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lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 9:54 AM

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This is my first time using CMake for a project

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lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 9:54 AM

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cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.28.0)
project(SimpleMusicPlayer2 VERSION 1.0.0)


add_executable(SimpleMusicPlayer2 main.cpp)


set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)



```I have this so far

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This is a screenshot of my root dir

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this is the include folder

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this is the lib folder

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 9:56 AM

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lyric rain ```cmake cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.28.0) project(SimpleMusicPlayer2 VERSI...

I'm having trouble adding Qt6 to CMake, so I can use it in main.c++

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and the CMake documentation is a mess, I've read a bit and used ChatGPT to help

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I just need to add Qt6

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it's a local build, that I've split up into the include, lib, and bin folders

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https://github.com/qt/qtbase - I downloaded the Qt6 source from here, and built it with CMake and Ninja

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I hope that was the right library haha

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:07 AM

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did you run the install step of qt's cmake build?

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that should have produced some cmake config files you can use to find_package qt in your project

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:13 AM

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oh

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no?

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I didn't know that could be done

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how do I run install?

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:14 AM

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it's in the instructions 😛
https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/windows-building.html#step-4-build-the-qt-library

mkdir qt6-build
cd qt6-build
C:\Qt\6.6.1\Src\configure.bat
cmake --build .
cmake --install .

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:14 AM

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do I need to rebuild it?

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:14 AM

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did you delete the directory where you built qt?

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:14 AM

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I moved the necessary files out of it

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yeah

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:15 AM

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unless you deleted other stuff, you should be able to move those things back

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if you remember where they go 😄

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:15 AM

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I deleted the whole build

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:15 AM

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RIP

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:15 AM

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I can rebuild it lol

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it only takes 10 or so minutes

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:15 AM

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once you do, don't move stuff out of it

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:16 AM

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after I run the install, what do I do with it?

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to use it

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:16 AM

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https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/cmake-get-started.html#building-a-c-gui-application

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find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Widgets)

to find it, then link to the stuff you need like widgets

target_link_libraries(helloworld PRIVATE Qt6::Widgets)

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:17 AM

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what stuff do I move over from the build directory

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:17 AM

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nothing

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the install step will put everything needed somewhere

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probably C:\Qt or something

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maybe C:\Program Files\Qt

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:17 AM

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do I just move the whole build to my project folder

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:18 AM

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nope

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:18 AM

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what if I wanted to include it in the project

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for open source

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:18 AM

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Qt is huge

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you don't want to include hundreds of MB of binaries in your git project 😄

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:19 AM

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can a library really be that big???

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wow

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:19 AM

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I think just the sources of Qt are like 700MB

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:19 AM

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I mean, they have a lot of GUI options

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fair

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if I shared the whole project, can other people build it without Qt being included, does CMake magically do something

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:20 AM

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if they have Qt installed

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:20 AM

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ok that's cool

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:20 AM

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find_package looks in a few default places

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if they installed it elsewhere, they can also tell cmake to look there

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:21 AM

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how do I specify where it is, so it doesn't have to spend extra time looking everywhere?

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oh nevermind that

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how does it know what qt6 is

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how does it know where to look

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:22 AM

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it looks in some places like C:\Program Files\

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for a folder called Qt6

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and variations

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and somewhere in there it expects a file like Qt6-config.cmake

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which tells it all about the thing

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:22 AM

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so I ust use find_package and it should include itself

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:23 AM

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yes, if it can find it in the places it looks

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:24 AM

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I will be back when I compile qt6

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:24 AM

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😄

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:24 AM

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it uses 100% cpu lol

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:26 AM

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feel free to ping me, I might not see it 😄

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:26 AM

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thanks

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here we go

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:29 AM

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lol you typoed CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE but it had a fallback to Release anyway yamikek

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:29 AM

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what do you mean

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granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:29 AM

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you wrote CNAJE_BUILD_TYPE

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:29 AM

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haha this wasn't the building step

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whoops

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:29 AM

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but it's fine

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:v

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:29 AM

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oh haha

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XD

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:30 AM

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ah see

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:30 AM

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ooh

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that's neat

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it tell you wherer it's installing

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:30 AM

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the install step will create that folder with the headers, libraries, cmake config files, everything needed to use it

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:30 AM

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(lag over 9,000%)

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:31 AM

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so if you wanted to archive this so you can move it to another machine or something, that would be just fine

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after you have this, you don't need the build folder anymore

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(but maybe wait until stuff works before you delete it yamikek )

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:31 AM

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that is nasty

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whoops

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I'm lagging so badly

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hard to type

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:32 AM

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I like ultrakill, too yamikek

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:32 AM

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noice :doge:

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who's yamikek

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:33 AM

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you could do cmake --build build --parallel 4 or something to use fewer cores for building, but it'll take longer 😛

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:33 AM

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that will take hours lol

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I think it's using 57 threads or something

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or are cores what you call them

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:34 AM

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what CPU you got thonk

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:34 AM

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lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:34 AM

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granite rover what CPU you got <:thonk:491486269751164929>

intel core i7

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granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:36 AM

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6 perf cores with 12 threads + 4 efficiency cores with 4 threads == 16 threads total

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:36 AM

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Completed : [1178/1896]

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:36 AM

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and about 16 g++ processes

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seems right

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:36 AM

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granite rover 6 perf cores with 12 threads + 4 efficiency cores with 4 threads == 16 threads t...

how'd you get all that

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:36 AM

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https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/226066/intel-core-i712650h-processor-24m-cache-up-to-4-70-ghz/specifications.html

Intel

Intel® Core™ i7-12650H Processor (24M Cache, up to 4.70 GHz) - Prod...

Intel® Core™ i7-12650H Processor (24M Cache, up to 4.70 GHz) quick reference with specifications, features, and technologies.

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:37 AM

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noice

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by the way, I'm doing all this to recreate my first music player for fun

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I can send it here

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it's not made that good, buttons looks weird

