Heya thanks for that link! I'll download and try it out. It looks like I have to first compile QT/win before I can use it as a tool for VBox, but the QT build instructions don't look too weird. Hopefully this will work.
I'm going to try out qt 3.3.5-5 as it seems about the right time. If you've got this to work and if you used a different qt version please let me know just in case 3.3.5-5 doesn't work well. Thanks!!! Doug. In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says... > > >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
