Hi Doug, there is a free implementation of Qt/win 3.3.x as Open Source, based on the last Trolltech's Qt/x11 3.3.x branch, which is also Open Source. Using this package, it is possible to find Qt with the "configure.vbs" script and compile the VirtualBox frontend.
Take a look here: http://qtwin.sourceforge.net/ Regards, Andreas Doug wrote: > Well, I worked with this for 1.5 days on the weekend and I've concluded that > the average developer cannot build VirtualBox for Windows. > > I got all the tools installed that are listed in the prerequisites and > configure.vbs finds them all. Then configure.vbs ABORTS because of QT. > > It appears (to me) that VirtualBox uses an older (and now unavailable) > proprietary version of QT/win 3.3.x but the current publicly available > versions of QT are version 4.x and greater. > > It seems that VirtualBox is not compatible with QT 4.x and only works with > the > not-available QT 3.3.x versions. > > I did ready the section in the build instructions about the issue with QT. > At > first I didn't understand the problem (because the documentation was written > by a developer who was VERY familiar with the tools). After doing a bit of > internet snooping it seems that the TOOLS NEEDED TO BUILD VIRTUALBOX FOR > WINDOWS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I cannot find > any versions of QT 3.3.x that VirtualBox needs to work. > > So now the question becomes, is it even possible for someone other than > Innotek/Sun to build VBox for Windows if they haven't purchased the QT 3.3.x > toolkit? Also note that Trolltech no longer supports QT versions < 4.0. > > Doug. > > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] says... > >> If you plan using MinGW only for VirtualBox, then there are folders that can >> be used. >> >> Go to the root VirtualBox directory, then go to "tools/win.x86". Here you >> create the following directory structure, in addition of the already >> existing directories. >> >> win.x86 >> -mingw32 >> --v3.3.3 >> ---(all the files of MinGW except the Win32 API stuff) >> -w32api >> --v2.5 >> ---(The win32 API stuff) >> >> Then you run again the configure.vbs script and it should detect MinGW >> without any supplemental configuration. >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Doug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 12:58 AM >> To: <[email protected]> >> Subject: [vbox-dev] Help building VBox on WinXP - understanding toolchain >> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I've read the information about building vbox on windows here: >>> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Windows%20build%20instructions >>> >>> I have no trouble installing all the native Win32 tools (VS2005, SDK, >>> DDK, SDL, DXSDK), but the MinGW tools are all just a bunch of files in >>> tar archives. >>> >>> Where do I install all the MinGW files? Do I need to set them up in any >>> special way or run any installer? >>> >>> There is mention on the page of cygwin but cygwin is NOT listed as a >>> prerequisite tool. Do I need cygwin? If so, where do I get it and >>> which version should I use. >>> >>> Basically, if someone can give me a few easy steps to get all the needed >>> tools correctly installed for WinXP I'd really appreciate it. >>> >>> Doug. >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> vbox-dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev >>> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev > -- Andreas Loeffler System Software Engineer, VirtualBox Sun Microsystems GmbH Werkstrasse 24 71384 Weinstadt, Germany phone: +49 7151 604050 ================================================ Sitz der Gesellschaft: Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, 85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten Amtsgericht Muenchen: HRB 161028 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Thomas Schroeder, Wolfgang Engels, Dr. Roland Boehmer Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Martin Haering ================================================ _______________________________________________ vbox-dev mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev
