<![CDATA[Unable to build a Qt project in command-line]]>Hello there,

I have a qt 'subdirs' project that I have created in QtCreator and have been able to build and deploy well. There is a need to automate the build. So I am attempting to build the same project from the command-line.

I have Qt version 5.2.1 installed and I have been using the 64-bit msvc2012 version on windows 7.

Qt is installed at C:\Qt\Qt5.2.1. I added C:\Qt\Qt5.2.1\5.2.1\msvc2012_64\bin to PATH (for qmake.exe etc.,), I added C:\Qt\Qt5.2.1\Tools\QtCreator\bin to PATH (for jom.exe), I added the <VS-Install-location>\Common7\IDE (for mvs dependencies), <VS-Install-location>\VC\bin (for cl.exe etc.,).

First I ran qmake.exe (which succeeded).

When I run jom.exe (or nmake for that matter), I get an error

fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'stddef.h': No such file or directory

I know where stddef.h is location on my PC, but how do I enable jom.exe (or nmake) to be able to find it?

Regards,
Bharath

]]>https://forum.qt.io/topic/42505/unable-to-build-a-qt-project-in-command-lineRSS for NodeSat, 18 Apr 2026 19:19:48 GMTFri, 13 Jun 2014 12:35:37 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Unable to build a Qt project in command-line on Tue, 17 Jun 2014 11:20:29 GMT]]>Good !

Then please update the thread title prepending [solved] so other forum users may know a solution has been found :)

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/232206https://forum.qt.io/post/232206Tue, 17 Jun 2014 11:20:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unable to build a Qt project in command-line on Tue, 17 Jun 2014 09:29:33 GMT]]>Hi,

I figured it out. I had to run the vcvarsall.bat script with 'x64' as the argument and setup the the other path variables.

Thanks for your help.

Cheers!
Bharath

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/232192https://forum.qt.io/post/232192Tue, 17 Jun 2014 09:29:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unable to build a Qt project in command-line on Tue, 17 Jun 2014 09:17:55 GMT]]>Hi,

Thanks for the response. I get what you are saying. I am running Qt5.2.1 and I unable to find that (batch) script which will setup the environment for me. Can you tell me where I can find it?

Cheers!
Bharath

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/232188https://forum.qt.io/post/232188Tue, 17 Jun 2014 09:17:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unable to build a Qt project in command-line on Fri, 13 Jun 2014 21:25:51 GMT]]>Hi,

You should either start from a Qt command line or at least from a Visual Studio command line. Otherwise there are batch files that you can call to setup the environment for you.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/231865https://forum.qt.io/post/231865Fri, 13 Jun 2014 21:25:51 GMT