[Solved] MinGW can't find libraries when compiling static build.

[LittleCat]

Hello everyone. I am having a problem when trying to compile a static build for QT using MinGW.

I think it's attempting to find the libraries that are made during the compile process, but can't find them for some reason, but I'm not sure. Can anyone help me with that?

This is a log of the failed build:

g++ -static -static-libgcc -Wl,--gc-sections -Wl,-s -Wl,-subsystem,console -o C:
\qt-src\qtbase\bin\qml.exe .obj/release/main.o .obj/release/qml_qml_plugin_impor
t.o .obj/release/qml_plugin_import.o .obj/release/qrc_qml.o .obj/release/moc_con
f.o -LC:\openssl-1.0.2a\dist\lib -LC:/qt-src/qtbase/lib -lQt5Widgets -LC:/qt-sr
c/qtbase/qml/QtQuick/Window.2 -lwindowplugin -LC:/qt-src/qtbase/qml/QtQuick.2 -l
qtquick2plugin -LC:/qt-src/qtbase/plugins/qmltooling -lqmldbg_qtquick2 -lQt5Quic
k -lqmldbg_tcp -lQt5Qml -LC:/qt-src/qtbase/plugins/bearer -lqgenericbearer -lqna
tivewifibearer -lQt5Network -ldnsapi -lssl -lcrypto -lcrypt32 -LC:/qt-src/qtbase
/plugins/platforms -lqwindows -lwinspool -lshlwapi -lQt5PlatformSupport -LC:/qt-
src/qtbase/plugins/imageformats -lqdds -lqicns -lqico -lqjp2 -lqmng -lqtga -lqti
ff -lqwbmp -lqwebp -lQt5Gui -lcomdlg32 -loleaut32 -limm32 -lwinmm -lglu32 -lopen
gl32 -lgdi32 -lqtharfbuzzng -lQt5Core -lole32 -luuid -lws2_32 -ladvapi32 -lshell
32 -luser32 -lkernel32 -lmpr -lz
C:/mingw32/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.9.1/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/bi
n/ld.exe: cannot find -lqdds
C:/mingw32/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.9.1/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/bi
n/ld.exe: cannot find -lqicns
C:/mingw32/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.9.1/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/bi
n/ld.exe: cannot find -lqjp2
C:/mingw32/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.9.1/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/bi
n/ld.exe: cannot find -lqmng
C:/mingw32/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.9.1/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/bi
n/ld.exe: cannot find -lqtga
C:/mingw32/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.9.1/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/bi
n/ld.exe: cannot find -lqtiff
C:/mingw32/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.9.1/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/bi
n/ld.exe: cannot find -lqwbmp
C:/mingw32/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.9.1/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/bi
n/ld.exe: cannot find -lqwebp
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Makefile.Release:86: recipe for target 'C:\qt-src\qtbase\bin\qml.exe' failed
mingw32-make[4]: *** [C:\qt-src\qtbase\bin\qml.exe] Error 1
mingw32-make[4]: Leaving directory 'c:/qt-src/qtdeclarative/tools/qml'
Makefile:34: recipe for target 'release' failed
mingw32-make[3]: *** [release] Error 2
mingw32-make[3]: Leaving directory 'c:/qt-src/qtdeclarative/tools/qml'
Makefile:95: recipe for target 'sub-qml-make_first' failed
mingw32-make[2]: *** [sub-qml-make_first] Error 2
mingw32-make[2]: Leaving directory 'c:/qt-src/qtdeclarative/tools'
Makefile:66: recipe for target 'sub-tools-make_first' failed
mingw32-make[1]: *** [sub-tools-make_first] Error 2
mingw32-make[1]: Leaving directory 'c:/qt-src/qtdeclarative'
makefile:217: recipe for target 'module-qtdeclarative-make_first' failed
mingw32-make: *** [module-qtdeclarative-make_first] Error 2

[sierdzio]

You may need to add -qt-libwebp and friends to configure, but a normal static build should already do that.

[LittleCat]

@sierdzio -qt-libwebp doesn't even exists.

[sierdzio]

Mhm, I suspected that. Definitely, the problem is with media codecs (MNG, WebP and so on). I have not encountered this. Can you tell us which Qt version are you trying to compile, what were your configure flags, and how you acquired Qt source code (because the code you get from Qt Maintenance Tool will not compile).

[LittleCat]

@sierdzio I'm trying to compile version 5.4.1, and I got the source from here http://www.qt.io/download-open-source/#section-2 (It's in other downloads)

And here are my flags for configure:

configure -static -release -opensource -opengl desktop -openssl-linked OPENSSL_LIBS="-lssl -lcrypto -lgdi32" -nomake examples

[sierdzio]

Looks fine. I do not know why are you getting this bug

[LittleCat]

Well, I tried compiling the source from scratch with a fresh source, and it works like a charm for some reason. Problem Solved.