Instructions to build Qt
This is my own experimented instructions for building Qt 5.2.0 shared (debug and release) and static (release only) libraries which can be used to compile programs using dll and run on Windows XP SP3.
Why build Qt by myself
The reason why I need to compile Qt by myself is that:
- Qt 5.2.0 official version cannot compile programs using dll that can be run on Windows XP SP3 as the tool chains not import some code from msvcrt.dll and causing exception when deployed on Windows XP SP3 (at least for my own program and dll)
- Qt Creator 3.0.0 official version requires installation of Microsoft VC Runtime, as it seems to be built by Microsoft Visual C++, I need a portable version, preferred not to install anything before used
Require files to be downloaded:
In order to build Qt by yourself, you need to download the followings:
- Qt5.2.0 (http://download.qt-project.org/official_releases/qt/5.2/5.2.0/single/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.2.0.zip)
- OpenSSL runtime (http://download.qt-project.org/development_releases/prebuilt/mingw_32/openssl-mingw-builds-runtime.7z)
- Python v2.7x or above (http://download.qt-project.org/development_releases/prebuilt/gdb/build-prerequisites/python.zip)
- MinGW
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win32/Personal%20Builds/mingw-builds/4.8.2/threads-posix/sjlj/i686-4.8.2-release-posix-sjlj-rt_v3-rev1.7z/download)
- Perl(v5.14 or above) (http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads/thank-you?dl=http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePerl/releases/5.16.3.1603/ActivePerl-5.16.3.1603-MSWin32-x86-296746.msi)
Building Environment
The environment that I used to build are as follow:
- Windows 7 Ultimate version
- UAC disabled (Otherwise, compilation may failed due to file access)
- Set Anti Virsus program to exclude the build directory and its sub-directory to speed up compilation (Also, some of the examples compiled will be identified as suspected malwares by say Symantec. If you are reluctant with this, add "-nomake examples" to the configure options).
Build directory structure
The directory structure that I used is as follow (originally want to have webkit built):
z:\QtBuild
├─5.2.0
│ ├─mingw32
│ └─mingw32-s
├─bin
│ ├─mingw32
│ └─QtCreator
└─work
├─build
│ ├─mingw32
│ └─mingw32-s
└─tools
├─mingw32
├─perl
└─python
Preparation
- unzip MinGW (i686-4.8.2-release-posix-sjlj-rt_v3-rev1.7z) to z:\QtBuild\work\tools
- unzip MinGW (i686-4.8.2-release-posix-sjlj-rt_v3-rev1.7z) to z:\QtBuild\bin
- unzip python (python.zip) to z:\QtBuild\work\tools
- install perl (ActivePerl-5.16.3.1603-MSWin32-x86-296746.msi) to z:\QtBuild\work\tools
- unzip OpenSSL runtime (openssl-mingw-builds-runtime.7z) to z:\QtBuild\5.2.0\mingw32 and z:\QtBuild\5.2.0\mingw32-s
- unzip qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.2.0.zip to z:\QtBuild\work\build then rename folder "qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.2.0" to "mingw32"
- unzip again qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.2.0.zip to z:\QtBuild\work\build
then rename folder "qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.2.0" to "mingw32-s" (if you want to build the static version)
- unzip qt-creator-opensource-src-3.0.0.zip to z:\QtBuild\work\build then rename folder "qt-creator-opensource-src-3.0.0" to "qtc-3.0.0"
- copy libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll, libstdc++-6.dll and libwinpthread-1.dll from z:\QtBuild\work\tools\mingw32\bin to z:\QtBuild\5.2.0\mingw32
(too long directory name may cause compilation failure)
Patching files for static build
Skip this if you don't need static build.
Open z:\QtBuild\work\build\mingw32-s\qtbase\mkspecs\win32-g++\qmake.conf with a text editor (e.g. Notepad)
Modify line 69 from
QMAKE_LFLAGS =
to
QMAKE_LFLAGS = -Wl,-Bstatic -lwinpthread -static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++
and line 76 from
QMAKE_LFLAGS_DLL = -shared
to
QMAKE_LFLAGS_DLL = -Wl,-Bstatic -lwinpthread -static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++
then save it.
Open z:\QtBuild\work\build\mingw32-s\qtbase\qmake\Makefile.win32 with a text editor
Modify line 50 from
LFLAGS =
to
LFLAGS = -static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++
then save it.
Building Qt (shared lib debug-and-release version)
This will build Qt shared libraries with sqlite, odbc, openssl, opengl desktop. For details of the configure options, please check with (http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/configure-options.html) or issue "configure.bat -platform win32-g++ --help" in Windows Command Prompt.
