How can i build in Windows QTcreator : KwidgetAddons KcoreAddons

@stromie
ecm Cmake error with qt5.12.4

no mingw32-make file in qt5.12.4

C:\Users\test\Documents\ecm>SET QTPATH=C:\Qt\5.12.4\mingw73_32

C:\Users\test\Documents\ecm>
C:\Users\test\Documents\ecm>cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%QTPATH% -G "MinGW Makefiles"
CMake Warning:
  No source or binary directory provided.  Both will be assumed to be the
  same as the current working directory, but note that this warning will
  become a fatal error in future CMake releases.

CMake Error: CMake was unable to find a build program corresponding to "MinGW Makefiles".  CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM is not set.  You probably need to select a different build tool.
CMake Error: CMake was unable to find a build program corresponding to "MinGW Makefiles".  CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM is not set.  You probably need to select a different build tool.
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

C:\Users\test\Documents\ecm>

mingw32-make is on C:\Qt\Tools\mingw810_64\bin\

@Laurent :

merci pour votre explication d'expert  ;  thanks for your explanation

cmake-extra-modules   =  construit  ;  builds
KcoreAddons  =  construit  ;  builds
KwidgetsAddons  =  construit  ;  builds

fichier source QET  =  builds   ;  source file QET  =  builds
dans les fichiers release .O et .cpp   e qelectrotech.exe  ; in file release .O and .cpp files and qelectrotech.exe

minw32-make install  fonctionne ; mingw32-make install  works

Que devez-vous faire pour installer le programme QET ?  ; What do you have to do to install the program ?
Version prête à l'emploi ?                                                ReadyToUse version ?

After many false leads I finally managed to complete a static build of Qelectrotech on Windows.
Learning a lot, I guess. I didn't end up using my complete static build of Qt, jasper, kcoreaddons and kwidgetaddons...

Here is a partial description, if I get a chance to do a clean VM build I should be able to fill in any blanks.
This was on a Win7 box, I may try it on Win10 next.

The whole install/build should be scriptable.
It may be an idea to add it to the WiKi, where it can be polished and kept up to date?

--- Several attempts at posting later ---

So, the forum doesn't like URLs, and I couldn't post in-line, see attached text file for what I had written here!

1. Install Msys64
   Instructions at https://www.msys2.org/
   Download installer https://repo.msys2.org/distrib/x86_64/msys2-x86_64-20200720.exe
   
2. Install build environment with pacman ("pacman -Syuu" updates system, "pacman -S package_name" installs package)
   Or install as required when attemt builds!

3. Install Qt5 Static build (Probably want to install default shared build as well)
   pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-qt5-static

4. Install the extras required for Qet, kcoreaddons and kwidgetaddons
   Not currently available as packages, so have to build them yourself!
   Clone the msys2/MINGW-packages repo https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages somewhere local
   Fire up your Msys64 shell and:
   
   git clone https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages.git
   cd MINGW-packages
   cd mingw-w64-kcoreaddons-qt5
   KF5_VARIANT=static MINGW_INSTALLS=mingw64 makepkg-mingw -sLf
   pacman -U mingw-w64-x86_64-kcoreddons-qt5-static-5.68.0-1-any.pkg.tar.zst
   cd ..
   cd cd mingw-w64-kwidgetsaddons-qt5
   KF5_VARIANT=static MINGW_INSTALLS=mingw64 makepkg-mingw -sLf
   pacman -U mingw-w64-x86_64-kwidgetsaddons-qt5-static-5.68.0-1-any.pkg.tar.zst

5. Clone the qelectrotech main or mirror repo if not already done
   
   Details to be added:
   Run up qtcreator from your Msys64 shell
   Create a static build package, based on the static qmake
   Open the qelectrotech.pro project from the repo
   Attempt a build from qtcreator (which fails for me) (static, release only. debug is HUGE!)
   cd to the build directory where the qtcreator build failed
   mingw32-make
   Which (for me) succeeds, despite appearing to run exactly the same commands that failed from qtcreator!

Thanks David, I also added link here :
https://qelectrotech.org/wiki_new/doc/q … atic_build

https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/p … -rome-cpus

No!
NSIS 2 version is now very old but upgrade scripts isn't easy and neccessary for Win 10.

https://git.tuxfamily.org/qet/qet.git/t … ws/QET.nsi
https://git.tuxfamily.org/qet/qet.git/t … /QET64.nsi

It's been more than 10 years since I put my hands in it, and 25 years since I have more Windows PC ...

Maybe try to

git checkout 86ae34b987abedeb069cb9c7af17d0972de35f96

https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages … 972de35f96

https://qelectrotech.org/wiki_new/winstatic/winstatic

A few notes in bulk...

   

     1  pacman -Syuu
     2  pacman -S binutils cmake git pcre2 patch
   24  git clean -d -x -f
   27  git checkout master
   28  cd mingw-w64-kcoreaddons-qt5
   
   30  gpg --recv-keys 58D0EE648A48B3BB
   
   32  pacman -Syu
   
   34  pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-qt5-base   
   36  KF5_VARIANT=shared MINGW_INSTALLS=mingw64 makepkg-mingw -sLf   
   39  pacman -U mingw-w64-x86_64-kcoreaddons-qt5-5.116.0-1-any.pkg.tar.zst
   40  cd ..
   42  cd mingw-w64-kwidgetsaddons-qt5
   43  KF5_VARIANT=shared MINGW_INSTALLS=mingw64 makepkg-mingw -sLf   
   45  pacman -U mingw-w64-x86_64-kwidgetsaddons-qt5-5.116.0-1-any.pkg.tar.zst
  
   58  pacman -S libsqlite-devel
   60  pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-qt5-svg
   51  git clone --recursive https://github.com/qelectrotech/qelectrotech-source-mirror.git
   53  cd qelectrotech-source-mirror/
   54  mkdir build && cd build
   61  C:/msys64/mingw64/bin/qmake.exe ../qelectrotech.pro
   68  C:/msys64/usr/bin/make.exe

actually I don't know why, but with your bulk nodes i could build kcoreaddons and kcoreaddons.
Make ended with
/KF5/KCoreAddons -I../../../../mingw64/include/QtCore -Irelease -I. -I/include -I../../../../mingw64/share/qt5/mkspecs/win32-g++  -o release/richtexteditor.o ../sources/richtext/richtexteditor.cpp
../sources/richtext/richtexteditor.cpp:912:10: fatal error: richtexteditor.moc: No such file or dire
ctory
  912 | #include "richtexteditor.moc"
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[1]: *** [Makefile.Release:34912: release/richtexteditor.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/leade/qelectrotech-source-mirror/build'
make: *** [Makefile:45: release] Error 2

I was interested in building from source, as there are a few small features I'd like to possibly working on.

Based on everyone's advice and my experience, I created a How-To Guide.

Building QElectrotech On Windows: https://gist.github.com/ssweber/0519e50 … 49b280c0e6

• I updated paths to match what Qt 5.15.2

• Added `-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF` when building kcoreaddons & kwidgetsaddons. No need to rename .dll files, and then they are properly included into the .exe

• Properly build the `.lib` file to include Sqlite. Modify .pro file to match.

• Use windeployqt to create file.

• Launching with the .bat file

(I'm not sure I have the Sqlite part quite right, it crashes QElectroTech while `Export the internal project database`. Will investigate more and update if I figure it out)