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cDsSO77rp4fVh0DmKQpXlui-DXy5B-ad/view?usp=drive_link

Google Docs

SimpleMusicPlayer.rar

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and about ultrakill

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does it have multiplayer, I only played the old pirated version

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got up to the fast angel guy

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forgot his name

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in the fleshy looking place

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    Directory: C:\Users\jason\Downloads\qtbase-dev\build


Mode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                 -------------         ------ ----
d-----         5/01/2024   9:41 PM                bin
d-----         5/01/2024   9:41 PM                CMakeFiles
d-----         5/01/2024   9:27 PM                config.tests
d-----         5/01/2024   9:28 PM                doc
d-----         5/01/2024   9:28 PM                include
d-----         5/01/2024   9:41 PM                lib
d-----         5/01/2024   9:30 PM                mkspecs
d-----         5/01/2024   9:28 PM                modules
d-----         5/01/2024   9:28 PM                plugins
d-----         5/01/2024   9:38 PM                qmake
d-----         5/01/2024   9:28 PM                src
-a----         5/01/2024   9:41 PM        2563132 .ninja_deps
-a----         5/01/2024   9:41 PM         281177 .ninja_log
-a----         5/01/2024   9:28 PM        5732441 build.ninja
-a----         5/01/2024   9:28 PM         147542 CMakeCache.txt
-a----         5/01/2024   9:28 PM          55220 cmake_install.cmake
-a----         5/01/2024   9:27 PM             56 config.redo.bat
-a----         5/01/2024   9:28 PM           7806 config.summary
-a----         5/01/2024   9:28 PM            345 CTestTestfile.cmake

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Finished building

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looks neat

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:46 AM

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k now the install step

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:46 AM

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yikes no wonder

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still less than unity lol

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📎 terminal.txt

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:47 AM

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granite rover k now the install step

done

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CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:12 (find_package):By not providing "FindQt6.cmake" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this project has
asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by "Qt6", but
CMake did not find one.

Could not find a package configuration file provided by "Qt6" with any of
the following names:

  Qt6Config.cmake
  qt6-config.cmake

Add the installation prefix of "Qt6" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set "Qt6_DIR"
to a directory containing one of the above files.  If "Qt6" provides a
separate development package or SDK, be sure it has been installed.CMake (find_package)

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cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.28.0)
project(SimpleMusicPlayer2 VERSION 1.0.0)


add_executable(SimpleMusicPlayer2 main.cpp)


set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)


find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Widgets)
target_link_libraries(helloworld PRIVATE Qt6::Widgets)

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I tried this

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and got that error

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do I have to type the path manually

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granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:54 AM

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try adding -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=C:/Qt to your cmake command line

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or do you use some IDE or editor that calls cmake for your project

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:54 AM

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I just use vscode

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:54 AM

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granite rover try adding `-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=C:/Qt` to your cmake command line

when building

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or installing

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:55 AM

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no no

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your project

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not qt

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:55 AM

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oh

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lol

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what does prefix path do

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:55 AM

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you could also try moving that Qt-6.8.0 folder to C:\Program Files, I guess

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:55 AM

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oh I should

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:55 AM

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it's one of the paths cmake will search for packages

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I believe cmake searches in Program Files on windows by default

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then it would "just work" hopefully

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:56 AM

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it's there now

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whoops

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I'm multitasking'

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that was a video

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im not playing it

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:57 AM

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xD

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:58 AM

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DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=C:/Program Files/Qt

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is it ok to have a space there

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and what's the prefix for

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does it just say to search there

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:59 AM

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the "prefix" is like the root where cmake will search for packages

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:59 AM

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can I specify multiple

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:59 AM

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yes

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; separated

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but you shouldn't need to for this

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 10:59 AM

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is it ok to have a space in the name

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 10:59 AM

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lyric rain ``DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=C:/Program Files/Qt``

might have to quote it, where are you specifying it

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:00 AM

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ok

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there's no cmake errors

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will #includes work in the main.cpp now?

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:00 AM

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eh, no

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:01 AM

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thought so

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:01 AM

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inside the cmake file it would be set(VARIABLE "VALUE")

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:01 AM

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what's that

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:01 AM

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sets the variable named VARIABLE to the value VALUE

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:01 AM

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what variable do I set

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:02 AM

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CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH

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(though normally, you wouldn't want to hard-code this in your cmake file)

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:02 AM

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DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="C:/Program Files/Qt"oh, I don't just put that in there

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I have to set it

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cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.28.0)
project(SimpleMusicPlayer2 VERSION 1.0.0)


add_executable(SimpleMusicPlayer2 main.cpp)


set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)

DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="C:/Program Files/Qt"


find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Widgets)
target_link_libraries(helloworld PRIVATE Qt6::Widgets)

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:02 AM

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the -DNAME=VALUE syntax is for passing it on the cmake command line

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set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "C:/Program Files/Qt")

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:03 AM

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done that

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:04 AM

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ok, and?

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cmake happy or not

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:05 AM

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the same error comes back

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cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.28.0)
project(SimpleMusicPlayer2 VERSION 1.0.0)


add_executable(SimpleMusicPlayer2 main.cpp)


set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)

set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "C:/Program Files/Qt")


find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Widgets)
target_link_libraries(helloworld PRIVATE Qt6::Widgets)

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:05 AM

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try set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "C:/Program Files/Qt/Qt-6.8.0/lib")

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or, actually

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search for files with the .cmake extension

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there should be one called Qt6-config.cmake or Qt6Config.cmake

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:06 AM

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ok

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:06 AM

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need to find what directory that is in

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:06 AM

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in Qt

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:06 AM

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yeah

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:06 AM

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oh any

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ok

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:06 AM

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in the Qt-6.8.0 folder

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:07 AM

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found it

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:07 AM

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hm I feel like that should work

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but ok

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:08 AM

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granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:08 AM

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you can do

set(Qt6_DIR "C:/Program Files/Qt/Qt-6.8.0/lib/cmake/Qt6")

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instead

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pointing it at the exact dir where it will find the file

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should make it happy

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:08 AM

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should

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:(

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Exception has occurred: FATAL_ERROR
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:14 (find_package):
  Found package configuration file:

    C:/Program Files/Qt/Qt-6.8.0/lib/cmake/Qt6/Qt6Config.cmake

  but it set Qt6_FOUND to FALSE so package "Qt6" is considered to be NOT
  FOUND.  Reason given by package:

  Failed to find required Qt component "Widgets".

  Expected Config file at "C:/Program
  Files/Qt/Qt-6.8.0/lib/cmake/Qt6Widgets/Qt6WidgetsConfig.cmake" exists



  Configuring with --debug-find-pkg=Qt6Widgets might reveal details why the
  package was not found.

  Configuring with -DQT_DEBUG_FIND_PACKAGE=ON will print the values of some
  of the path variables that find_package uses to try and find the package.

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it's not happy

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hey it found the file at-least

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 but it set Qt6_FOUND to FALSE so package "Qt6" is considered to be NOT
  FOUND.  Reason given by package:
```It's not very smart either haha

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that's weird

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:09 AM

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Expected Config file at "C:/Program
Files/Qt/Qt-6.8.0/lib/cmake/Qt6Widgets/Qt6WidgetsConfig.cmake" exists

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so... it exists?

