[Development] Compiling Qt5 Alpha on Linux fails

[Yang Fan]

I got the different build error on Ubuntu 10.04:

/media/Documents_/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.0.0/qtwebkit/Source/WebCore/platform/graphics/gstreamer/GStreamerGWorld.cpp:
In member function ‘bool WebCore::GStreamerGWorld::enterFullscreen()’:
/media/Documents_/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.0.0/qtwebkit/Source/WebCore/platform/graphics/gstreamer/GStreamerGWorld.cpp:101:
error: ‘GST_PAD_LINK_CHECK_NOTHING’ was not declared in this scope
/media/Documents_/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.0.0/qtwebkit/Source/WebCore/platform/graphics/gstreamer/GStreamerGWorld.cpp:101:
error: ‘gst_element_link_pads_full’ was not declared in this scope
make[3]: *** [obj/release/platform/graphics/gstreamer/GStreamerGWorld.o]
Error 1
make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
/media/Documents_/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.0.0/qtwebkit/Source/WebCore/platform/graphics/gstreamer/MediaPlayerPrivateGStreamer.cpp:
In member function ‘void
WebCore::MediaPlayerPrivateGStreamer::createGSTPlayBin()’:
/media/Documents_/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.0.0/qtwebkit/Source/WebCore/platform/graphics/gstreamer/MediaPlayerPrivateGStreamer.cpp:1801:
error: ‘GST_PAD_LINK_CHECK_NOTHING’ was not declared in this scope
/media/Documents_/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.0.0/qtwebkit/Source/WebCore/platform/graphics/gstreamer/MediaPlayerPrivateGStreamer.cpp:1801:
error: ‘gst_element_link_pads_full’ was not declared in this scope
make[3]: ***
[obj/release/platform/graphics/gstreamer/MediaPlayerPrivateGStreamer.o]
Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory
`/media/Documents_/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.0.0/qtwebkit/WebKitBuild/Release/Source/WebCore'
make[2]: *** [sub-Target-pri-make_default-ordered] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory
`/media/Documents_/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.0.0/qtwebkit/WebKitBuild/Release/Source/WebCore'
make[1]: *** [sub-Source-WebCore-WebCore-pro-make_default-ordered] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/media/Documents_/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.0.0/qtwebkit/WebKitBuild/Release'
make: *** [incremental] Error 2
cd qtwebkit && perl Tools/Scripts/build-webkit --qt --release
--no-netscape-plugin exited with status 512 at ./build line 64
    Qt::Build::exe('Qt::Build=HASH(0x11ce040)', 'cd qtwebkit && perl
Tools/Scripts/build-webkit --qt --release...') called at ./build line 114
    Qt::Build::exeLowPriv('Qt::Build=HASH(0x11ce040)', 'cd qtwebkit && perl
Tools/Scripts/build-webkit --qt --release...') called at ./build line 377
    Qt::Build::build_project('Qt::Build=HASH(0x11ce040)', 'qtwebkit')
called at ./build line 408
    Qt::Build::build_qt('Qt::Build=HASH(0x11ce040)') called at ./build line
437
    Qt::Build::run('Qt::Build=HASH(0x11ce040)') called at ./build line 446
'cd qtwebkit && perl Tools/Scripts/build-webkit --qt --release
--no-netscape-plugin' failed: 512 at ./build line 377.


On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 11:08 AM, <marius.storm-olsen at nokia.com> wrote:

> The original intention was to support installed libs. However after quite
> done testing (after having created the script) we decided that the alpha
> couldn't support it.
>
> Now we will support it in the beta, so there was no point in removing it.
>
> And as it solves a problem exposed by Jom with top-level Makefiles on
> Windows, it remains the build method of choice also in the alpha.
>
> --
> Sent from my Nokia N9
>
> On 4/4/12 17:27 Mcgovern Rohan (Nokia-MP/Brisbane) wrote:
> marius.storm-olsen at nokia.com said:
> > Try following the instructions here
> >     http://qt-project.org/wiki/Qt-5-Alpha-building-instructions
> >
> > Qt should not be configured in such a way that it needs to be installed.
> That's not a supported build configuration for the alpha.
> > Only in-source non-install builds for alpha.
> >
>
> If we only support in-source non-install builds for now, what was the
> reason for adding that "build" script?
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