Error building Qt 5 from Git

[eldritch-dev]

Heya, I'm trying to install Qt5 for Python development, and I've been following the official guide for building from git. But when the guide says to run:

../qt5/configure -developer-build -opensource -nomake examples -nomake -tests

it fails and says this:

~/qt5/configure -developer-build -opensource -nomake examples -nomake tests -confirm-license
+ cd qtbase
+ /home/eldritch-idiot/qt5/qtbase/configure -top-level -developer-build -opensource -nomake examples -nomake tests -confirm-license
Preparing build tree...
<srcbase> = /home/eldritch-idiot/qt5/qtbase 
<bldbase> = /home/eldritch-idiot/qt5-build/qtbase 
<outbase> = /home/eldritch-idiot/qt5-build/qtbase 
Creating qmake...
.In file included from ../include/QtCore/qendian.h:1,
                 from /home/eldritch-idiot/qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/codecs/qutfcodec.cpp:43:
../include/QtCore/../../../../qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/global/qendian.h: In static member function ‘static constexpr QSpecialInteger<S> QSpecialInteger<S>::max()’:
../include/QtCore/../../../../qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/global/qendian.h:331:35: error: ‘numeric_limits’ is not a member of ‘std’
  331 |     { return QSpecialInteger(std::numeric_limits<T>::max()); }
      |                                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../include/QtCore/../../../../qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/global/qendian.h:331:54: error: ‘::max’ has not been declared; did you mean ‘std::max’?
  331 |     { return QSpecialInteger(std::numeric_limits<T>::max()); }
      |                                                      ^~~
      |                                                      std::max
In file included from /usr/include/c++/11/algorithm:62,
                 from ../include/QtCore/../../../../qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h:142,
                 from ../include/QtCore/qglobal.h:1,
                 from ../include/QtCore/../../../../qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/tools/qchar.h:43,
                 from ../include/QtCore/qchar.h:1,
                 from ../include/QtCore/../../../../qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h:48,
                 from ../include/QtCore/qstring.h:1,
                 from /home/eldritch-idiot/qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/codecs/qutfcodec_p.h:55,
                 from /home/eldritch-idiot/qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/codecs/qutfcodec.cpp:41:
/usr/include/c++/11/bits/stl_algo.h:3467:5: note: ‘std::max’ declared here
 3467 |     max(initializer_list<_Tp> __l, _Compare __comp)
      |     ^~~
In file included from ../include/QtCore/qendian.h:1,
                 from /home/eldritch-idiot/qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/codecs/qutfcodec.cpp:43:
../include/QtCore/../../../../qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/global/qendian.h:331:29: error: expected primary-expression before ‘(’ token
  331 |     { return QSpecialInteger(std::numeric_limits<T>::max()); }
      |                             ^
../include/QtCore/../../../../qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/global/qendian.h:331:35: error: ‘numeric_limits’ is not a member of ‘std’
  331 |     { return QSpecialInteger(std::numeric_limits<T>::max()); }
      |                                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../include/QtCore/../../../../qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/global/qendian.h:331:51: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token
  331 |     { return QSpecialInteger(std::numeric_limits<T>::max()); }
      |                                                   ^
../include/QtCore/../../../../qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/global/qendian.h:331:54: error: ‘::max’ has not been declared; did you mean ‘std::max’?
  331 |     { return QSpecialInteger(std::numeric_limits<T>::max()); }
      |                                                      ^~~
      |                                                      std::max
In file included from /usr/include/c++/11/algorithm:62,
                 from ../include/QtCore/../../../../qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h:142,
                 from ../include/QtCore/qglobal.h:1,
                 from ../include/QtCore/../../../../qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/tools/qchar.h:43,
                 from ../include/QtCore/qchar.h:1,
                 from ../include/QtCore/../../../../qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h:48,
                 from ../include/QtCore/qstring.h:1,
                 from /home/eldritch-idiot/qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/codecs/qutfcodec_p.h:55,
                 from /home/eldritch-idiot/qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/codecs/qutfcodec.cpp:41:
/usr/include/c++/11/bits/stl_algo.h:3467:5: note: ‘std::max’ declared here
 3467 |     max(initializer_list<_Tp> __l, _Compare __comp)
      |     ^~~
In file included from ../include/QtCore/qendian.h:1,
                 from /home/eldritch-idiot/qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/codecs/qutfcodec.cpp:43:
../include/QtCore/../../../../qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/global/qendian.h: In static member function ‘static constexpr QSpecialInteger<S> QSpecialInteger<S>::min()’:
../include/QtCore/../../../../qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/global/qendian.h:333:35: error: ‘numeric_limits’ is not a member of ‘std’
  333 |     { return QSpecialInteger(std::numeric_limits<T>::min()); }
      |                                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../include/QtCore/../../../../qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/global/qendian.h:333:54: error: ‘::min’ has not been declared; did you mean ‘std::min’?
  333 |     { return QSpecialInteger(std::numeric_limits<T>::min()); }
      |                                                      ^~~
      |                                                      std::min
In file included from /usr/include/c++/11/algorithm:62,
                 from ../include/QtCore/../../../../qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h:142,
                 from ../include/QtCore/qglobal.h:1,
                 from ../include/QtCore/../../../../qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/tools/qchar.h:43,
                 from ../include/QtCore/qchar.h:1,
                 from ../include/QtCore/../../../../qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h:48,
                 from ../include/QtCore/qstring.h:1,
                 from /home/eldritch-idiot/qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/codecs/qutfcodec_p.h:55,
                 from /home/eldritch-idiot/qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/codecs/qutfcodec.cpp:41:
/usr/include/c++/11/bits/stl_algo.h:3455:5: note: ‘std::min’ declared here
 3455 |     min(initializer_list<_Tp> __l, _Compare __comp)
      |     ^~~
In file included from ../include/QtCore/qendian.h:1,
                 from /home/eldritch-idiot/qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/codecs/qutfcodec.cpp:43:
../include/QtCore/../../../../qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/global/qendian.h:333:29: error: expected primary-expression before ‘(’ token
  333 |     { return QSpecialInteger(std::numeric_limits<T>::min()); }
      |                             ^
../include/QtCore/../../../../qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/global/qendian.h:333:35: error: ‘numeric_limits’ is not a member of ‘std’
  333 |     { return QSpecialInteger(std::numeric_limits<T>::min()); }
      |                                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../include/QtCore/../../../../qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/global/qendian.h:333:51: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token
  333 |     { return QSpecialInteger(std::numeric_limits<T>::min()); }
      |                                                   ^
../include/QtCore/../../../../qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/global/qendian.h:333:54: error: ‘::min’ has not been declared; did you mean ‘std::min’?
  333 |     { return QSpecialInteger(std::numeric_limits<T>::min()); }
      |                                                      ^~~
      |                                                      std::min
In file included from /usr/include/c++/11/algorithm:62,
                 from ../include/QtCore/../../../../qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h:142,
                 from ../include/QtCore/qglobal.h:1,
                 from ../include/QtCore/../../../../qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/tools/qchar.h:43,
                 from ../include/QtCore/qchar.h:1,
                 from ../include/QtCore/../../../../qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h:48,
                 from ../include/QtCore/qstring.h:1,
                 from /home/eldritch-idiot/qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/codecs/qutfcodec_p.h:55,
                 from /home/eldritch-idiot/qt5/qtbase/src/corelib/codecs/qutfcodec.cpp:41:
/usr/include/c++/11/bits/stl_algo.h:3455:5: note: ‘std::min’ declared here
 3455 |     min(initializer_list<_Tp> __l, _Compare __comp)
      |     ^~~
gmake: *** [Makefile:382: qutfcodec.o] Error 1

Specs:
OS: Linux Mint 21.3
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3500X
RAM: 32GB DDR4
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

[ChrisW67]

@eldritch-dev Interesting that Linux Mint does not seem to have Qt5 packages.

What dot-release of Qt 5?
What version of GCC is detected during configure/used for the build?
Are you sure you want the developer build option?

[Christian Ehrlicher]

See https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-90395