QtLocation doesn't compile correctly with qmake -r and make

abdel

Hello everyone, please can you help me to overcome this big problem.
It's been a long time and I tried to compile the QtLocation module with qt 6.0.3 (Mingw 8.1.0 64 bits), but it's not work.
The process I follow is :
download qtlocation library from GitHub (I tried for 10 last versions).
Run qt 6.0.3 (Mingw 8.1.0 64 bits) cmd.
Go to the qtlocation folder.
Run qmake or run qmake -r
run mingw32-make or run make
run mingw32-make install or run make install

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C:\Users\Haoudi\Downloads\qtlocation-dev\src\positioning\qgeoareamonitorsource.cpp:41:10: fatal error: QGeoAreaMonitorSource: No such file or directory
#include <QGeoAreaMonitorSource>
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[3]: *** [Makefile.Release:1793: .obj/release/qgeoareamonitorsource.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory 'C:/Users/Haoudi/Downloads/qtlocation-dev/qtlocation-shadow-build/src/positioning'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:45: release] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory 'C:/Users/Haoudi/Downloads/qtlocation-dev/qtlocation-shadow-build/src/positioning'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:132: sub-positioning-make_first] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory 'C:/Users/Haoudi/Downloads/qtlocation-dev/qtlocation-shadow-build/src'
make: *** [Makefile:52: sub-src-make_first] Error 2

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I follow the same process to compile the MQTT library, and it's work correctly.

SGaist

Hi,

What if you use cmake ?

PiBo

Hi abdel,

Could you find the solution to this

PiBo

I downloaded qtlocation-5.15 and did a
qmake # from qt5
make

qgeoareamonitorsource.cpp:40:10: fatal error: QGeoAreaMonitorSource: No such file or directory
40 | #include <QGeoAreaMonitorSource>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [Makefile:1029: .obj/qgeoareamonitorsource.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/dev/source/qtlocation-5.15/src/positioning'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:130: sub-positioning-make_first] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/dev/source/qtlocation-5.15/src'
make: *** [Makefile:49: sub-src-make_first] Error 2

Any help would be appreciated

SGaist

@PiBo Hi, which exact version of qmake did you use ?

PiBo

@SGaist QMake version 3.1
Using Qt version 5.15.3 in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu

ChrisW67

You look to be using the Ubuntu 22.04 (or equivalent) environment. The qtbase5-dev package does not deploy the private headers that qtlocation requires. You need the qtbase5-private-dev package. With that package present I have no problem building the qtlocation 5.15 branch.

chrisw@newton:~/workspace/qtlocation$ qmake -v
QMake version 3.1
Using Qt version 5.15.3 in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
chrisw@newton:~/workspace/qtlocation$ git branch
* 5.15
  dev
chrisw@newton:~/workspace/qtlocation$ mkdir ../qtlocation_build
chrisw@newton:~/workspace/qtlocation$ cd ../qtlocation_build/
chrisw@newton:~/workspace/qtlocation_build$ qmake ../qtlocation/qtlocation.pro 
Info: creating stash file /home/chrisw/workspace/qtlocation_build/.qmake.stash
Info: creating cache file /home/chrisw/workspace/qtlocation_build/.qmake.cache
Checking for gypsy... no
Checking for winrt... no

Running configuration tests...
Checking for Gypsy... no
Checking for WinRT Geolocation API... no
Done running configuration tests.

Configure summary:

Qt Positioning:
  Gypsy GPS Daemon ....................... no
  WinRT Geolocation API .................. no
Qt Location:
  Qt.labs.location experimental QML plugin . no
  Geoservice plugins:
    OpenStreetMap ........................ yes
    HERE ................................. yes
    Esri ................................. yes
    Mapbox ............................... yes
    MapboxGL ............................. yes
    Itemsoverlay ......................... yes

Qt is now configured for building. Just run 'make'.
Once everything is built, you must run 'make install'.
Qt will be installed into '/usr'.