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where's the problem thonk

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:10 AM

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yes

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where

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oh I know what can *not find the problem

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chatGPT

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:10 AM

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xD

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:11 AM

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99.9% of the time is a waste of time

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oh the best part

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it's guaranteed

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@lyric rain bad advertising award 2024

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oh, maybe I need glasses

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:12 AM

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not wrong

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but not the problem 😄

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:13 AM

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that wasn't the problem

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yeah

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lol

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cmake is as painful as tasks.json

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:18 AM

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in vscode, if you go to preferences

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then click the "workspace" button

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then find the cmake.configureArgs setting

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try adding the --debug-find-pkg=Qt6Widgets there cmake suggested

royal treeBOT Jan 5, 2024, 11:23 AM

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@lyric rain Has your question been resolved? If so, type !solved :)

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:24 AM

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yeet

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:24 AM

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granite rover try adding the `--debug-find-pkg=Qt6Widgets` there cmake suggested

ok

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:25 AM

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lyric rain > Completed : [**1178**/**1896**]

wait actually why so few build steps?

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also what is Qt 6.8, newest release is 6.6.1

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:26 AM

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is that right

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:26 AM

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not environment variables

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configure arguments

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:26 AM

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granite rover also what is Qt 6.8, newest release is 6.6.1

found it on github

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:26 AM

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I'm building 6.6.1 rn

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:26 AM

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https://github.com/qt/qtbase

GitHub

GitHub - qt/qtbase: Qt Base (Core, Gui, Widgets, Network, ...)

Qt Base (Core, Gui, Widgets, Network, ...). Contribute to qt/qtbase development by creating an account on GitHub.

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:26 AM

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and it's 12000 build steps

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:27 AM

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yeah

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:27 AM

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lyric rain https://github.com/qt/qtbase

did you clone and build that?

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that might just be the qtbase library

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:27 AM

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granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:27 AM

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yep

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:28 AM

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granite rover did you clone and build that?

I downloaded as zip then built it

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did I get the wrong file?

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:29 AM

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idk if they changed the organization of stuff

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but as of 6.6.1 there are a ton of modules

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qtbase is just one

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:29 AM

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where did you download yours from

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:29 AM

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https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/6.6/6.6.1/single/

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:30 AM

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that website is a pain to navigate

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:30 AM

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you download the zip that contains all the sources

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as you can see it's 1.2GB lol

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:31 AM

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I probably got some spinoff downlaod

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mine was 2.? GB when built

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4 minutes

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wow

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lucky wifi moment

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:31 AM

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and I'm only halfway done building yamikek

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:32 AM

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I'll delete this version of Qt so I can download the new one

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:32 AM

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granite rover and I'm only halfway done building <:yamikek:644618999857938492>

12GB

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WOW

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the one I had was 2GB when built

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:32 AM

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the build folder contains a bunch of stuff you don't need to keep after it's done

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:32 AM

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oh

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:32 AM

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but yeah Qt is fairly... substantial 😄

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:33 AM

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can't wait for some new type of hard drive

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I heard a company found a way to store terrabytes of data on glass plates as if they were Megabytes

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using light

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granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:35 AM

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you know, if you used msys2 for example, you could just install a compiled version of qt

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with a package manager

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or you could sign up with Qt and use their installer to install a compiled version

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:36 AM

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what's mysys2

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:37 AM

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https://www.msys2.org/

MSYS2

Software Distribution and Building Platform for Windows

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it's like a small linux like environment with bash and a package manager for installing compilers, libraries and other tools

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:37 AM

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sounds like mingw

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:37 AM

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yeah you can install mingw toolchains with it

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but also a ton of libraries and tools built with mingw

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like ffmpeg ,qt, whatever

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:38 AM

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will it be faster than building it

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:38 AM

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probably 😄

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 11:38 AM

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how do I install it with mysys2

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pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-qt6-base does this look like the right command

#

#

installing

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that installed crazy fast

#

#

it installed it into mysys2, as if it was integrated with it

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how do I use it now?

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 11:56 AM

#

so, ideally you would also install g++ in there

#

and use that compiler with your project as well

#

(so you might have to do the "scan for kits" thing again so VSCode finds the msys2 mingw)

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and then it should just work

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no setting of prefix path or qt6_dir needed

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 12:13 PM

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oh ok

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I have g++ installed with mingw I think

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somewhere else

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 12:13 PM

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granite rover no setting of prefix path or qt6_dir needed

sweet

#

#

it still has the error after scanning

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 12:14 PM

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at the bottom you need to select the other compiler

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where it says GCC 13.2 etc

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if it found the msys install, you should have another one

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 12:15 PM

#

#

it can't find G++

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I installed G++ to C:/wdevkit

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 12:15 PM

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alright then do Ctrl+Shift+P "edit kits"

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a json file should open

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 12:15 PM

#

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 12:16 PM

#

granite rover a json file should open

ok

#

[
  {
    "name": "GCC 13.2.0 x86_64-w64-mingw32",
    "compilers": {
      "C": "C:\\w64devkit\\bin\\gcc.exe",
      "CXX": "C:\\w64devkit\\bin\\g++.exe"
    },
    "isTrusted": true
  }
]

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do I add one

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 12:16 PM

#

yeah, something like:

    {
        "name": "gcc x64",
        "vendor": "gcc",
        "keep": true,
        "compilers": {
            "CXX": "D:/Programs/msys2/mingw64/bin/g++.exe",
            "C": "D:/Programs/msys2/mingw64/bin/gcc.exe"
        },
        "environmentVariables": {
            "PATH": "${env:PATH};D:/Programs/msys2/mingw64/bin"
        },
        "isTrusted": true
    },

#

adjust the paths

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probably C:/msys64 for you instead

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 12:17 PM

#

[
  {
    "name": "GCC 13.2.0 x86_64-w64-mingw32",
    "compilers": {
      "C": "C:\\w64devkit\\bin\\gcc.exe",
      "CXX": "C:\\w64devkit\\bin\\g++.exe"
    },
    "isTrusted": true
  },
  {
    "name": "w64devkit g++",
    "compilers": {
      "C": "C:\\w64devkit\\bin\\g++.exe",
      "CXX": "C:\\w64devkit\\bin\\g++.exe"
    },
    "isTrusted": true
  }
]

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 12:17 PM

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no 😄

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 12:18 PM

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no?

