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    highlandcoffee
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    Hi,

    I have an Qt C++ desktop application named Upfile. I used "Debreate" to create deb file. I created deb file successfully then install it on development computer - Ubuntu 12.1 32 bit, it worked ok. But when I tried to run it on my friend computer - Ubuntu 13.04 32 bit, it crash with error:

    @Upfile: symbol lookup error: Upfile: undefined symbol: _ZN26QMessageAuthenticationCodeC1EN18QCryptographicHash9AlgorithmERK10QByteArray@

    This is content of Debreate .dpb file
    @[DEBREATE-0.7.7]
    <<CTRL>>
    ...
    Architecture: i386
    Depends: libc6
    ...

    <</CTRL>>
    <<FILES>>
    1
    /opt/Qt5.1.1/5.1.1/gcc/lib/libicuuc.so.51* -> libicuuc.so.51 -> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt5
    /opt/Qt5.1.1/5.1.1/gcc/lib/libicui18n.so.51* -> libicui18n.so.51 -> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt5
    /opt/Qt5.1.1/5.1.1/gcc/lib/libicudata.so.51* -> libicudata.so.51 -> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt5
    /opt/Qt5.1.1/5.1.1/gcc/lib/libQt5Widgets.so.5* -> libQt5Widgets.so.5 -> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt5
    /opt/Qt5.1.1/5.1.1/gcc/lib/libQt5Network.so.5* -> libQt5Network.so.5 -> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt5
    /opt/Qt5.1.1/5.1.1/gcc/lib/libQt5Gui.so.5* -> libQt5Gui.so.5 -> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt5
    /opt/Qt5.1.1/5.1.1/gcc/lib/libQt5Core.so.5* -> libQt5Core.so.5 -> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt5
    /home/tranduythanh/Upfile_Tool_project/upfiletool/deb packaging/upfile.desktop -> upfile.desktop -> /usr/share/applications
    /opt/Qt5.1.1/5.1.1/gcc/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so* -> libqxcb.so -> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt5/platforms
    /home/tranduythanh/Upfile_Tool_project/upfiletool/deb packaging/Upfile* -> Upfile -> /usr/bin
    /home/tranduythanh/Upfile_Tool_project/upfiletool/deb packaging/upfile.sh -> upfile.sh -> /usr/bin
    /home/tranduythanh/Upfile_Tool_project/upfiletool/deb packaging/upfile.png -> upfile.png -> /usr/share/pixmaps
    <</FILES>>
    <[removed]>
    <<PREINST>>
    0
    <</PREINST>>
    <<POSTINST>>
    0
    <</POSTINST>>
    <<PRERM>>
    0
    <</PRERM>>
    <<POSTRM>>
    0
    <</POSTRM>>
    <[removed]>
    ...@

    And content of .sh file
    @#!/bin/sh
    appname=basename $0 | sed s,\.sh$,,

    dirname=dirname $0
    tmp="${dirname#?}"

    if [ "${dirname%$tmp}" != "/" ]; then
    dirname=$PWD/$dirname
    fi
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt5
    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
    $dirname/$appname "$@"@

    I googled and gave some try on this error. Here're what I got:

    // On my development computer
    @c++filt _ZN26QMessageAuthenticationCodeC1EN18QCryptographicHash9AlgorithmERK10QByteArray
    QMessageAuthenticationCode::QMessageAuthenticationCode(QCryptographicHash::Algorithm, QByteArray const&)@

    @ldd -d -r myapp
    linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb7700000)
    libQt5Widgets.so.5 => /opt/Qt5.1.1/5.1.1/gcc/lib/libQt5Widgets.so.5 (0xb70d1000)
    libQt5Network.so.5 => /opt/Qt5.1.1/5.1.1/gcc/lib/libQt5Network.so.5 (0xb6f78000)
    libQt5Gui.so.5 => /opt/Qt5.1.1/5.1.1/gcc/lib/libQt5Gui.so.5 (0xb6b0c000)
    libQt5Core.so.5 => /opt/Qt5.1.1/5.1.1/gcc/lib/libQt5Core.so.5 (0xb6689000)
    libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0xb658f000)
    libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb6571000)
    libc.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0xb63c7000)
    ...@

    // On my friend computer without Qt installed
    @ldd -d -r myapp
    ....
    undefined symbol: _ZNK26QMessageAuthenticationCode6resultEv (/usr/bin/Upfile)
    undefined symbol: _ZN26QMessageAuthenticationCodeC1EN18QCryptographicHash9AlgorithmERK10QByteArray (/usr/bin/Upfile)
    undefined symbol: _ZNK19QAbstractTableModel5flagsERK11QModelIndex (/usr/bin/Upfile)
    undefined symbol: _ZN26QMessageAuthenticationCodeD1Ev (/usr/bin/Upfile)
    undefined symbol: _ZN26QMessageAuthenticationCode7addDataERK10QByteArray (/usr/bin/Upfile)
    undefined symbol: _ZN26QMessageAuthenticationCode6setKeyERK10QByteArray (/usr/bin/Upfile)@

    I don't know what is the root cause of this problem. Please help.

    P/S: Sorry for my bad English. I have cut some info to avoid error "Your post is too large. The maximum number of allowed characters is 6000"

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      t3685
      wrote on last edited by
      #2

      Are you saying your friend does not have Qt installed?

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        sreich
        wrote on last edited by
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        So, you made and built an application which requires qt, and expected it to run on your friends computer....how, exactly?

        And your .sh file is seriously screwed. LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt5

        There is no way that would run on anyone else's system..

        Software Developer for KDE

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          highlandcoffee
          wrote on last edited by
          #4

          Hi t3685 and sreich,

          Sorry for my late response.

          Hi t3685:
          Yes, I want to make sure that my app will work properly on any computer.

          Hi serich,
          Yes.
          About my .sh file setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt5, let me explain my think. As you can see content of my Debreate .dpb file, I think (and checked) that Debreate will help me to copy dynamic dlls too LD_LIBRARY_PATH and I also have this code first in my main() function of main.cpp:
          @QApplication::addLibraryPath("/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt5");@
          P/S: I think that setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt5 is not clear. It will clearer if set LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/upfile... But generally, I think It will work for my case.

          Can you all please tell me where I'm wrong.

          Thank you all so much.

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            t3685
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            If your application depends on the Qt then it's never going to work on a pc without Qt. (Note: I am talking about the Qt libraries, not the Qt creator)

            Check this link:

            http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.0/qtdoc/deployment-x11.html

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              highlandcoffee
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              Hi t3685,

              Thanks for your information.

              As you can see from my posts, I distribute Qt libraries with my application. The Qt libraries and executable are placed in separated folders.

              Finally, I found that I set wrong Exec path to start up script in .desktop file so that my destination folder path(LD_LIBRARY_PATH) that contains qt distributed libraries cannot be exported.

              @[Desktop Entry]
              ...
              Exec=bash /usr/bin/myapp.sh // wrong path here
              ...
              @

              Now it works well. But I still cannot run my app directly from executable file. I'm trying on it.

              Thank you all so much.

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