To large exe file

Hi,
i compiled my program under winXP as static application (here is how-to wich i used http://wiki.qtcentre.org/index.php?t...c_applications) and its too large (its simple one widget application and it has about 70MB) because i use QNetwork module and QGui module...

Please help. I need to run this application on PCs where are not installed QT libraries but 70MB software is too much.

Thanks!

Are you sure you compiled it in release mode?

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Originally Posted by jpn

Are you sure you compiled it in release mode?

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If i try it, it has about 300kB but there are no libraries included. Program crashes on start with "cannot find QtCore4.dll" message.

Do you have Qt compiled statically in release mode?

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Originally Posted by wysota

Do you have Qt compiled statically in release mode?

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/data_server_client.pro

Code:

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SUBDIRS += src
TEMPLATE = subdirs 
CONFIG += static \
		release

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/src/src.pro

Code:

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SOURCES += data_server_client.cpp \
			      magicpacketsender.cpp \
				daemonclient.cpp \
           main.cpp
HEADERS += data_server_client.h \
			magicpacketsender.h \
			daemonclient.h
TEMPLATE = app
 
CONFIG += static \
         	release
 
TARGET = data_server_client
DESTDIR = ../bin
RESOURCES = application.qrc
QT += network

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The instructions in our wiki tell you to pass "-release -static" (and "-no-exceptions" if you have MinGW) while configuring Qt. Apparently you didn't pass "-release", because the Qt libraries were built in debug mode.

Edit: Oh, and you should have a separate installation for dynamic and static builds of Qt. Don't try to build a dynamic installation statically, but grab the Qt sources and do a static build for those.

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Originally Posted by jpn

The instructions in our wiki tell you to pass "-release -static" (and "-no-exceptions" if you have MinGW) while configuring Qt. Apparently you didn't pass "-release", because the Qt libraries were built in debug mode.

Edit: Oh, and you should have a separate installation for dynamic and static builds of Qt. Don't try to build a dynamic installation statically, but grab the Qt sources and do a static build for those.

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My qmake.conf

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#
# qmake configuration for win32-g++
#
# Written for MinGW
#
 
MAKEFILE_GENERATOR	= MINGW
TEMPLATE		= app
#CONFIG			+= qt warn_on release link_prl copy_dir_files debug_and_release debug_and_release_target precompile_header
CONFIG += qt warn_on release incremental flat link_prl precompile_header autogen_precompile_source copy_dir_files debug_and_release debug_and_release_target
QT			+= core gui
DEFINES			+= UNICODE QT_LARGEFILE_SUPPORT
QMAKE_COMPILER_DEFINES  += __GNUC__ WIN32
 
QMAKE_EXT_OBJ           = .o
QMAKE_EXT_RES           = _res.o
 
QMAKE_CC		= gcc
QMAKE_LEX		= flex
QMAKE_LEXFLAGS		=
QMAKE_YACC		= byacc
QMAKE_YACCFLAGS		= -d
QMAKE_CFLAGS		=
QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEPS	= -MT
QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_ON	= -Wall
QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_OFF	= -w
#QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE	= -O2
QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE  = -O2
QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEBUG	= -g
QMAKE_CFLAGS_YACC	= -Wno-unused -Wno-parentheses
 
QMAKE_CXX		= g++
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS		= $$QMAKE_CFLAGS
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_DEPS	= $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEPS
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_WARN_ON	= $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_ON
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_WARN_OFF	= $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_OFF
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_RELEASE	= $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_DEBUG	= $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEBUG
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_YACC	= $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_YACC
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_THREAD	= $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_THREAD
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_RTTI_ON	= -frtti
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_RTTI_OFF	= -fno-rtti
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_ON = -fexceptions -mthreads
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_OFF = -fno-exceptions
 
QMAKE_INCDIR		=
QMAKE_INCDIR_QT		= $$[QT_INSTALL_HEADERS]
QMAKE_LIBDIR_QT		= $$[QT_INSTALL_LIBS]
 
