qt-x11-OS-4.3.3 on Cygwin? err: compiler not supported.

[ghostcorps]

Hi Guys,

I have been trying to get Qt installed in Cygwin for days now. I can install it via binaries with MingW etc etc.. but that makes things alot more difficult for me later on. Plus I like to keep it all portable to a degree.

I have installed the full gcc-4.1.1, and yet I still get the following error:

#./configure
 
This is the Qt/X11 Open Source Edition.
 
        The specified system/compiler is not supported:
 
               /home/ghost/qt-x11-opensource-src-4.3.3/mkspecs/cygwin-g++
 
       Please see the README file for a complete list.

#./configure

This is the Qt/X11 Open Source Edition.

        The specified system/compiler is not supported:

               /home/ghost/qt-x11-opensource-src-4.3.3/mkspecs/cygwin-g++

       Please see the README file for a complete list.

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I have confirmed that the correct paths are used as such:

#which g++
/usr/local/bin/g++

#which g++
/usr/local/bin/g++

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#g++ version
g++ (GCC) 4.1.1

#g++ version
g++ (GCC) 4.1.1

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Thanks for your time, if this works, I might post a walkthrough, there certainly isn't one anywhere else! hehe


Regards
=^_^=

[ChristianEhrlicher]

Qt 4 does not support cygwin.

[GreyGeek]

Qt 4 does not support cygwin.

Strange... then why would Trolltech offer a version of Qt 4.3.3 with MinGW:
http://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/X11/Qt/qt/sou....3.3-mingw.exe

[ChristianEhrlicher]

Because cygwin has nothing to do with mingw

[jacek]

Strange... then why would Trolltech offer a version of Qt 4.3.3 with MinGW

MinGW is just a windows port of GCC and you can use it to develop native windows applications. While Cygwin is a port of Unix environment and it allows you, to certain degree, to compile and run on windows applications that were written for Unix. For example it includes an X server. It might lack a few features that prevent Qt from running on it.

[ghostcorps]

Thanks guys.

If I install the 4.3.3 Win32 binary w/MingW, would it play nicely with Cygwin?

Or is there simply no joy at this stage?

For background, I am trying to install Bacula with BAT enabled http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/GUI_Programs.html

It says it needs Qt 4.2 to install, if the short answer is 'get a *nix box', please don't hestitate to tell me so. The sooner I can tell the boss I need one, the better


I did just find a dep package, with qwt 5.0.2, which is the only bit I need anyway, is there any reason this shouldn't work?

I'll post again soon, and let you know one way or the other.

Thanks for your time.

[GreyGeek]

MinGW is just a windows port of GCC and you can use it to develop native windows applications. While Cygwin is a port of Unix environment and it allows you, to certain degree, to compile and run on windows applications that were written for Unix. For example it includes an X server. It might lack a few features that prevent Qt from running on it.

Thanks for the heads up.

I always thought that Cygwin required MinGW.