Start a Windows Command Prompt and issue the following commands:
- set PATH="z:\QtBuild\work\build\5.2.0\mingw32\bin;z:\QtBuild\work\build\5.2.0\mingw32\qtbase\bin;z:\QtBuild\work\build\5.2.0\mingw32\qtrepotools\bin;z:\QtBuild\work\build\5.2.0\mingw32\gnuwin32\bin;z:\QtBuild\work\tools\mingw32\bin;z:\QtBuild\work\tools\mingw32\opt\bin;z:\QtBuild\work\tools\perl\bin;z:\QtBuild\work\tools\python;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;"
- set "MAKE_COMMAND="
- set "QMAKESPEC="
- set "QTDIR=" set "DXSDK_DIR="
- cd /d z:\QtBuild\work\build\mingw32
- configure.bat -confirm-license -opensource -prefix "z:\QtBuild\5.2.0\mingw32" -shared -debug-and-release -platform win32-g++ -qt-sql-sqlite -qt-sql-odbc -D _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS -mp -no-vcproj -opengl desktop -no-angle -no-icu -skip webkit -openssl
- cd /d z:\QtBuild\work\build\mingw32
- mingw32-make
Building Qt (static lib release version)
This
will build Qt shared libraries with sqlite, odbc, openssl, opengl
desktop. For details of the configure options, please check with
(http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/configure-options.html) or issue
"configure.bat -platform win32-g++ --help" in Windows Command Prompt.
Start a Windows Command Prompt and issue the following commands:
- set
PATH="z:\QtBuild\work\build\5.2.0\mingw32-s\bin;z:\QtBuild\work\build\5.2.0\mingw32-s\qtbase\bin;z:\QtBuild\work\build\5.2.0\mingw32-s\qtrepotools\bin;z:\QtBuild\work\build\5.2.0\mingw32-s\gnuwin32\bin;z:\QtBuild\work\tools\mingw32\bin;z:\QtBuild\work\tools\mingw32\opt\bin;z:\QtBuild\work\tools\perl\bin;z:\QtBuild\work\tools\python;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;"
- set "MAKE_COMMAND="
- set "QMAKESPEC="
- set "QTDIR=" set "DXSDK_DIR="
- cd /d z:\QtBuild\work\build\mingw32-s
- configure.bat -confirm-license -opensource -prefix "z:\QtBuild\5.2.0\mingw32-s" -static -release -platform win32-g++ -qt-sql-sqlite -qt-sql-odbc -D _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS -mp -no-vcproj -opengl desktop -no-angle -no-icu -skip webkit -openssl -nomake examples -nomake tests -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -qt-pcre -qt-freetype -qt-zlib -ltcg
- cd /d z:\QtBuild\work\build\mingw32-s
- mingw32-make
QtCreator 3.0.0
I've not built QtCreator 3.0.0 by myself as I always got a debug build instead of release one. So I used one of the prebuilt one (http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingwbuilds/files/external-binary-packages/x32-Qt-5.2.0%2BQtCreator-3.0.0-%28gcc-4.8.2-dwarf%29.7z/download) I can find instead. The download also contain the qtbinpatcher.exe which is very useful for you to make your Qt tools set portable.
- unzip x32-Qt-5.2.0+QtCreator-3.0.0-(gcc-4.8.2-dwarf).7z to z:\QtBuild\bin and then rename the folder "Qt-5.2.0-i686" to QtCreator.
Make it Portable
To deploy the Qt and QtCreator, you only need the
5.2.0 and
bin folders. To make this portable, create a batch file say QtCreatorPortable.bat under z:\QtBuild with the following contents:
@echo off
cls
if exist "%~dp05.2.0\mingw32\bin\qmake.exe" "%~dp0bin\QtCreator\qtbinpatcher.exe" --verbose --qt-dir="%~dp05.2.0\mingw32" --nobackup > NUL
if exist "%~dp05.2.0\mingw32-s\bin\qmake.exe" "%~dp0bin\QtCreator\qtbinpatcher.exe" --verbose --qt-dir="%~dp05.2.0\mingw32-s" --nobackup > NUL
if exist "%~dp0tools\QtCreator\bin\qmake.exe" "%~dp0bin\QtCreator\qtbinpatcher.exe" --verbose --qt-dir="%~dp0tools\QtCreator" --nobackup > NUL
start /b "" "%~dp0bin\qtCreator\bin\qtCreator.exe" -settingspath "%~dp0\bin\data"
NOTE:
After starting QtCreator, you need to go to "tools -> options -> Build and Run" to change the settings in order to reflect the tool chains location.
OR
You could download my QtCreatorPortable.exe (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4DEiRGyVMoTT2VaLUFhTDJpVUU/edit?usp=sharing) and the initial settings data (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4DEiRGyVMoTQ0ktSkxFaTBUVU0/edit?usp=sharing) to ease the job. Unzip data.7z to z:\QtBuild\bin and save QtCreatorPortable.exe to z:\QtBuild. Just double the QtCreatorPortable.exe and it will use the qtbinpatcher.exe to patch the Qt libraries, update the settings and then start QtCreator. The assumption are as follow:
- Qt libraries are resided in .\5.2.0\mingw32 and/or .\5.2.0\mingw32-s
- QtCreator is resided in .\bin\QtCreator
- qtbinpatcher.exe is resided in .\bin\QtCreator
- QtCreator setting files in .\bin\data
ENJOY QT
References:
http://qt-project.org/wiki/MinGW-64-bit
http://qt-project.org/wiki/How-to-build-a-static-Qt-for-Windows-MinGW