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 12:18 PM

#

you want to use the msys2 mingw

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that's how it "just works"

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 12:18 PM

#

oh

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I should install it there first

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 12:18 PM

#

pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc

#

maybe also make or ninja

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 12:19 PM

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should I delete the dev kit in C

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I only used the compilers in it

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 12:19 PM

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you can

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 12:19 PM

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oh it has pkill

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weird

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on windows

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what's that gui kill

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 12:20 PM

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thonk

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 12:20 PM

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I'll keep it, it has a bunch of useful commadns

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like clear from linux

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instead of cls

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 12:21 PM

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actually in the vscode settings, (user this time), you could add C:\msys64\mingw64 here and then the scan should find it automatically

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 12:21 PM

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I'll do that

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do I do the bin folder

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or will it looks all over it

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 12:22 PM

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without bin

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 12:23 PM

#

ok

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 12:24 PM

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meh doesn't work for me anymore lol

#

._.

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guess you'll have to edit the json after all

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 12:24 PM

#

[
  {
    "name": "GCC 13.2.0 x86_64-w64-mingw32",
    "compilers": {
      "C": "C:\\w64devkit\\bin\\gcc.exe",
      "CXX": "C:\\w64devkit\\bin\\g++.exe"
    },
    "isTrusted": true
  },
  {
    "name": "GCC 13.2.0 x86_64-w64-mingw32 (mingw64)",
    "compilers": {
      "C": "C:\\msys64\\mingw64\\bin\\gcc.exe",
      "CXX": "C:\\msys64\\mingw64\\bin\\g++.exe"
    },
    "isTrusted": true,
    "environmentVariables": {
      "CMT_MINGW_PATH": "C:\\msys64\\mingw64\\bin"
    }
  }
]

#

the bottom one

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it uses gcc for C

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 12:25 PM

#

that's right

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 12:25 PM

#

why not g++

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 12:25 PM

#

because that's for C++ 😄

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 12:25 PM

#

I'm using C++ though

#

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.28.0)
project(SimpleMusicPlayer2 VERSION 1.0.0)


add_executable(SimpleMusicPlayer2 main.cpp)


set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)


find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Widgets)
target_link_libraries(SimpleMusicPlayer2 PRIVATE Qt6::Widgets)

#

no error

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how did a different compiler fix this

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 12:26 PM

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because in the same "root" as the compiler are all the libs you installed

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 12:26 PM

#

what do you mean

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 12:27 PM

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all the mingw-w64-x86_64-* packages you install are under that C:\msys64\mingw64 "root"

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in lib, bin, include etc.

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 12:27 PM

#

oh

#

I installed Qt with it too

#

makes sense

#

#include <QApplication>
#include <QPushButton>
#include <QMessageBox>

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    QApplication app(argc, argv);

    // Create a main window
    QWidget mainWindow;
    mainWindow.setWindowTitle("Simple Qt6 Application");

    // Create a button
    QPushButton button("Click me", &mainWindow);

    // Connect the button click signal to a slot (function)
    QObject::connect(&button, &QPushButton::clicked, [&]() {
        // Show a message box when the button is clicked
        QMessageBox::information(&mainWindow, "Button Clicked", "Hello, Qt World!");
    });

    // Set up the layout
    QVBoxLayout layout(&mainWindow);
    layout.addWidget(&button);
    mainWindow.setLayout(&layout);

    // Show the main window
    mainWindow.show();

    // Run the application event loop
    return app.exec();
}

What do I need to do in CMakeLists.txt to include these?

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 12:28 PM

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what you have should be fine

#

those are all Widgets, I think?

#

maybe Qt6::GUI for QApplication

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 12:28 PM

#

I can ask chatgpt

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 12:28 PM

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Qt docs for the class should say what module it's in

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 12:29 PM

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all widgets

#

QApplication: No such file or directory

#

all of them have this though

#

oh wow

#

reload and it's fixed

#

#

it has this issue though

#

it needs the dll to be in the same directory as the compiled executable

#

I think I need to compile it as a static or something, I heard this was what you do when you want to make it portable or something

#

I don't know how to do it though and it sounds harder than all of this

#

#

even when I copy all the dll files into the project, it gives me this

#

maybe 2 errors

#

or 1

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 12:57 PM

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how do I configure it for static

#

#

maybe I need to get a static build?

#

mingw-w64-x86_64-qt6-static

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 1:01 PM

#

sounds like it might be static

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 1:02 PM

#

lyric rain ``mingw-w64-x86_64-qt6-static``

should I install this

#

ima install it and see

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 1:07 PM

#

yeah

#

only question is then what you need to do to get find_package to use those instead yamikek

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 1:07 PM

#

wdym

#

CMake Warning at C:/Program Files/CMake/share/cmake-3.28/Modules/CMakeFindDependencyMacro.cmake:76 (find_package):
[build]   By not providing "FindQt6CoreTools.cmake" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this project
[build]   has asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by
[build]   "Qt6CoreTools", but CMake did not find one.
[build] 
[build]   Could not find a package configuration file provided by "Qt6CoreTools"
[build]   (requested version 6.6.1) with any of the following names:
[build] 
[build]     Qt6CoreToolsConfig.cmake
[build]     qt6coretools-config.cmake
[build] 
[build]   Add the installation prefix of "Qt6CoreTools" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set
[build]   "Qt6CoreTools_DIR" to a directory containing one of the above files.  If
[build]   "Qt6CoreTools" provides a separate development package or SDK, be sure it
[build]   has been installed.
[build] Call Stack (most recent call first):
[build]   C:/msys64/mingw64/qt6-static/lib/cmake/Qt6WidgetsTools/Qt6WidgetsToolsDependencies.cmake:9 (find_dependency)
[build]   C:/msys64/mingw64/qt6-static/lib/cmake/Qt6WidgetsTools/Qt6WidgetsToolsConfig.cmake:33 (include)
[build]   C:/msys64/mingw64/qt6-static/lib/cmake/Qt6/QtPublicDependencyHelpers.cmake:65 (find_package)
[build]   C:/msys64/mingw64/qt6-static/lib/cmake/Qt6Widgets/Qt6WidgetsDependencies.cmake:34 (_qt_internal_find_tool_dependencies)
[build]   C:/msys64/mingw64/qt6-static/lib/cmake/Qt6Widgets/Qt6WidgetsConfig.cmake:40 (include)
[build]   C:/msys64/mingw64/qt6-static/lib/cmake/Qt6/Qt6Config.cmake:156 (find_package)
[build]   CMakeLists.txt:12 (find_package)

#

oh

#

so much pain

#

should I go back to the other version?

