Qt modules, classes, libraries

embdev

Hi fellow coders, does each Qt module corresponds to one library file in Qt? e.g. Qt Multimedia etc.

jsulm

@embdev Yes they do

embdev

@jsulm something I noticed from the Qt 5.7 sources is that the libraries are less than the Qt that I've installed for desktop version (via the online installer). Libraries like QtQuick and QtMultimedia are missing from my Qt 5.7 sources that I've built and compiled for my embedded target device. And therefore i'm unable to use the QtQuick application UI designer. There's an error which I've posted previously:

"cannot open this QML document because of an error in the QML file:
line 3: using qt quick 1 code model instead of qt quick (M234).

But basically i'm unable to open the UI tab to do development work. This error happens when i'm using my own embedded device kit to build up the sources.

Are there any comments / advice you could provide?

SGaist

Hi,

Some module may provide more than one library, e.g. qtbase, qtlocation etc.

Where did you get the sources from ? How did you compile them ?

embdev

@SGaist i downloaded the qt sources from the main website itself. I've a host PC running Ubuntu and connected to my embedded Linux target board via NFS. I compiled those sources in the host PC itself. For the multimedia libraries, i think i'm missing some gstreamer. If i need to include gstreamer, how should i go about installing it / perform my development work? Do i install the gstreamer in my host PC and then configure with Qt?

JKSH

Hi,

What is your embedded target device?

@embdev said in Qt modules, classes, libraries:

"cannot open this QML document because of an error in the QML file:
line 3: using qt quick 1 code model instead of qt quick (M234).

Which kit(s) are present on your host PC? Which one(s) are you using for your project?

See Tools -> Options -> Build & Run -> Kits

@embdev said in Qt modules, classes, libraries:

Do i install the gstreamer in my host PC and then configure with Qt?

Yes. Make sure you install the version of GStreamer that is compatible with your embedded board, not your host PC. After that, configure and build the Qt Multimedia module again.

When you configure, check the configure output. It will tell you if it found GStreamer or not.

embdev

@JKSH

my embedded target device is some arm-based Linux processor for network video recorder (NVR) and i'm performing my development work in my host Ubuntu PC. It's connected to embedded target device via NFS.
I've created the kit myself, specifically i need to configure qmake and cross-compile for my embedded target device. So i'm using the cross-compiler provided by the vendor.
i'm pretty new to Qt itself, would you be able to provide some guidance on how to install gstreamer? I've found some qt gstreamer online. So should i cross-compile gstreamer first in my host Ubuntu PC using the cross-compiler and then add gstreamer to my Qt configure?

SGaist

Depends, what distribution are you using on your target ? If it provides GStreamer then install the matching dev-packages and use that to build QtMultimedia.

embdev

@SGaist i don't think my SDK provides gstreamer. So which means i'd need to install gstreamer on my host Ubuntu and then configure with Qt again?

May i say that without QtMultimedia module, i'd be unable to create video players to play e.g. mp4, avi etc video formats?

jsulm

@embdev GStreamer from your host Ubuntu cannot be used on your embedded device. You will need to cross compile GStreamer if the vendor does not provide it.

embdev

@jsulm i see. So i'd need to use my cross-compiler to cross-compile gStreamer, and then run ./configure and append -gstreamer to it right?

jsulm

@embdev Yes

embdev

@jsulm thanks! I'll give it a shot

SGaist

What does that SDK provide ?

If you take for example the RPi computers, you need the cross-toolchain however for all the additional dependencies you might have/want like gstreamer, MySQL etc., you install the dev packages on the root filesystem of the RPi and then use that for development.

embdev

@SGaist the SDK contains the cross-compiler, Linux kernel and other sample codes pertaining to the board. so a right way to do it is to cross-compile in my host PC and then install into target embedded board via my NFS?

JKSH

@embdev said in Qt modules, classes, libraries:

so a right way to do it is to cross-compile in my host PC and then install into target embedded board via my NFS?

Yes, as @jsulm has described.

Out of curiosity: How do you install other 3rd-party libraries (such as camera libraries) to your board?

embdev

@JKSH i'm quite new to this; but I haven't installed other 3rd-party libraries to my board at this juncture. But the rule-of-thumb is to cross-compile any 3rd-party libraries in my host PC each time, and then run Qt configure to include the 3rd party libraries?

jsulm

@embdev You only need to run Qt configure if Qt uses that new library.
If the library is not related to Qt then there is no need to run Qt configure.
For example Qt uses GStreamer for media. If you want your Qt installation to be able to play media files then you need to install GStreamer libraries and headers and then configure and build Qt.

SGaist

To add to @jsulm, for gstreamer, if you already have Qt compiled, then you only need to rebuild the QtMultimedia module.

embdev

@SGaist @jsulm thanks for your advice. I managed to resolved some gstreamer dependencies and installed into my host Ubuntu PC. I did a clean qt5.7 sources and rebuild the whole source again, with -gstreamer 1.0 but has the following errors:

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/opt/hisi-linux/x86-arm/arm-hisiv400-linux/target/bin/arm-hisiv400-linux-g++ -mfloat-abi=softfp -Wl,-O1 -o gstreamer gstreamer.o   -L/opt/hisi-linux/x86-arm/arm-hisiv400-linux/target/lib/a7_softfp_vfpv4 -lgstaudio-1.0 -lgstvideo-1.0 -lgstbase-1.0 -lgstpbutils-1.0 -lgstreamer-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0
/opt/hisi-linux/x86-arm/arm-hisiv400-linux/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-hisiv400-linux-gnueabi/4.8.3/../../../../arm-hisiv400-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find -lgstaudio-1.0
/opt/hisi-linux/x86-arm/arm-hisiv400-linux/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-hisiv400-linux-gnueabi/4.8.3/../../../../arm-hisiv400-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find -lgstvideo-1.0
/opt/hisi-linux/x86-arm/arm-hisiv400-linux/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-hisiv400-linux-gnueabi/4.8.3/../../../../arm-hisiv400-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find -lgstbase-1.0
/opt/hisi-linux/x86-arm/arm-hisiv400-linux/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-hisiv400-linux-gnueabi/4.8.3/../../../../arm-hisiv400-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find -lgstpbutils-1.0
/opt/hisi-linux/x86-arm/arm-hisiv400-linux/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-hisiv400-linux-gnueabi/4.8.3/../../../../arm-hisiv400-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find -lgstreamer-1.0
/opt/hisi-linux/x86-arm/arm-hisiv400-linux/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-hisiv400-linux-gnueabi/4.8.3/../../../../arm-hisiv400-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find -lgobject-2.0
/opt/hisi-linux/x86-arm/arm-hisiv400-linux/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-hisiv400-linux-gnueabi/4.8.3/../../../../arm-hisiv400-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find -lglib-2.0
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Makefile:92: recipe for target 'gstreamer' failed
make: *** [gstreamer] Error 1
GStreamer 1.0 disabled.
checking for GStreamer 0.10... 
Project ERROR: gstreamer-0.10 development package not found
GStreamer 0.10 disabled.
GStreamer support cannot be enabled due to functionality tests!
 Turn on verbose messaging (-v) to ./configure to see the final report.
aa@aa:~/qt-everywhere-enterprise-src-5.7.0/qtbase$

Seems that gstreamer 1.0 is not enabled. But it's installed in /usr/include