[webkit-qt] Qtwebkit-23 Build fails

[Andras Becsi]

Hi,

On 29 August 2012 00:53, Michael <dres-schmidt at t-online.de> wrote:
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>> 28.08.2012, 16:33, "Michael" <dres-schmidt at t-online.de>:
>>> Hi All,
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>>> when using Visual Studio 2010 to build QtWebkit 2.3 fromhttps://gitorious.org/+qtwebkit-developers/webkit/qtwebkit-23 with binaries/source Qt 4.8.2 installed,
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>>> i do get the following link errors:
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>>>         link /LIBPATH:"p:\qtwebkit-23\WebKitBuild\Debug\lib" /LIBPATH:"c:\Qt\4.8.2\lib" /NOLOGO /DYNAMICBASE /NXCOMPAT /DEBUG /DLL /MANIFEST /MANIFESTFILE:"obj/debug\qmlwebkitplugind.intermediate.manifest" /OUT:..\imports\QtWebKit\qmlwebkitplugind.dll @C:\Users\mike\AppData\Local\Temp\nmE0BC.tmp   Creating library ..\imports\QtWebKit\qmlwebkitplugind.lib and object ..\imports\QtWebKit\qmlwebkitplugind.expqdeclarativewebview.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: static struct QMetaObject const QWebPage::staticMetaObject" (?staticMetaObject at QWebPage@@2UQMetaObject@@B)plugin.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: static struct QMetaObject const QWebPage::staticMetaObject" (?staticMetaObject at QWebPage@@2UQMetaObject@@B)moc_qdeclarativewebview_p.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: static struct QMetaObject const QWebPage::staticMetaObject" (?staticMetaObject at QWebPage@@2UQMetaObject@@B)qdeclarativewebview.obj : error LNK20
>  01: unresolved external symbol "public: static struct QMetaObject const QGraphicsWebView::staticMetaObject" (?staticMetaObject at QGraphicsWebView@@2UQMetaObject@@B)plugin.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: static struct QMetaObject const QGraphicsWebView::staticMetaObject" (?staticMetaObject at QGraphicsWebView@@2UQMetaObject@@B)moc_qdeclarativewebview_p.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: static struct QMetaObject const QGraphicsWebView::staticMetaObject" (?staticMetaObject at QGraphicsWebView@@2UQMetaObject@@B)qdeclarativewebview.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: static struct QMetaObject const QWebFrame::staticMetaObject" (?staticMetaObject at QWebFrame@@2UQMetaObject@@B)..\imports\QtWebKit\qmlwebkitplugind.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 3 unresolved externals
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>> Looks like some moc files were not generated. How do you build QtWebKit?
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> I followed trac.webkit.org/Wiki/buildingqtonwindows
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>>> System is Windows 7 64bit.
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>>> Do I have to build Qt 4.8.2 from source with -qtwebkit? I now just installed the VS-2010 binaries.
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>> No, having another QtWebKit around may even make things worse.
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> Sorry, I meant Build with configue -no-webkit. Because right now i do have the precompiled binaries installed which Include the webkit.
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>> Regards,
>> Konstantin
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> So should I Build qt 4.8.2. from source with configue -no-webkit first?
> Thanks and best Regards,

Yes, you need to configure Qt with -no-webkit before you try to build
a custom QtWebKit because your linker most probably tries to link to
the installed libraries and that obviously fails.


/Andras