#

or do I need a static build anyways

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 1:09 PM

#

did you uninstall the other one?

#

or what

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 1:09 PM

#

yeah

#

I can reinstall it

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 1:10 PM

#

this might only be the libraries

#

idk

#

so you might need both for libs + tools

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 1:10 PM

#

should I just compile one as static then use that instead?

#

how do you even compile something as static?

#

local/mingw-w64-x86_64-qt6-static 6.6.1-1
    A cross-platform application and UI framework (mingw-w64)
```What I have

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 1:12 PM

#

mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-qt6-tools

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 1:12 PM

#

jason@JasonCoolLaptop MSYS ~
$ pacman -Ss qt6 static
clangarm64/mingw-w64-clang-aarch64-qt6-scxml 6.6.1-1 (mingw-w64-clang-aarch64-qt6)
    Static and runtime integration of SCXML models into Qt6 code (mingw-w64)
clangarm64/mingw-w64-clang-aarch64-qt6-scxml-debug 6.6.1-1 (mingw-w64-clang-aarch64-qt6-debug)
    Static and runtime integration of SCXML models into Qt6 code (mingw-w64)
clangarm64/mingw-w64-clang-aarch64-qt6-static 6.6.1-1
    A cross-platform application and UI framework (mingw-w64)
mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-qt6-scxml 6.6.1-1 (mingw-w64-x86_64-qt6)
    Static and runtime integration of SCXML models into Qt6 code (mingw-w64)
mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-qt6-scxml-debug 6.6.1-1 (mingw-w64-x86_64-qt6-debug)
    Static and runtime integration of SCXML models into Qt6 code (mingw-w64)
mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-qt6-static 6.6.1-1
    A cross-platform application and UI framework (mingw-w64)
ucrt64/mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-qt6-scxml 6.6.1-1 (mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-qt6)
    Static and runtime integration of SCXML models into Qt6 code (mingw-w64)
ucrt64/mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-qt6-scxml-debug 6.6.1-1 (mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-qt6-debug)
    Static and runtime integration of SCXML models into Qt6 code (mingw-w64)
ucrt64/mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-qt6-static 6.6.1-1
    A cross-platform application and UI framework (mingw-w64)
clang64/mingw-w64-clang-x86_64-qt6-scxml 6.6.1-1 (mingw-w64-clang-x86_64-qt6)
    Static and runtime integration of SCXML models into Qt6 code (mingw-w64)
clang64/mingw-w64-clang-x86_64-qt6-scxml-debug 6.6.1-1 (mingw-w64-clang-x86_64-qt6-debug)
    Static and runtime integration of SCXML models into Qt6 code (mingw-w64)
clang64/mingw-w64-clang-x86_64-qt6-static 6.6.1-1
    A cross-platform application and UI framework (mingw-w64)

jason@JasonCoolLaptop MSYS ~
```Unless one of these is the right version

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 1:12 PM

#

try installing this

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 1:12 PM

#

granite rover mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-qt6-tools

ok

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 1:12 PM

#

maybe that has the tools you're missing with the -static package

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 1:12 PM

#

how do you know if it's static

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 1:14 PM

#

nevermind

#

#

the CoreTools thing is in the -static package

#

dunno why it doesn't find it

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 1:15 PM

#

what's rg do

#

does it look inside the package

#

like a search within a search

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 1:15 PM

#

pacman -Ql lists all the files in the package

#

rg just filters the output

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 1:15 PM

#

thanks

#

[main] Building folder: SimpleMusicPlayer2 
[build] Starting build
[proc] Executing command: "C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.EXE" --build c:/Users/jason/Desktop/SimpleMusicPlayer2/build --config Debug --target all --
[build] CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:12 (find_package):
[build]   By not providing "FindQt6.cmake" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this project has
[build]   asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by "Qt6", but
[build]   CMake did not find one.
[build] 
[build]   Could not find a package configuration file provided by "Qt6" with any of
[build]   the following names:
[build] 
[build]     Qt6Config.cmake
[build]     qt6-config.cmake
[build] 
[build]   Add the installation prefix of "Qt6" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set "Qt6_DIR"
[build]   to a directory containing one of the above files.  If "Qt6" provides a
[build]   separate development package or SDK, be sure it has been installed.
[build] 
[build] 
[build] -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
[build] [1/1   0% :: 0.004] Re-running CMake...
[build] FAILED: build.ninja 
[build] "C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" --regenerate-during-build -SC:\Users\jason\Desktop\SimpleMusicPlayer2 -BC:\Users\jason\Desktop\SimpleMusicPlayer2\build
[build] ninja: error: rebuilding 'build.ninja': subcommand failed
[proc] The command: "C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.EXE" --build c:/Users/jason/Desktop/SimpleMusicPlayer2/build --config Debug --target all -- exited with code: 1
[driver] Build completed: 00:00:00.435
[build] Build finished with exit code 1

#

error maybe

#

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.28.0)
project(SimpleMusicPlayer2 VERSION 1.0.0)


add_executable(SimpleMusicPlayer2 main.cpp)


set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)


