Problem including Protobuf v3.x.x with Qt creator

SondreHoglund

Hey guys,

I've created a console application using Qt creator 4.2.1 and protobuf v.3.2.0. The application communicates with a TCP server and uses protobuf for serialization. This program works perfectly.

Now I'm trying to make a GUI application with the same protobuf library. The program compiles and builds, but when I try to run the GUI, it complains about wrong version of protobuf. It seems like Qt comes prebuilt with protobuf v.2.6.1. Is this true? And how do I change the version to 3.2.0?

The protobuf library is compiled from source as described here: https://github.com/google/protobuf/tree/master/src

Below is a snapshot of the error message and the two .pro files

Here is a link to a forum post with the same problem (but no solution): https://github.com/google/protobuf/issues/2979

Best regards
Sondre

Error message when running in debug

[libprotobuf FATAL google/protobuf/stubs/common.cc:78] This program was compiled against version 2.6.1 of the Protocol Buffer runtime library, which is not compatible with the installed version (3.1.0).  Contact the program author for an update.  If you compiled the program yourself, make sure that your headers are from the same version of Protocol Buffers as your link-time library.  (Version verification failed in "/build/mir-pkdHET/mir-0.21.0+16.04.20160330/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu/src/protobuf/mir_protobuf.pb.cc".)
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'google::protobuf::FatalException'
  what():  This program was compiled against version 2.6.1 of the Protocol Buffer runtime library, which is not compatible with the installed version (3.1.0).  Contact the program author for an update.  If you compiled the program yourself, make sure that your headers are from the same version of Protocol Buffers as your link-time library.  (Version verification failed in "/build/mir-pkdHET/mir-0.21.0+16.04.20160330/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu/src/protobuf/mir_protobuf.pb.cc".)

Application .pro file

#-------------------------------------------------
#
# Project created by QtCreator 2017-03-20T15:26:58
#
#-------------------------------------------------

QT       += core

QT       -= gui

TARGET = RobotHandler
CONFIG   += console
CONFIG   -= app_bundle

TEMPLATE = app


SOURCES += \
    <Source files here>

HEADERS += \
    <Header files here>

INCLUDEPATH += \
   <Include paths here>

LIBS += \
    -L/usr/local/bin -lboost_system -lboost_thread -lprotobuf \
    -lrt

QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -std=c++11

GUI .pro file

TEMPLATE = app

QT += qml quick \
    testlib
unix{
        \
        webengine
    }

SOURCES += \
    <Source files here>

HEADERS += \
    <Header files here>

INCLUDEPATH += \
   <Include paths here>

RESOURCES += qml.qrc \
            $$FileURL

FileURL = $$files(Imports/ViewVariables/*)

message(File URL: $$FileURL)

# Additional import path used to resolve QML modules in Qt Creator's code model
QML_IMPORT_PATH = $$PWD/Imports

# Additional import path used to resolve QML modules just for Qt Quick Designer
QML_DESIGNER_IMPORT_PATH =

# The following define makes your compiler emit warnings if you use
# any feature of Qt which as been marked deprecated (the exact warnings
# depend on your compiler). Please consult the documentation of the
# deprecated API in order to know how to port your code away from it.
#DEFINES += QT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS

# You can also make your code fail to compile if you use deprecated APIs.
# In order to do so, uncomment the following line.
# You can also select to disable deprecated APIs only up to a certain version of Qt.
#DEFINES += QT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0x060000    # disables all the APIs deprecated before Qt 6.0.0

# Default rules for deployment.
qnx: target.path = /tmp/$${TARGET}/bin
else: unix:!android: target.path = /opt/$${TARGET}/bin
!isEmpty(target.path): INSTALLS += target

LIBS += \
    -L/usr/local/bin -lprotobuf \
    -lrt


QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -std=c++11

SGaist

Hi and welcome to devnet,

AFAIK, Qt doesn't use protobuf at all but QtWebEngine's backend does so there might be something to look up there.

SondreHoglund

Hi and thank you for the reply!

I think you are correct, the QtWebengine uses protobuf. I tried to remove all includes to the module, e.g. QT += webengine, in the project file and all source and header files. However, i did not solve the problem. I suspect that the module is still linked to the program. Is it a way to permanently delete the QtWebengine module? I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Sondre

SGaist

Did you re-run qmake after removing the `QT += webengine" line ?

SondreHoglund

Yes, I did re-run qmake after the changes. I think I will try to make a new project and only import the essentials of the protobuf program to see if that will run.