QMAKE_RUN_CC		= $(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(INCPATH) -o $obj $src
QMAKE_RUN_CC_IMP	= $(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(INCPATH) -o $@ $<
QMAKE_RUN_CXX		= $(CXX) -c $(CXXFLAGS) $(INCPATH) -o $obj $src
QMAKE_RUN_CXX_IMP	= $(CXX) -c $(CXXFLAGS) $(INCPATH) -o $@ $<
 
QMAKE_LINK		= g++
#QMAKE_LFLAGS		= -enable-stdcall-fixup -Wl,-enable-auto-import -Wl,-enable-runtime-pseudo-reloc
QMAKE_LFLAGS = -static -enable-stdcall-fixup -Wl,-enable-auto-import -Wl,-enable-runtime-pseudo-reloc
QMAKE_LFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_ON = -mthreads -Wl
QMAKE_LFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_OFF =
QMAKE_LFLAGS_RELEASE	= -Wl,-s
QMAKE_LFLAGS_DEBUG	=
QMAKE_LFLAGS_CONSOLE	= -Wl,-subsystem,console
QMAKE_LFLAGS_WINDOWS	= -Wl,-subsystem,windows
QMAKE_LFLAGS_DLL        = -shared
QMAKE_LINK_OBJECT_MAX	= 10
QMAKE_LINK_OBJECT_SCRIPT= object_script
 
 
QMAKE_LIBS		=
QMAKE_LIBS_CORE         = -lkernel32 -luser32 -lshell32 -luuid -lole32 -ladvapi32 -lws2_32
QMAKE_LIBS_GUI          = -lgdi32 -lcomdlg32 -loleaut32 -limm32 -lwinmm -lwinspool -lws2_32 -lole32 -luuid -luser32 -ladvapi32
QMAKE_LIBS_NETWORK      = -lws2_32
QMAKE_LIBS_OPENGL       = -lopengl32 -lglu32 -lgdi32 -luser32
QMAKE_LIBS_COMPAT       = -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lcomdlg32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lws2_32
QMAKE_LIBS_QT_ENTRY     = -lmingw32 -lqtmain
 
!isEmpty(QMAKE_SH) {
    MINGW_IN_SHELL      = 1
	QMAKE_DIR_SEP		= /
	QMAKE_COPY		= cp
	QMAKE_COPY_DIR		= xcopy /s /q /y /i
	QMAKE_MOVE		= mv
	QMAKE_DEL_FILE		= rm
	QMAKE_MKDIR		= mkdir
	QMAKE_DEL_DIR		= rmdir
    QMAKE_CHK_DIR_EXISTS = test -d
} else {
	QMAKE_COPY		= copy /y
	QMAKE_COPY_DIR		= xcopy /s /q /y /i
	QMAKE_MOVE		= move
	QMAKE_DEL_FILE		= del
	QMAKE_MKDIR		= mkdir
	QMAKE_DEL_DIR		= rmdir
    QMAKE_CHK_DIR_EXISTS	= if not exist
}
 
QMAKE_MOC		= $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]$${DIR_SEPARATOR}moc.exe
QMAKE_UIC		= $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]$${DIR_SEPARATOR}uic.exe
QMAKE_IDC		= $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]$${DIR_SEPARATOR}idc.exe
 
QMAKE_IDL		= midl
QMAKE_LIB		= ar -ru
QMAKE_RC		= windres
QMAKE_ZIP		= zip -r -9
 
QMAKE_STRIP		= strip
QMAKE_STRIPFLAGS_LIB 	+= --strip-unneeded
load(qt_config)

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Is it OK? I am using MinGW

Yes, it looks fine (-static was added to QMAKE_LFLAGS). The next step is to run configure:

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configure -static -release -no-exceptions

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Originally Posted by jpn

Yes, it looks fine (-static was added to QMAKE_LFLAGS). The next step is to run configure:

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Nice, it works :) Thanks!!!