Problem compiling Qt example from OS X terminal

[CrazyFileMaker]

Hello,

I'm currently learning Qt by working through examples in the ebook "C+ GUI Programming with Qt 4, Second Edition".

The first example is a "Hello World" application. Following the steps in the example I've been able to create the following files:
hello.cpp, by typing out the provided code.
hello.pro, by using OS X Terminal command "qmake -project".
hello.xcodeproj and info.plist by using command "qmake hello.pro"

However, I am unable to create "hello.app"

The command "make" yields:
"make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop."

The command "make hello" yields:
g++ hello.cpp -o hello
hello.cpp:1:24: error: QApplication: No such file or directory
hello.cpp:2:18: error: QLabel: No such file or directory
hello.cpp: In function ‘int main(int, char**)’:
hello.cpp:6: error: ‘QApplication’ was not declared in this scope
hello.cpp:6: error: expected ;' before ‘app’ hello.cpp:7: error: ‘QLabel’ was not declared in this scope hello.cpp:7: error: ‘label’ was not declared in this scope hello.cpp:7: error: expected type-specifier before ‘QLabel’ hello.cpp:7: error: expected ;' before ‘QLabel’
hello.cpp:9: error: ‘app’ was not declared in this scope
make: *** [hello] Error 1

While I can't create "hello.app" from the terminal with these two commands, I can create it by simply opening Xcode and pressing the button "Build and Go".

Can someone tell me why in the world these two commands don't work? And how I can make the "hello.app" from the terminal?

Thanks!

[goetz]

Your include paths are not set correctly. Can you paste the hello.pro and the hello.cpp here (use the @-Tags or the button to pretty format the code).

[CrazyFileMaker]

The Following is the hello.pro
@######################################################################

Automatically generated by qmake (2.01a) Sat Nov 6 15:35:50 2010

######################################################################

TEMPLATE = app
TARGET =
DEPENDPATH += .
INCLUDEPATH += .

Input

SOURCES += hello.cpp@

The following is the hello.cpp
@#include <QApplication>
#include <QLabel>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QApplication app(argc, argv);
QLabel *label = new QLabel("Hello Qt!");
label->show();
return app.exec();
}
@

[goetz]

Your qmake seems to be setup to create XCode project files (that creates the file hello.xcodeproj). You should try

@
rm -rf hello.xcodeporj
rm Info.plist

qmake -spec macx-g++
@

That removes the XCode project files and creates a normal makefile for you.

[CrazyFileMaker]

Worked perfectly! Thanks so much!

[goetz]

You're welcome.

Just for curiosity: How did you install Qt? The default mode for qmake is generating a makefile, not an xcode project, as far as I know.

[DenisKormalev]

Volker, I've stucked with same problem when ported one of my projects to MacOSX. Qt was installed from package from qt ftp. I think that setting QMAKESPEC will help, but didn't try (always explicitly setted -spec param to qmake).

[goetz]

Ah, I see. I've always compiled the libs manually, there the default is normal makefiles.

You can change the default: Go to the installation directory of Qt, enter the mkspecs directory and change the symbolic link default to macx-g++, that should work.

[DenisKormalev]

Volker, yeah, another good way :)

[goetz]

Once in a while one forgets the -spec switch and gets the wrong proejct files :)

[CrazyFileMaker]

I installed Qt 4.7.0, Qt Creator 2.0.1, and Xcode Developer 3.1.3.

All of them were installed from disk images.

I didn't install any of them manually.