find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Widgets)
target_link_libraries(SimpleMusicPlayer2 PRIVATE Qt6::Widgets)
```no errors here

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 1:16 PM

#

now it's not finding anything yamikek

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 1:16 PM

#

I installed it though

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 1:16 PM

#

which one

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 1:16 PM

#

granite rover mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-qt6-tools

this

#

I uninstalled the rest

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 1:17 PM

#

yeah no

#

this is just some executables

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 1:17 PM

#

oh

#

I should of kept the last one

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 1:17 PM

#

you need one of the packages that provides the libs

#

and idk if you need the tools one

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 1:17 PM

#

I'm installing it

#

I'll see if it works

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 1:18 PM

#

the tools package contains like the Qt form designer app

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 1:18 PM

#

oh

#

the actual app

#

and it works?

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 1:19 PM

#

🤷

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 1:19 PM

#

it installed fast

#

but my wifi's on steroids today

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 1:19 PM

#

it might cache downloads, too

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 1:20 PM

#

📎 message.txt

#

error

#

again

#

Could not find a package configuration file provided by "Qt6CoreTools"

#

#

local/mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-qt6-base 6.6.1-3 (mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-qt6)
    A cross-platform application and UI framework (mingw-w64)
local/mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-qt6-tools 6.6.1-1 (mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-qt6)
    A cross-platform application and UI framework (Development Tools, QtHelp) (mingw-w64)
local/mingw-w64-x86_64-qt6-static 6.6.1-1
    A cross-platform application and UI framework (mingw-w64)

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 1:22 PM

#

I guess you need to set the prefix path again :v

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 1:22 PM

#

what was that

#

#

oh squiggle

#

I have no idea what I'm doing

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 1:23 PM

#

try

set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "C:/msys64/mingw64/qt6-static/lib/cmake")

I guess

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 1:23 PM

#

ok

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 1:23 PM

#

all the Qt6Whatever folders are under there

#

but if that doesn't work, idk, go back to using the shared libraries? 💀

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 1:24 PM

#

#

I dont't see Qwidgets

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 1:24 PM

#

Qt6Widgets

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 1:24 PM

#

it doesn't work

#

I'm going to try compiling the build

#

it's going to take ages to even extract it

#

like an hour or so

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 1:25 PM

#

then you still have to figure out how to configure a static build

#

and then you still have the same problem 😛

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 1:26 PM

#

:(

#

"and they said CMake was easier"

#

nuh uh

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 1:27 PM

#

just use the shared libs that work

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 1:29 PM

#

nothings worked really

#

the ones that worked needs an insane amount of dll's next to the exe

#

I won't stop until I find a way to make it static

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 1:31 PM

#

I tried using the static ones

#

the first error it reports is some missing WrapZLIB package

#

which as far as I can tell doesn't exist yamikek

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 1:32 PM

#

lol

#

#

imagine building this haha

#

RIP my computer

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 1:36 PM

#

if you use their configure script, it's -static

#

mkdir qt6-build
cd qt6-build
C:\Qt\6.6.1\Src\configure.bat -static
cmake --build .
cmake --install .

#

like that

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 1:42 PM

#

thanks

#

I'll do that when it finished building

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 1:52 PM

#

but you need to do this before building thonk

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 1:52 PM

#

tomato tomato

#

#

this feels like it's building

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 1:53 PM

#

yamikek

#

I hope you still have enough free space

#

also get 7zip

#

if you want fast extraction of stuff 😄

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 1:53 PM

#

oh it's fast?

#

finally

#

it's done

#

...extracting

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 2:07 PM

#

how long could it possibly take to build 12000 files yamikek

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 2:07 PM

#

🦓

#

C:\Qt\6.6.1\Src\configure.bat -static

#

how do I do this to the file I have

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 2:08 PM

#

?

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 2:08 PM

#

#

configure it

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 2:08 PM

#

same idea

#

make some directory where all the build stuff will go

#

run those commands in there

#

point it at that configure.bat file

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 2:09 PM

#

don't I configure it before I run the build

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 2:09 PM

#

yes

#

but you need to run it from the directory where all the stuff should go

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 2:09 PM

#

configure --static then cmake --build ./build

#

that?

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 2:09 PM

#

yesn't

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 2:10 PM

#

yes

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 2:10 PM

#

the script uses the current directory

#

not build

#

if you want it in build, you have to create the directory first

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 2:10 PM

#

how

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 2:10 PM

#

mkdir

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 2:10 PM

#

oh I made build

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 2:11 PM

#

mkdir qt6-build
cd qt6-build
C:\Qt\6.6.1\Src\configure.bat -static
cmake --build .
cmake --install .

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 2:11 PM

#

it's in downloads for me

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 2:11 PM

#

change the paths to whatever you want them to be

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 2:11 PM

#

#

I just did configure, but it looks like it's about to start building it

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 2:12 PM

#

eww

#

wait what

#

why are you doing it in qtbase 😄

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 2:12 PM

#

...

#

#

qt-everywhere-src-6.6.1

#

crap

#

it's in qtbase

#

how did that happen

#

bruhj

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 2:13 PM

#

also you have to cd build if you want it to write into build

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it doesn't really matter but it's easier to delete wrong stuff if it's in a separate directory 😛

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so you don't have to extract it for half an hour again rolf

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 2:14 PM

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ima just leave it

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I just need the build anyways

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@granite rover what games do you play

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 2:17 PM

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currently sekiro

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 2:19 PM

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I got elden ring

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souls like

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whoops

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I'll be back tomorrow when it's built

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gotta sleep now

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cya later

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 3:24 PM

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C:\Users\jason\Downloads\qt-everywhere-src-6.6.1\build>cmake --install .
-- Install configuration: "Release"
-- Up-to-date: C:/Qt/Qt-6.6.1/lib/cmake/Qt6BuildInternals/Qt6BuildInternalsConfig.cmake
-- Up-to-date: C:/Qt/Qt-6.6.1/lib/cmake/Qt6BuildInternals/Qt6BuildInternalsConfigVersion.cmake
-- Up-to-date: C:/Qt/Qt-6.6.1/lib/cmake/Qt6BuildInternals/Qt6BuildInternalsConfigVersionImpl.cmake
-- Up-to-date: C:/Qt/Qt-6.6.1/lib/cmake/Qt6BuildInternals/QtBuildInternalsExtra.cmake
-- Up-to-date: C:/Qt/Qt-6.6.1/lib/cmake/Qt6BuildInternals/QtStandaloneTestTemplateProject
-- Up-to-date: C:/Qt/Qt-6.6.1/lib/cmake/Qt6BuildInternals/QtStandaloneTestTemplateProject/CMakeLists.txt
-- Up-to-date: C:/Qt/Qt-6.6.1/lib/cmake/Qt6BuildInternals/QtStandaloneTestTemplateProject/Main.cmake
-- Up-to-date: C:/Qt/Qt-6.6.1/lib/cmake/Qt6/qt.toolchain.cmake
-- Up-to-date: C:/Qt/Qt-6.6.1/bin/qt-cmake.bat
-- Up-to-date: C:/Qt/Qt-6.6.1/bin/qt-cmake-create.bat
-- Up-to-date: C:/Qt/Qt-6.6.1/bin/qt-cmake-private.bat
-- Up-to-date: C:/Qt/Qt-6.6.1/bin/qt-configure-module.bat
-- Up-to-date: C:/Qt/Qt-6.6.1/bin/qt-cmake-standalone-test.bat
-- Up-to-date: C:/Qt/Qt-6.6.1/./bin/qt-cmake-private-install.cmake
-- Up-to-date: C:/Qt/Qt-6.6.1/bin/qt-internal-configure-tests.bat
-- Up-to-date: C:/Qt/Qt-6.6.1/./bin/android_emulator_launcher.sh
-- Up-to-date: C:/Qt/Qt-6.6.1/mkspecs/qconfig.pri
CMake Error at qtbase/cmake_install.cmake:94 (file):
  file INSTALL cannot find
  "C:/Users/jason/Downloads/qt-everywhere-src-6.6.1/build/qtbase/mkspecs/qmodule.pri":
  No error.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  cmake_install.cmake:42 (include)
```got this

