Well I was able to build the QT stuff, but the results to NOT match what vbox configure.vbs is looking for.
Sbox is looking for a few files. Some are found and some are NOT, like: lib/dynamic/qtmain.lib lib/dynamic/qt-mt33*.lib The qt library I built does NOT contain the dynamic folder in lib. Also, I do not have a qt-mt33*.lib file, just a qt-mt3.lib file in the lib parent folder. I'm not sure what weird version of QT the Innotek was using, but the one I downloaded and built does NOT match the requirements of vbox's configure.vbs file. I'm not sure if editing the vbs file will help or if the qt version I downloaded is NOT compatible with vbox. Any sugestions? Thanks, Doug. In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says... > > >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
