undefined reference to `QwtPlot::qt_metacall(QMetaObject::Call, int, void**)'

[Mr_Grieves]

I'm struggling to get a QWT plot into my application with so little documentation -- an official intro/howto guide would be helpful. The few examples lingering around the net are from different versions that use very different syntax, etc....

Ok, /rant.

I'm trying to compile this as a generic plot of y = x^2 for the moment:
histPlot.cpp:

#include <qwt5/qwt_plot.h>
#include <qwt5/qwt_plot_curve.h>
#include "histPlot.h"
#include <QWidget>
 
HistPlot::HistPlot( QWidget *parent ) : QwtPlot( parent)
{
  // Show a title
  setTitle( "History" );
 
  // Create curves
  QwtPlotCurve * curve = new QwtPlotCurve("Curve");
 
  double x[100], y[100];
 
  for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++){
    x[i] = i;
    y[i] = i*i;
  }
 
  curve->setData(x,y,100);
  curve->attach(this);
 
  // Show the plots
  replot();
 
}

#include <qwt5/qwt_plot.h>
#include <qwt5/qwt_plot_curve.h>
#include "histPlot.h"
#include <QWidget>

HistPlot::HistPlot( QWidget *parent ) : QwtPlot( parent)
{
  // Show a title
  setTitle( "History" );

  // Create curves
  QwtPlotCurve * curve = new QwtPlotCurve("Curve");

  double x[100], y[100];

  for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++){
    x[i] = i;
    y[i] = i*i;
  }

  curve->setData(x,y,100);
  curve->attach(this);

  // Show the plots
  replot();

}

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But I get this from the compiler:

g++ -o timeClock dialogs.o fileOps.o frame.o histPlot.o main.o mainWindow.o timeFunctions.o timeSheet.o moc_frame.o moc_histPlot.o moc_mainWindow.o -L/usr/lib64/qt4 -lqwt -lQtGui -L/usr/lib64 -L/usr/lib64/qt4 -L/usr/X11R6/lib64 -lpng -lSM -lICE -lXi -lXrender -lXrandr -lXinerama -lfreetype -lfontconfig -lXext -lX11 -lQtCore -lz -lm -lrt -ldl -lpthread
moc_histPlot.o: In function `HistPlot::qt_metacall(QMetaObject::Call, int, void**)':
moc_histPlot.cpp:(.text+0x11): undefined reference to `QwtPlot::qt_metacall(QMetaObject::Call, int, void**)'
moc_histPlot.o: In function `HistPlot::qt_metacast(char const*)':
moc_histPlot.cpp:(.text+0x58): undefined reference to `QwtPlot::qt_metacast(char const*)'
moc_histPlot.o:(.rodata+0x0): undefined reference to `QwtPlot::staticMetaObject'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [timeClock] Error 1

Neither I nor google have any idea what qt_metacall is, nor why it can't be found. Any ideas?

[Mr_Grieves]

The ever-friendly folks in #qt have pointed out that these errors usually result from not moc'ing a header with a Q_OBJECT call. the header for histPlot.cpp does indeed call Q_OBJECT, but it also does get moc'ed. Upon hearing this, #qt told me to find #qwt Since #qwt does not exist, I suppose this is the next best thing. Any ideas?

[jacek]

Maybe the linker has problems in finding Qwt? Do you have libqwt.so file on your system?

[Mr_Grieves]

The qwt library is in my linking path, but it does seem to be a problem with the linker.

Removing Q_OBJECT macro from the histPlot.h header didn't help. Let me know if theres anything else that would be helpful to see -- I'd really like to resolve this quickly

[Mr_Grieves]

The error changes a bit when Q_OBJECT is removed:

histPlot.o:(.rodata._ZTV8HistPlot[vtable for HistPlot]+0x18): undefined reference to `QwtPlot::qt_metacast(char const*)'
histPlot.o:(.rodata._ZTV8HistPlot[vtable for HistPlot]+0x20): undefined reference to `QwtPlot::qt_metacall(QMetaObject::Call, int, void**)'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [timeClock] Error 1

histPlot.o:(.rodata._ZTV8HistPlot[vtable for HistPlot]+0x18): undefined reference to `QwtPlot::qt_metacast(char const*)'
histPlot.o:(.rodata._ZTV8HistPlot[vtable for HistPlot]+0x20): undefined reference to `QwtPlot::qt_metacall(QMetaObject::Call, int, void**)'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [timeClock] Error 1

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[Mr_Grieves]

Got it working. Updated to the latest Qwt and linking completes.

[mendes]

I have the same problem, only I'm already using qwt-5.2.0 so I can't update.
This project works on another computer not mine. I can compile and run qwt examples
Any ideas what the problem might be?

[jord]

I don't have a build environment handy to verify this advice, but the error looks familiar...

Make sure QWT_DLL is defined in your compiler flags.

[mendes]

I solved this problem by changing the install dir of qwt to /usr, this in linux

[Uwe]

I solved this problem by changing the install dir of qwt to /usr, this in linux

Whatever solved the problem in your particular situation - changing the install dir to /usr has absolutely nothing to do with it.

Uwe

[barrygp]

I receive the same error when I changed qwt from shared lib to static library under linux. any idea what may be the issue? thanks.