running static-deployed .exe in virtualbox fails with missing jpg/freetype/png.dlls

raaraa

Hello,
I don't fully understand, the point of static deploy would be to get rid of dll dependencies, no?

I'm trying to deploy a win10 application that i made using qt 5.15.1 & qtcharts.
I managed to build a static version of qt and linked my project against it, but when i try to launch it inside a vm, it fails on start,asking for the dlls i mentioned.

Please help me out :(

SGaist

Hi,

Using a static library does not mean said library does not have dynamic dependencies. On Windows for example, the shared C++ runtime is usually used.

How exactly did you build Qt ?

raaraa

Hello,

I used the installer to acquire 5.15.1 source code, then ran configure using powershell:

./configure -static -static-runtime -release -platform win32-g++ -nomake tools -nomake tests -nomake examples -prefix "C:\QtStatic\"

After this i invoked the makefile:

mingw32-make -j6
mingw32-make install -j6

Then I built my project:

C:\QtStatic\bin\qmake.exe -config release
mingw32-make -j6

Oddly enough, the makefile that was generated for my project contains the "missing" libraries:

...
DEFINES       = -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DWIN32 -DMINGW_HAS_SECURE_API=1 -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_CHARTS_LIB -DQT_WIDGETS_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_NEEDS_QMAIN
CFLAGS        = -fno-keep-inline-dllexport -O2 -Wall -Wextra -Wextra -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections $(DEFINES)
CXXFLAGS      = -fno-keep-inline-dllexport -O2 -std=gnu++1y -Wall -Wextra -Wextra -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fexceptions -mthreads $(DEFINES)
INCPATH       = -I. -I..\..\..\..\QtStatic\include -I..\..\..\..\QtStatic\include\QtCharts -I..\..\..\..\QtStatic\include\QtWidgets -I..\..\..\..\QtStatic\include\QtGui -I..\..\..\..\QtStatic\include\QtANGLE -I..\..\..\..\QtStatic\include\QtCore -Irelease -I. -I..\..\..\..\VulkanSDK\1.2.131.2\include -I..\..\..\..\QtStatic\mkspecs\win32-g++ 
LINKER      =        g++
LFLAGS        =        -Wl,-s -static -Wl,--gc-sections -Wl,-subsystem,windows -mthreads
LIBS        =        C:\QtStatic\plugins\imageformats\libqjpeg.a -ljpeg C:\QtStatic\plugins\imageformats\libqgif.a C:\QtStatic\plugins\imageformats\libqtiff.a -ltiff C:\QtStatic\plugins\styles\libqwindowsvistastyle.a C:\QtStatic\plugins\platforms\libqwindows.a -lwinspool -lshlwapi -lwtsapi32 C:\QtStatic\lib\libQt5EventDispatcherSupport.a C:\QtStatic\lib\libQt5FontDatabaseSupport.a -lfontconfig -lfreetype -ldwrite -ld2d1 C:\QtStatic\lib\libQt5ThemeSupport.a C:\QtStatic\lib\libQt5AccessibilitySupport.a C:\QtStatic\lib\libQt5VulkanSupport.a C:\QtStatic\lib\libQt5WindowsUIAutomationSupport.a C:\QtStatic\plugins\imageformats\libqicns.a C:\QtStatic\plugins\imageformats\libqico.a C:\QtStatic\plugins\imageformats\libqtga.a C:\QtStatic\plugins\imageformats\libqwbmp.a C:\QtStatic\plugins\imageformats\libqwebp.a -lwebp -lwebpdemux -lwebpmux C:\QtStatic\lib\libQt5Charts.a C:\QtStatic\lib\libQt5Widgets.a -luxtheme -ldwmapi C:\QtStatic\lib\libQt5Gui.a -ld3d11 -ldxgi -ldxguid -lpng16 C:\QtStatic\lib\libqtharfbuzz.a -lgdi32 -lcomdlg32 -loleaut32 -limm32 C:\QtStatic\lib\libQt5Core.a -lmpr -luserenv -lversion -lz C:\QtStatic\lib\libqtpcre2.a -lnetapi32 -lws2_32 -ladvapi32 -lkernel32 -lole32 -lshell32 -luuid -luser32 -lwinmm  -lmingw32 C:\QtStatic\lib\libqtmain.a -lshell32 
QMAKE         = C:\QtStatic\bin\qmake.exe
...

My goal would be to be able to deploy a qt 5.15.1 application that uses widgets for ui & qtcharts, preferably as a single executable.

SGaist

What missing libraries are you referring to ?

raaraa

libfreetype-6__.dll, libpng16-16__.dll, libtiff-5__.dll, libjpeg-9_.dll

SGaist

Do you have the static versions of these ?

raaraa

LIBS        =        C:\QtStatic\plugins\imageformats\libqjpeg.a -ljpeg C:\QtStatic\plugins\imageformats\libqgif.a C:\QtStatic\plugins\imageformats\libqtiff.a -ltiff C:\QtStatic\plugins\styles\libqwindowsvistastyle.a C:\QtStatic\plugins\platforms\libqwindows.a -lwinspool -lshlwapi -lwtsapi32 C:\QtStatic\lib\libQt5EventDispatcherSupport.a C:\QtStatic\lib\libQt5FontDatabaseSupport.a -lfontconfig -lfreetype -ldwrite -ld2d1 C:\QtStatic\lib\libQt5ThemeSupport.a C:\QtStatic\lib\libQt5AccessibilitySupport.a C:\QtStatic\lib\libQt5VulkanSupport.a C:\QtStatic\lib\libQt5WindowsUIAutomationSupport.a C:\QtStatic\plugins\imageformats\libqicns.a C:\QtStatic\plugins\imageformats\libqico.a C:\QtStatic\plugins\imageformats\libqtga.a C:\QtStatic\plugins\imageformats\libqwbmp.a C:\QtStatic\plugins\imageformats\libqwebp.a -lwebp -lwebpdemux -lwebpmux C:\QtStatic\lib\libQt5Charts.a C:\QtStatic\lib\libQt5Widgets.a -luxtheme -ldwmapi C:\QtStatic\lib\libQt5Gui.a -ld3d11 -ldxgi -ldxguid -lpng16 C:\QtStatic\lib\libqtharfbuzz.a -lgdi32 -lcomdlg32 -loleaut32 -limm32 C:\QtStatic\lib\libQt5Core.a -lmpr -luserenv -lversion -lz C:\QtStatic\lib\libqtpcre2.a -lnetapi32 -lws2_32 -ladvapi32 -lkernel32 -lole32 -lshell32 -luuid -luser32 -lwinmm  -lmingw32 C:\QtStatic\lib\libqtmain.a -lshell32

i guess?

SGaist

These are the plugins so yes the plugins are static. I am asking about their dependencies.

raaraa

Thank you for helping me understand what the problem was.