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even in the official version, it can't find something

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 3:28 PM

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😦

lyric rain Jan 5, 2024, 3:33 PM

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I give up

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no need to re-invent the wheel

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ima just use the qt installer

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re-inventing the wheel is a waste of time

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instead of wasting time on doing something someone else has painfully done

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just use their work

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which is the qt installer

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although this is unfiar. With python, you literately just have to do pip install pyqt

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actually, this can be seen as an upgrade

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in C++, I get to use an overkill fancy pancy installer to install my library!

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would ya look at that

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simplicity in it's finest

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I just selected all the frameworks I wanted

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like normal qt, android development, and some additional symbols for debugging (whatever they are)

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time to sleep knowing everything will be easy lol

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cya tomorrow

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maybe

granite rover Jan 5, 2024, 3:49 PM

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now the only question is which mingw their libs were compiled for 😛

thorny flicker Jan 5, 2024, 7:17 PM

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it looks like i'm a bit late to the party, but if you're ok with qt5 you can just use a package manager. it looks like it's available as a vcpkg port. i have a template repo you can use to make a few edits to get that building pretty easily using vcpkg & cmake

lyric rain Jan 6, 2024, 2:33 AM

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qt5 is easier to get?

lyric rain Jan 6, 2024, 2:33 AM

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granite rover now the only question is *which* mingw their libs were compiled for 😛

does it matter

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how do I link it to this?

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it's such a pain

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won't find it no matter what

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who woke up and decided to call Cmake useful if it can't even find a simple package

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I DID IT

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FUCK YES

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@granite rover all that time making it work

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I finally did it

granite rover Jan 6, 2024, 2:55 AM

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but is it static :v

lyric rain Jan 6, 2024, 2:55 AM

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that's good

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it can be a portable exe now

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C:\Qt\6.6.1\mingw_64\lib\cmake I installed multiple versions, so I had to choose ming64 for windows

granite rover Jan 6, 2024, 2:55 AM

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as long as you follow the license requirements

lyric rain Jan 6, 2024, 2:56 AM

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I couldn't care less about legalities

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lol

granite rover Jan 6, 2024, 2:56 AM

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distributing an app that links qt statically means your app has to be open source 😛

lyric rain Jan 6, 2024, 2:56 AM

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good

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why is static bad though?

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I like open source

granite rover Jan 6, 2024, 2:56 AM

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well on linux for example, it would generally be frowned upon to ship your own copy of Qt instead of using the system installed one

lyric rain Jan 6, 2024, 2:57 AM

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granite rover Jan 6, 2024, 2:57 AM

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if everyone did that (like people do on windows anyway yamikek ) you'd have tons of copies of Qt

lyric rain Jan 6, 2024, 2:57 AM

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noooooooo

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it lied

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whyyy

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it's not static

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bruh

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all that work

granite rover Jan 6, 2024, 2:57 AM

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did it say it was supposed to be static libs?

lyric rain Jan 6, 2024, 2:57 AM

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no :(

granite rover Jan 6, 2024, 2:57 AM

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😄

lyric rain Jan 6, 2024, 2:57 AM

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why can't everything be static

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oh

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I got an idea

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I make an installer

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window wizard crap

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but then I have to do that for other platforms like linux which I haven no idea how to

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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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is there a way to specify the dll folder?

granite rover Jan 6, 2024, 3:00 AM

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yesn't

lyric rain Jan 6, 2024, 3:00 AM

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so I don't have to messily add them to the same folder as the executable

granite rover Jan 6, 2024, 3:00 AM

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windows looks on PATH for DLLs but that might not work for the plugin DLLs and other files

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but qt has a tool windeployqt or something

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to copy all the DLLs and other files needed by your app

lyric rain Jan 6, 2024, 3:01 AM

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how do I do it

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I put the dll's in the build folder

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for the exe

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but build is a temp folder

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that's bad

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dll's aren't temp I don't think

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they should be with the code

granite rover Jan 6, 2024, 3:10 AM

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??

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they need to be with the .exe

granite rover Jan 6, 2024, 3:13 AM

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lyric rain how do I do it

I wrote this cmake helper function once

# find windeployqt tool
if (WIN32)
    find_program(WINDEPLOYQT windeployqt)
    if (NOT WINDEPLOYQT)
        message(WARNING "windeployqt not found, will not deploy Qt DLLs, plugins or configs!")
    endif()
endif()

function(deploy_qt_deps)
    set(options)
    set(oneValueArgs TARGET)
    set(multiValueArgs)

    cmake_parse_arguments(QTDEPLOY_ARGS "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}" "${ARGN}")

    if (NOT QTDEPLOY_ARGS_TARGET)
        message(FATAL_ERROR "TARGET argument required")
    endif()

    if (WIN32 AND WINDEPLOYQT)
        # run windeployqt to gather required DLLs, plugins, qt.conf files etcetera.
        add_custom_command(
            TARGET ${QTDEPLOY_ARGS_TARGET}
            POST_BUILD
            COMMAND "${WINDEPLOYQT}" --dir "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${QTDEPLOY_ARGS_TARGET}>" "$<TARGET_FILE:${QTDEPLOY_ARGS_TARGET}>"
        )
    endif()
endfunction()

which you can then call like

deploy_qt_deps(TARGET YourProgram)

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but it needs to find the windeployqt.exe on PATH or directories it checks by default

lyric rain Jan 6, 2024, 3:48 AM

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sick

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I just paste it at the top of the script, then call it?

