setting up qt 4.3.2 with msvc 2008/9.0

**alloftheabove** · 25th January 2008, 03:16

Hello, I am new to some of this stuff. When I cd into the qt dir and use configure,
I get this error at the end of the output:

Creating qmake...
execute: File or path is not found (nmake)
execute: File or path is not found (nmake)
Cleaning qmake failed, return code -1

I just downloaded and installed 4.3.2 3 days ago, and I did set the variables

So what could be the problem?

**jpn** · 25th January 2008, 08:39

Try using Visual Studio command prompt which adds required path(s) to PATH environment variable. An ordinary command prompt can't find nmake because it's not in PATH.

But perhaps it would be easier to download and install the binary package? All you need is to run an installer.

**bender86** · 25th January 2008, 17:48

Originally Posted by alloftheabove

I just downloaded and installed 4.3.2 3 days ago, and I did set the variables

Why 4.3.2? 4.3.3 has been released almost 2 months ago.

Originally Posted by jpn

But perhaps it would be easier to download and install the binary package? All you need is to run an installer.

Binary package works only with mingw compiler, it doesn't work with msvc.

**jpn** · 25th January 2008, 18:26

Originally Posted by bender86

Binary package works only with mingw compiler, it doesn't work with msvc.

Yeah, good point. That's true if he uses the open source version. I still tend to associate MSVC users with commercial license... as it used to be.

**GreyGeek** · 28th January 2008, 12:47

Add
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2008\Vc7\bin
(or where ever your nmake.exe file resides)
to your PATH.

**ChristianEhrlicher** · 29th January 2008, 07:48

Originally Posted by GreyGeek

Add
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2008\Vc7\bin
(or where ever your nmake.exe file resides)
to your PATH.

That's maybe not enough. MSVC should run from 'Visual Studio Command prompt' every time to make sure all Vars are set up correct.

**rickbsgu** · 5th February 2008, 06:25

If you go to your msvc installation directory, do a search for something called "vsvars32.bat"
(in my installation, it's:

c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\Tools\vsvars32.bat )

I copy that to somewhere accessible (and maybe in my path) and a name keyed to the compiler version (it exists in all the versions - I name it "vsvars32_2008.bat", for instance) - run that from the command line, and your environment will be set up for Visual Studio. Test by doing 'nmake /help' or 'cl' from the command line.

rickb