Hi Pufo,

you should provide some more details.
What is the operation system?
Do you try to create a cross-compile version?

How does your configure command line look like?

Hi Pufo,

did you download the full source zip file or do you use the sources downloaded by SDK?
Also, as koahnig said: which OS, compiler, etc.
what were the parameters of configure?
did you change some other files of Qt?

I’m using Linux Ubuntu.
I have Qt Creator installed, and i’m trying to follow this: http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.5/deployment-x11.html tutorial to release a static linked version of my application.

The ./configure part went ok.
Then i’ve had the problem i’ve posted earlier, which i’ve solved it by putting the absolute path to gtk.h in that header.

Now, i have another problem.

This gio.h thing …

Looks like it doesn’t know where to search for glib and related stuff unless i edit the include statements, which is not nice.

Hi Pufo
it would be good to post the complete configure command as you used.
If configure runs through does not necessarily mean that all is ok.

Also please use the latest SDK. From your paths it look as if you are using 2010.05? You could also try disabling gtk support in Qt if you don’t need it for your app(s).

I’ve just used simple “./configure” with no other parameters.
How do i disable GTK ?

Pufo wrote:

I’ve just used simple “./configure” with no other parameters. How do i disable GTK ?

without parameters? then it will not be static! static builds needs at least -static

And also to repeat just another time (and you didn’t answer the respective question):

If you compile Qt manually, then please do so with the stand alone framework sources (Qt download page [qt.nokia.com], go LGPL, Qt: Framework Only on the right side, the introductory paragraph has the links to a zip or a tar.gz).

Recompiling from the installed SDK is very known to cause problem, please avoid this!

Sorry guys, i’ve used

Is it me or this library thing is harder than programming itself ?

Volker wrote:

And also to repeat just another time (and you didn’t answer the respective question):

If you compile Qt manually, then please do so with the stand alone framework sources (Qt download page [qt.nokia.com], go LGPL, Qt: Framework Only on the right side, the introductory paragraph has the links to a zip or a tar.gz).

Recompiling from the installed SDK is very known to cause problem, please avoid this!

Hi Pufo, recompiling is typically not a major issue. However, you might want to follow Volker’s advice.

Pufo wrote:

Sorry guys, i’ve used

1. ./configure -static -prefix /path/toQt

Is it me or this library thing is harder than programming itself ?

Static compilation in a Linux/Mac environment should be seamless. I do it regularly without any problems from the source package.

Yes ! It worked GREAT using Volker’s advice.
My binary is 14 MB and in ldd the Qt libraries aren’t listed anymore.

Another question:

What is the best choice to distribuite the software, now that i’ve compiled it?
Should i create a .deb pack ? If i’ve compiled on my Ubuntu machine ( 2.6.35-22-generic ) someone with Slackware or another distribution would be able to run it ?

A Debian package (.deb) is the most convenient for all the users with native .deb support. As far as I know there are converters for the various package formats (deb, rpm, dunno what Slackware uses nowadays).

I personally would go with a .deb, maybe a .rpm and a zip file as fallback option.