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it's not found with the helper

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# find windeployqt tool
if (WIN32)
    find_program(WINDEPLOYQT windeployqt)
    if (NOT WINDEPLOYQT)
        message(WARNING "windeployqt not found, will not deploy Qt DLLs, plugins or configs!")
    endif()
endif()

function(deploy_qt_deps)
    set(options)
    set(oneValueArgs TARGET)
    set(multiValueArgs)

    cmake_parse_arguments(QTDEPLOY_ARGS "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}" "${ARGN}")

    if (NOT QTDEPLOY_ARGS_TARGET)
        message(FATAL_ERROR "TARGET argument required")
    endif()

    if (WIN32 AND WINDEPLOYQT)
        # run windeployqt to gather required DLLs, plugins, qt.conf files etcetera.
        add_custom_command(
            TARGET ${QTDEPLOY_ARGS_TARGET}
            POST_BUILD
            COMMAND "${WINDEPLOYQT}" --dir "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${QTDEPLOY_ARGS_TARGET}>" "$<TARGET_FILE:${QTDEPLOY_ARGS_TARGET}>"
        )
    endif()
endfunction()




cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.28.0)
project(SimpleMusicPlayer2 VERSION 1.0.0)


add_executable(SimpleMusicPlayer2 main.cpp)


set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)

set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "C:/Qt/6.6.1/mingw_64/lib/cmake")

deploy_qt_deps(TARGET SimpleMusicPlayer2)


find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Widgets)
target_link_libraries(SimpleMusicPlayer2 PRIVATE Qt6::Widgets)
```Do I need to change any paths?

granite rover Jan 6, 2024, 4:00 AM

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if it says that it couldn't find it, you might have to do change

find_program(WINDEPLOYQT windeployqt)

to

find_program(WINDEPLOYQT windeployqt HINTS "P:/ath/to/folder/with/windeployqt")

lyric rain Jan 6, 2024, 4:30 AM

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ok

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that's all that's found

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maybe I didn't install it?

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I'm starting to think qt is the worst library to ever exist

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maybe I should try using https://www.wxwidgets.org/

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it's similar to qt, just less shitty

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I shouldn't of had to spend this much time on a single library. It's their fault for making everything over complicated with the build

lyric rain Jan 6, 2024, 5:22 AM

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I have to build it with mingw lol

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first time

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I thought cmake could build it, which is weird

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Instead of using cmake to normally build it, I had to configure it, then use mingw-make to build it?

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do you know why

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also, is a shared library the library qt was using? And what I wanted was static? - to make it a portable exe

thorny flicker Jan 6, 2024, 5:43 AM

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if you're cool with qt5 you can always try it out using vcpkg. here's a cmake + vcpkg template repo i use for most of my random projects: https://github.com/vorlac/cmake-vcpkg-project-template

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you can click the "use this template" button on the main page and it'll copy the repo over to your github so you can use it as a base, then once you do that, clone it from your github to a local repo.

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add qt5 (or qt5-base or whatever it's going to be) in this file: https://github.com/vorlac/cmake-vcpkg-project-template/blob/main/vcpkg.json#L8

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then open the repo folder with vscode or vs2022 (if you use vs2022 open it as a folder)

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in vscode: ctrl + shift + p to open the command menu, then find "cmake: delete cache and reconfigure" and run that

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in vs2022: project -> "delete cache and reconfigure" (or just "configure")

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you just need the C++ toolset and cmake extension for whichever of those you use

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when the library is done building, towards the bottom of the cmake output it'll tell you which lines to add to cmakelists.txt to discover the package and to link it. it'll build as a static lib by default

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the cmake output that you'll want to keep an eye out for should look something like this (except it'll just say qt5 instead of those libraries)...

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it'll handle everything for you if the mingw build is still being a pain in the ass

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these are all of the qt5 package names you can list in the vcpkg.json file:

lyric rain Jan 6, 2024, 5:52 AM

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is it hard to build other libraries too, or is it just qt

lyric rain Jan 6, 2024, 5:52 AM

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thorny flicker if you're cool with qt5 you can always try it out using vcpkg. here's a cmake + ...

thanks

thorny flicker Jan 6, 2024, 5:52 AM

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it's the same to build most other libraries with that setup

lyric rain Jan 6, 2024, 5:53 AM

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what's the difference between static and shared

thorny flicker Jan 6, 2024, 5:55 AM

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it's usually 3 lines of code to add a library. one in vcpkg.json that lists the name of the library, one to discover the package in cmakelists.txt (i.e. find_package(qt5 CONFIG REQUIRED) and one more to link it (i.e. target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE qt5::qt5))

lyric rain Jan 6, 2024, 5:56 AM

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ok

thorny flicker Jan 6, 2024, 5:56 AM

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static will link the qt libraries into your executable so you end up with 1 file and no external dll files. dynamic linkage will build qt5 as a dll then link your exe to that library dynamically so you'll need to have both files to run it.

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if you want change it to use dynamic linkage instead, just update this line here: https://github.com/vorlac/cmake-vcpkg-project-template/blob/main/CMakePresets.json#L38

lyric rain Jan 6, 2024, 5:57 AM

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what is cmakepresets

thorny flicker Jan 6, 2024, 5:57 AM

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just change that value to "x64-windows"

lyric rain Jan 6, 2024, 5:57 AM

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so that template is for building librares?

thorny flicker Jan 6, 2024, 5:58 AM

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it stores compiler / options presets. a bunch of IDEs use them, but it also simplifies running cmake commands manually since it'll just grab all of the parameters needed for configuration and the build from there instead of having to pass them all in from the command line

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in VS2022 the build presets just get pulled in so you can toggle between compilers or any other presets you add to that file from a menu like this:

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then it just automates every cmake call so you don't really ever have to call it manually yourself. the IDE just does calls it for you instead

lyric rain Jan 6, 2024, 6:02 AM

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i barely use vs

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I use vscode all the time

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it's fast and has a nicer theme

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lighter

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I might use qt later on so I'll save the template

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right now though, I'm going to use wxWidgets

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I need to learn more about building source code

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I barely understand anything with that right now

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thanks for the help @thorny flicker @granite rover

royal treeBOT Jan 6, 2024, 6:10 AM

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thorny flicker Jan 6, 2024, 6:10 AM

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you can use vscode for that template too

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they both pretty much work the same for it

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vs2022 is just a better IDE, but vscode will be perfectly fine if you'd prefer using that instead

granite rover Jan 6, 2024, 12:28 PM

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just note that this means mot using mingw

thorny flicker Jan 6, 2024, 2:26 PM

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i want to say for certain packages vcpkg will also setup and use mingw when it's required. i wouldn't be surprised if that's what it would end up doing for something like qt.

granite rover Jan 6, 2024, 2:42 PM

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you can use a mingw triplet to build for mingw, too

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I just don't have any idea how to do that properly

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so I can't help with that yamikek

#Need help adding a library (Qt6) to CMakeLists.txt