no Linux dma-buf server buffer integration . yes Vulkan-based server buffer integration . no Shm emulation server buffer integration . yes Qt Wayland Client Shell Integrations: xdg-shell .............................. yes xdg-shell unstable v5 (deprecated) ..... yes xdg-shell unstable v6 .................. yes ivi-shell .............................. yes wl-shell (deprecated) .................. yes Qt Wayland Client ........................ yes Qt Wayland Compositor .................... yes Qt Wayland Compositor Layer Plugins: VSP2 hardware layer integration ........ no Qt Bluetooth: BlueZ .................................. yes BlueZ Low Energy ....................... yes Linux Crypto API ....................... yes Native Win32 Bluetooth ................. no WinRT Bluetooth API (desktop & UWP) .... no WinRT advanced bluetooth low energy API (desktop & UWP) . no Qt Sensors: sensorfw ............................... no Qt Quick Controls 2: Styles ................................. Default Fusion Imagine Material Universal Qt Quick Templates 2: Hover support .......................... yes Multi-touch support .................... yes Qt Positioning: Gypsy GPS Daemon ....................... no WinRT Geolocation API .................. no Qt Location: Qt.labs.location experimental QML plugin . yes Geoservice plugins: OpenStreetMap ........................ yes HERE ................................. yes Esri ................................. yes Mapbox ............................... yes MapboxGL ............................. yes Itemsoverlay ......................... yes QtXmlPatterns: XML schema support ..................... yes Qt Multimedia: ALSA ................................... yes GStreamer 1.0 .......................... yes GStreamer 0.10 ......................... no Video for Linux ........................ yes OpenAL ................................. yes PulseAudio ............................. yes Resource Policy (libresourceqt5) ....... no Windows Audio Services ................. no DirectShow ............................. no Windows Media Foundation ............... no Qt TextToSpeech: Flite .................................. no Flite with ALSA ........................ no Speech Dispatcher ...................... no Qt Tools: Qt Assistant ........................... yes Qt Designer ............................ yes Qt Distance Field Generator ............ yes kmap2qmap .............................. yes Qt Linguist ............................ yes Mac Deployment Tool .................... no makeqpf ................................ yes pixeltool .............................. yes qdbus .................................. yes qev .................................... yes Qt Attributions Scanner ................ yes qtdiag ................................. yes qtpaths ................................ yes qtplugininfo ........................... yes Windows deployment tool ................ no WinRT Runner Tool ...................... no Qt Tools: QDoc ................................... yes Qt WebEngine Build Tools: Use System Ninja ....................... yes Use System Gn .......................... no Jumbo Build Merge Limit ................ 8 Developer build ........................ no Sanitizer .............................. no QtWebEngine required system libraries: fontconfig ........................... yes dbus ................................. yes nss .................................. yes khr .................................. yes glibc ................................ yes QtWebEngine required system libraries for qpa-xcb: x11 .................................. yes libdrm ............................... yes xcomposite ........................... yes xcursor .............................. yes xi ................................... yes xtst ................................. yes Optional system libraries used: re2 .................................. yes icu .................................. no libwebp, libwebpmux and libwebpdemux . yes opus ................................. yes ffmpeg ............................... no libvpx ............................... yes snappy ............................... yes glib ................................. yes zlib ................................. yes minizip .............................. yes libevent ............................. yes jsoncpp .............................. yes protobuf ............................. yes libxml2 and libxslt .................. yes lcms2 ................................ yes png .................................. yes JPEG ................................. yes harfbuzz ............................. yes freetype ............................. yes Qt WebEngineCore: Embedded build ......................... no Full debug information ................. no Pepper Plugins ......................... yes Printing and PDF ....................... yes Proprietary Codecs ..................... no Spellchecker ........................... yes Native Spellchecker .................... no WebRTC ................................. yes PipeWire over GIO ...................... no Geolocation ............................ yes WebChannel support ..................... yes Kerberos Authentication ................ no Extensions ............................. yes Node.js ................................ yes Support qpa-xcb ........................ yes Use ALSA ............................... yes Use PulseAudio ......................... yes Qt WebEngineQml: Support Qt WebEngine Qml ............... yes UI Delegates ........................... yes Test Support ........................... no Qt WebEngineWidgets: Support Qt WebEngine Widgets ........... yes Qt PDF: Support V8 ............................. no Support XFA ............................ no Support XFA-BMP ........................ no Support XFA-GIF ........................ no Support XFA-PNG ........................ no Support XFA-TIFF ....................... no Qt PDF Widgets: Support Qt PDF Widgets ................. yes
I am able to compile the Qt library statically without QtWebEngine using the
-skip webengine
option.On searching the qtwebengine src directory, i found that the error comes from
/home/<USERNAME>/opt/Qt/5.15.1/Src/qtwebengine/src/buildtools/config/linking.pri
. It contains the following lines.... isEmpty(NINJA_OBJECTS): error("Missing object files from linking pri.") isEmpty(NINJA_LFLAGS): error("Missing linker flags from linking pri") isEmpty(NINJA_ARCHIVES): error("Missing archive files from linking pri") isEmpty(NINJA_LIBS): error("Missing library files from linking pri") ...
Searching a little bit more i found that in
/home/<USERNAME>/opt/Qt/5.15.1/Src/qtwebengine/src/core/release/QtWebEngineCore.pri
theNINJA_ARCHIVES
variable is empty. I copied the value from/home/<USERNAME>/opt/Qt/5.15.1/Src/qtwebengine/src/core/release/convert_dict.pri
and tried to compile but it failed.I am kind of stuck at this point. Any help to solve or further debug this issue will be highly appreciated.
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I'm getting the same error on Ubuntu 20.04:
export QTSRC=$HOME/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2
export QTHOME=$HOME/qt5
echo Building $QTHOME from source $QTSRC$QTSRC/configure -prefix $QTHOME -platform linux-clang -release -static -strip -opengl desktop -qt-zlib -qt-pcre -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -qt-harfbuzz -fontconfig -no-qml-debug -nomake tests -nomake examples -opensource -confirm-license
looks like static build hasn't been fully tested...