Prior to reconfiguration, make sure you remove any leftovers from
the previous build.

chrisw@newton:~/workspace/qtlocation_build$ make
cd src/ && ( test -e Makefile || /usr/lib/qt5/bin/qmake -o Makefile /home/chrisw/workspace/qtlocation/src/src.pro ) && make -f Makefile 
...
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/chrisw/workspace/qtlocation_build/examples/positioning/logfilepositionsource'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/chrisw/workspace/qtlocation_build/examples/positioning'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/chrisw/workspace/qtlocation_build/examples'
chrisw@newton:~/workspace/qtlocation_build

PiBo

@ChrisW67 Thanks for your reply. I've installed a clean ubuntu 22.04, installed qtbase-dev, qtbase-private-dev and build-essentials. Getting the same result

qmake version 3.1
Using Qt version 5.15.3 in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
g++, gcc 11.3.0

dev@dev-VirtualBox:~/source/build2$ qmake ../qtlocation-5.15/qtlocation.pro

Running configuration tests...
Done running configuration tests.

Configure summary:

Qt Positioning:
Gypsy GPS Daemon ....................... no
WinRT Geolocation API .................. no
Qt Location:
Qt.labs.location experimental QML plugin . no
Geoservice plugins:
OpenStreetMap ........................ yes
HERE ................................. yes
Esri ................................. yes
Mapbox ............................... yes
MapboxGL ............................. yes
Itemsoverlay ......................... yes

Qt is now configured for building. Just run 'make'.
Once everything is built, you must run 'make install'.
Qt will be installed into '/usr'.

Prior to reconfiguration, make sure you remove any leftovers from
the previous build.

dev@dev-VirtualBox:~/source/build2$make

/home/dev/source/qtlocation-5.15/src/positioning/qgeoareamonitorsource.cpp:40:10: fatal error: QGeoAreaMonitorSource: No such file or directory
40 | #include <QGeoAreaMonitorSource>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [Makefile:837: .obj/qgeoareamonitorsource.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/dev/source/build2/src/positioning'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:130: sub-positioning-make_first] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/dev/source/build2/src'
make: *** [Makefile:49: sub-src-make_first] Error 2

ChrisW67

Where did your qtlocation source code come from? Mine is straight from a git clone.
Are any of the Ubuntu packages:

qtqtlocation5-dev
libqt5location5-plugin-mapboxgl
libqt5location-plugins
libqt5location5
installed? At least one of these interferes with the build for me (but they also install the plugin you are trying to build from source)

PiBo

@ChrisW67
Hi,
It worked this time round.

I started on a clean ubuntu 22.04 again.
Installed qtbase-private-dev (which also installes qtbase-dev) , then installed build-essential (previously I installed qtbase-dev before qtbase-private-dev . Can't see how that makes a diff)
after this I could see that qtlocation5-dev , libqt5location5 , libqt5location5-plugin-mapboxgl , libqt5location5-plugins gets installed.
Then:
(This part I also did differently , I previously downloaded a zip from github)
git clone https://github.com/qt/qtlocation.git
cd qtlocation
git checkout 5.15

mkdir ../build
cd ../build
qmake ../qtlocation/qtlocation.pro
make

Life can continue now. Thanks for your help!!

ryanf55

@PiBo said in QtLocation doesn't compile correctly with qmake -r and make:

@ChrisW67
Hi,
It worked this time round.

I started on a clean ubuntu 22.04 again.
Installed qtbase-private-dev (which also installes qtbase-dev) , then installed build-essential (previously I installed qtbase-dev before qtbase-private-dev . Can't see how that makes a diff)
after this I could see that qtlocation5-dev , libqt5location5 , libqt5location5-plugin-mapboxgl , libqt5location5-plugins gets installed.
Then:
(This part I also did differently , I previously downloaded a zip from github)
git clone https://github.com/qt/qtlocation.git
cd qtlocation
git checkout 5.15

mkdir ../build
cd ../build
qmake ../qtlocation/qtlocation.pro
make

Life can continue now. Thanks for your help!!

If the package passes qmake, but then fails make, doesn't this indicate there is a problem in the build system not recognizing missing dependencies during at configuration time?