Static
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Hello,
I am trying to build Qt statically on OS X. Here is the command I use
../../srcs/qt/configure --prefix=/sw/local/qt/
-release
-opensource
-confirm-license
-c++11
-static
-qpa cocoa
-nomake examples
-nomake tests
-no-compile-examples
-skip qtconnectivity
-skip qtandroidextras
-skip qtlocation
-skip qtwebchannel
-skip qtwebengine
-skip qtwebsockets
-skip qtsvg
-skip qtenginio
-skip qtdeclarative
-skip qtserialport
-skip qtmultimedia
-skip qtscript
-skip qtquick1
-no-largefile
-no-qml-debug
-no-journald
-no-cups
-no-iconv
-no-dbus
-no-sql-psql
-no-wayland
-no-harfbuzz
-no-xcb
-no-opengl
-no-gtkstyle
-no-pulseaudio
-no-glib
-no-xcb-xlib
-no-alsa
-qt-sql-sqlite
-qt-zlib
-qt-pcre
-qt-freetype
-qt-libjpeg
-qt-libpngAs you can guess, our needs are small. We deactivate most features (I think). We really only need the Widgets/GUI library to build our application. For most of the rest, we prefer to rely on the STL and hand-coded stuff (with the good and the bad that entails).
Now, at the end of the configure process, it says :
WARNING: Using static linking will disable the use of dynamically
loaded plugins. Make sure to import all needed static plugins,
or compile needed modules into the library.I would very much like to compile needed modules into the library, I just don't know how to go about it. Can someone hint me towards a solution.
In advance, thanks.
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Hi,
It depends on what you will use, see for example the SQL related plugins. You can either use the -plugin-sql-mysql or -qt-sql-mysql. The second option will make the support built-in.
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Thanks (again).
From that answer, I gather that the options that I give at compile time (e.g. -qt-sql-sqlite -qt-zlib -qt-pcre -qt-freetype -qt-libjpeg -qt-libpng) are using built-in support and thus are OK for my static library use case.
If this is incorrect, please let me know.
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Nop, looks good.
Don't forget to also use Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN and its friends when building your application.
