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Make Qt work on apple Silicon

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  • J jsulm
    23 Feb 2021, 13:53

    @Justinxiang See https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-85279
    It is planed for Qt6.2

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    Justinxiang
    wrote on 23 Feb 2021, 13:56 last edited by
    #9

    @jsulm oh thank u, i suppose i need to wait for a time :(
    but i'd like to know do you have any other temporary way to run qt on arm64 mac?

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    • J Justinxiang
      23 Feb 2021, 13:56

      @jsulm oh thank u, i suppose i need to wait for a time :(
      but i'd like to know do you have any other temporary way to run qt on arm64 mac?

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      jsulm
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      wrote on 23 Feb 2021, 13:58 last edited by
      #10

      @Justinxiang You could try to build Qt by yourself which is not an easy task

      https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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      • J jsulm
        23 Feb 2021, 13:58

        @Justinxiang You could try to build Qt by yourself which is not an easy task

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        Justinxiang
        wrote on 23 Feb 2021, 14:12 last edited by
        #11

        @jsulm ok, I got your idea, thank u for your reply :)

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          KJC94
          wrote on 5 Apr 2021, 14:31 last edited by
          #12

          @Justinxiang Did u solve this problem by build Qt for arm64?
          I encounter same problem when I use opencv lib...

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            Rukshan
            wrote on 28 Jun 2021, 01:18 last edited by
            #13

            Is there a solution for this issue. I have Qt6, but the issue persists.

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              Rukshan
              wrote on 28 Jun 2021, 01:42 last edited by
              #14

              This is the code in .pro. I used homebrew to install opencv4.

              QT += core gui

              greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4): QT += widgets

              CONFIG += c++11
              CONFIG += arm64

              SOURCES +=
              main.cpp
              opencvmain.cpp

              HEADERS +=
              opencvmain.h

              FORMS +=
              opencvmain.ui

              INCLUDEPATH += -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/opencv/4.5.2_4/include/opencv4
              INCLUDEPATH += -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/opencv/4.5.2_4/lib
              INCLUDEPATH += -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/opencv/4.5.2_4/bin
              LIBS += pkg-config --cflags --libs opencv4

              LIBS += -framework CoreFoundation
              LIBS += -framework IOKit

              LIBS += -L/opt/homebrew/Cellar/opencv/4.5.2_4/lib
              -lopencv_core
              -lopencv_highgui
              -lopencv_imgproc
              -lopencv_core

              QT_CONFIG -= no-pkg-config
              CONFIG += link_pkgconfig
              PKGCONFIG += opencv4

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              • R Rukshan
                28 Jun 2021, 01:18

                Is there a solution for this issue. I have Qt6, but the issue persists.

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                jsulm
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                wrote on 28 Jun 2021, 05:34 last edited by
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                @Rukshan said in Make Qt work on apple Silicon:

                Is there a solution for this issue

                What issue do you mean? Qt built for x86_64?
                There is no official M1 ARM builds of Qt yet.
                You can either build Qt by yourself or use OpenCV x86_64 build.

                https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                  Rukshan
                  wrote on 28 Jun 2021, 13:51 last edited by
                  #16

                  Thanks for the replay. I have a Mac M1 and I cannot build. I get the following error.

                  ld: warning: ignoring file /opt/homebrew/Cellar/opencv/4.5.2_4/lib/libopencv_alphamat.dylib, building for macOS-x86_64 but attempting to link with file built for macOS-arm64

                  Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
                  "cv::Mat::Mat()", referenced from:
                  _main in main.o
                  "cv::Mat::~Mat()", referenced from:
                  _main in main.o
                  ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
                  clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
                  make: *** [OpenCVDemoB.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenCVDemoB] Error 1
                  23:02:43: The process "/usr/bin/make" exited with code 2.
                  Error while building/deploying pro
                  If Qt does not support M1 could you please recommend a resource that I can follow to build and run opencv.

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                  • R Rukshan
                    28 Jun 2021, 13:51

                    Thanks for the replay. I have a Mac M1 and I cannot build. I get the following error.

                    ld: warning: ignoring file /opt/homebrew/Cellar/opencv/4.5.2_4/lib/libopencv_alphamat.dylib, building for macOS-x86_64 but attempting to link with file built for macOS-arm64

                    Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
                    "cv::Mat::Mat()", referenced from:
                    _main in main.o
                    "cv::Mat::~Mat()", referenced from:
                    _main in main.o
                    ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
                    clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
                    make: *** [OpenCVDemoB.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenCVDemoB] Error 1
                    23:02:43: The process "/usr/bin/make" exited with code 2.
                    Error while building/deploying pro
                    If Qt does not support M1 could you please recommend a resource that I can follow to build and run opencv.

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                    jsulm
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                    wrote on 28 Jun 2021, 13:55 last edited by
                    #17

                    @Rukshan said in Make Qt work on apple Silicon:

                    could you please recommend a resource that I can follow to build and run opencv

                    https://docs.opencv.org/master/d0/db2/tutorial_macos_install.html

                    https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                    • J jsulm
                      28 Jun 2021, 13:55

                      @Rukshan said in Make Qt work on apple Silicon:

                      could you please recommend a resource that I can follow to build and run opencv

                      https://docs.opencv.org/master/d0/db2/tutorial_macos_install.html

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                      Rukshan
                      wrote on 28 Jun 2021, 14:02 last edited by
                      #18

                      @jsulm Thanks I will follow the link.

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