Convert Windows Project to Linux, problem linking to Shared Library
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Hello Qt Community,
I'm working with Qt for some time now, solving all my problems with this forum and API. Thanks for that! But now I'm stuck porting my project to linux. I'm developing some custom GUIs for a third party software. Working with Visual Studio I managed to create a shared library myserver.dll. Linking from all my clients (custom GUIs) to myserver.dll with myserver.lib and myserver.h works fine! For Windos only...
...porting this to linux gives me headache. I have no experience in linux, except what I read the last days. Since this is only a linux problem I suppose my source code is fine. (I followed Qt Tutorials "SharedLibrary":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/sharedlibrary.html)
server.h
@#ifndef _H_CWNCPLCSERVER_INCLDUED
#define _H_CWNCPLCSERVER_INCLUDED#include <QtCore/QObject>
#include <QtCore/QList>
#include <QtCore/QVariant>class QSettings;
#ifdef CWNCPLCSERVER_EXPORTS
#define CWNCPLCSERVER_API Q_DECL_EXPORT
#else
#define CWNCPLCSERVER_API Q_DECL_IMPORT
#endifclass CWNCPLCSERVER_API CWNcPlcServer : public QObject
{
Q_OBJECT
};#endif //_H_CWNCPLCSERVER_INCLDUED@
dummyclient.cpp
@#include "cwdummyclientdialog.h"
#include "cwncplcserver.h"CWDummyClientdialog::CWDummyClientdialog(QObject* pParent , const QString& rsName )
{
//Name des Clients
m_myName = "DummyClient";//Verbindung zu Server wird erstellt
m_myServer = CWNcPlcServer::connectToServer(m_myName, this);
}CWDummyClientdialog::~CWDummyClientdialog (void)
{
//Verbindung zu Server wird getrennt
CWNcPlcServer::disconnectFromServer(m_myName);
}@dummyclient.pro
@TEMPLATE = lib
CONFIG += qt warn_on thread plugin ${BUILDMODE}
PROJECT = CWDummyClient
TARGET = $(BUILDMODE)/output/appl/cwdummyclient
LANGUAGE = C++UI_DIR = .ui
MOC_DIR = .moc
OBJECTS_DIR = .objINCLUDEPATH += /user/oapack/gui/include
/user/oapack/include
/user/oapack/linux/ace/embedded/${BUILDMODE}#für Qt/embedded
unix:LIBS += -L/user/oapack/bin/${BUILDMODE}
unix:LIBS += -L${QTDIR}/lib
-l${LIBQT_CORE}
-l${LIBQT_GUI}
-l${LIBQT_XML}unix:!mac{
QMAKE_LFLAGS += -Wl,-rpath=\$$ORIGIN
QMAKE_RPATH=
}LIBS += -lcwncplcserver -lslgfw -lslgfwwidget -lslcap -lsltrc -lslmd -lsltrp -lslhmiutilitieslib -lslaesvcadapter -lslfsfilesvcadapter -lsltraceadapter -lslarchiveadapter
LIBS += -L/mnt/windows/workspace/ -lcwncplcserverSOURCES += cwdummyclientdialog.cpp
HEADERS += cwdummyclientdialog.h
cwncplcserver.h
resource.h@server.pro
@TEMPLATE = lib
CONFIG += qt warn_on thread plugin ${BUILDMODE}
PROJECT = CWNcPlcServer
TARGET = $(BUILDMODE)/output/appl/cwncplcserver
LANGUAGE = C++UI_DIR = .ui
MOC_DIR = .moc
OBJECTS_DIR = .objINCLUDEPATH += /user/oapack/gui/include
/user/oapack/include
/user/oapack/linux/ace/embedded/${BUILDMODE}DEFINES += CWNCPLCSERVER_EXPORTS
#für Qt/embedded
unix:LIBS += -L/user/oapack/bin/${BUILDMODE}
unix:LIBS += -L${QTDIR}/lib
-l${LIBQT_CORE}
-l${LIBQT_GUI}
-l${LIBQT_XML}
-l${LIBQT_NETWORK}LIBS += -lsltmutilities -lsltmserviceadapter -lslgfw -lslgfwwidget -lslcap -lsltrc -lslmd -lsltrp -lslhmiutilitieslib -lslaesvcadapter -lslfsfilesvcadapter -lsltraceadapter -lslarchiveadapter
SOURCES += cwhotlink.cpp
cwlog.cpp
cwncplcserver.cppHEADERS += cwhotlink.h
cwlog.h
cwncplcserver.h
cwglobalconstants.h
cwncplcsignals.h
resource.h@I'm not sure where to look first. Is there something similar to .lib files for linux? Or do I have to use the same cwncplcserver.so file to compile my client and to run my client (that's what i've done so far)? There are no compile errors. The client on its own is running fine on linux. But when I try to access the server library it crashes, library not found/compatible.
I set "DEFINES += CWNCPLCSERVER_EXPORTS " in cwncplcserver.pro file. I included path to lib "LIBS += -L/mnt/windows/workspace/ -lcwncplcserver" in client.pro file for linking to library. Also I added following to client.pro, because client.so and server.so are in the same directory and linux isn't searching in run path on it's own:
@unix:!mac{
QMAKE_LFLAGS += -Wl,-rpath=\$$ORIGIN
QMAKE_RPATH=
}@I've read about QLibrary, but I thought it's a better way to link to the shared library. Can anyone give me a hint what I could have missed or what I could try next?
Thank you! TheCreator
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Hi and welcome to devnet,
There's no such thing a lib file in linux you link directly to the so/a files depending on whether you are using a shared or a static build.
However, there's something not clear here. Did you compile your server library on linux ?
@LIBS += -L/mnt/windows/workspace/@
Looks fishy, are you trying to use a windows filesystem on your linux ?
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Hi,
thanks for your answers and sorry for that late reply.
I "solved" the problem, it was something completely different. I built a new project, everything written in lowercase (settings, file names, ...). Except of that everything else remains the same. And it worked...
I couln't find the exact position what caused the crash yet. I'm not sure if it's a linux problem or a bug of the third party software. Or a bug of mine. I'm still trying to find the problematic place. But now I know how to work around.
To answer your question, I'm compiling with colinux.To copy all files into that colinux image, this directory is mapped automatically. I'm still working on both, clients and server, so I thought this could be an easy way to include a library that changes often. If there's a better solution I'm open for suggestions.
TheCreator
EDIT:
The filename of the library itself was already in lowercase. -
case sensitive VS case insensitive filesystem ?
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This might be the problem. Actually I named my files, classes, configurations continuously casesensitive, or rather in camelcase, for better understanding and to prevent those problems. Perhaps a wrong character slipped in anywhere, don't know.
Thank you for your help.
