Qt Webkit build failed in Windows

[haney]

Hi,

I am trying to build webkit in Windows. I followed the below steps:

[1] Installed Qt SDK 1.2.1 for windows thru online installer from :http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/sdk-windows-cpp
[2] Installed all GNUWin32 tools and added to path

In Qt 4.8.0 for Desktop (MinGW) command prompt:
I checked out latest webkit trunk using
$ svn checkout http://svn.webkit.org/repository/webkit/trunk %HOME%\WebKit
$ cd %HOME%/WebKit

I manually created WebkitBuild/Release and in Webkit source tree: (Sep18Webkit) in my case:

I executed perl Tools\Scripts\build-webkit --qt --release

I saw following errrors:

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c:\Users\han\Desktop\Sep18Webkit>perl Tools\Scripts\build-webkit --qt --release
Calling 'qmake C:\Users\han\Desktop\Sep18Webkit\WebKit.pro CONFIG+=release CONFI
G-=debug CONFIG-=production_build' in C:\Users\han\Desktop\Sep18Webkit\WebKitBui
ld\Release

c:\Users\han\Desktop\Sep18Webkit\WebKit.pro:19: Unknown test function: use?
c:\Users\han\Desktop\Sep18Webkit\WebKit.pro:29: Unknown test function: build?
c:\Users\han\Desktop\Sep18Webkit\WebKit.pro:35: Unknown test function: build?
Last built revision was unknown, now at revision 128846. Full incremental build
needed.

Calling 'make -j4 incremental' in C:\Users\han\Desktop\Sep18Webkit\WebKitBuild
Release

make: *** No rule to make target `incremental'. Stop.
@

I went to WebkitBuild/Release dir and just executed make: and I saw following errrors:
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c:\Users\han\Desktop\Sep18Webkit\WebKitBuild\Release>make
cd Source\WTF\ && c:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.0\mingw\bin\qmake.exe c:\Users\han\Des
ktop\Sep18Webkit\Source\WTF\WTF.pro CONFIG+=release CONFIG-=debug CONFIG-=produc
tion_build -o Makefile.WTF
Project ERROR: To build QtWebKit with Qt 5 you need to build Qt 5 with libICU su
pport. Check for ICU support being mentioned in qtbase/config.summary.
make: *** [Source\WTF\Makefile.WTF] Error 2
@

Please help me in this regard. Does webkit work with QtSDK or I need to download Qt5.0 beta and start building it afresh.

Appreciate your help in this regard.

Thanks,
Haney.

[sierdzio]

I think the error message is quite clear - you need Qt5, with ICU. Normally QtWebKit is included in Qt anyway. Why are you trying to build your own (just curious)?

[haney]

Thanks for the reply.
Ok I need webgl support in QtWebkit. Does Qt 5 with ICU have webgl enabled?

Now I downloaded qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.0.0-beta1 and tried
configure -prefix

[sierdzio]

I don't know. I have not heard about anyone trying WebGL in QtWebKit before. But I'm not using it myself, so it's probable I'm just ignorant about it. In any case, post an update if you manage to get it to work, it's an interesting topic.