Latest version of Qt cant compile anything in .c with MinGW (Win 10 x64)

danek731733 · wrote on 29 Mar 2016, 18:47

Hello,

I have a problem with my fresh installation of Qt 5.6.0 with the latest MinGW listed in the Qt installer. It does not compile my files, if I am set to the debugging mode of a project (the computer icon above the run icon, in the bottom left corner of the Qt Creator). But if I switch it to the deployment mode, it suddenly does work. But debugger doesnt do anything in that case.

When I try to compile & run a new, just written project in debugging/developing mod (I am not sure, since it is still written in my language - I am not using it in English) it gives me the folloving:

error: INTERNAL: readdir: No such file or directory.  Stop.

When I open the error, I see this:

20:37:48: Configuration unchanged, skipping qmake step.
20:37:48: Starting: "C:\Qt\Tools\mingw492_32\bin\mingw32-make.exe" 
mingw32-make: *** INTERNAL: readdir: No such file or directory.  Stop.
20:37:48: The process "C:\Qt\Tools\mingw492_32\bin\mingw32-make.exe" exited with code 2.
Error while building/deploying project Matice_pointer_na_pointer (kit: Desktop Qt 5.6.0 MinGW 32bit)
When executing step "Make"
20:37:48: Elapsed time: 00:00.

I did some digging on this forum, but sadly, I didnt find any solution yet. No help came with google, either.
I checked my PATH: there is no MinGW or something like that in there (in case you would be wondering)

SGaist · 2 Apr 2016, 14:49

Hi and welcome to devnet,

Can you share your .pro file ?

danek731733 · wrote on 31 Mar 2016, 17:43

TEMPLATE = app
CONFIG += console
CONFIG -= app_bundle
CONFIG -= qt

SOURCES += main.c

Here it is.

danek731733 · wrote on 2 Apr 2016, 14:49

@SGaist Any ideas?

SGaist · 3 Apr 2016, 13:54

Just tested it with a hello world main.c both in debug and release mode and not problem at all.

Do you have your project in path with spaces ?

danek731733 · S SGaist 2 Apr 2016, 20:40

@SGaist Apparently, having the project in a folder with "&" symbol in its filepath was an issue. I moved all my projects into a folder without spaces and special characters, and it works. Thank you, I don't think I'd figure it out without your help. :)

SGaist · wrote on 3 Apr 2016, 14:03

Paths can be tricky on Windows

You're welcome !

Since you have it working now, please mark the thread as solved using the "Topic Tool" button so that other forum users may know a solution has been found :)

asthana.ujjwal · S SGaist 2 Apr 2016, 20:40

@SGaist I am getting the same error. This is my project path:

C:\Users\1587\Desktop\QT

As you can see, I dont have any spaces or special characters in my path, except for the colon of C drive, which cannot removed by my knowledge. Can you please help me out?

Thanks in advance. Really appreciate the help.
P.S. I am a newbie here. So, please try to help me in layman terms.

SGaist · wrote on 19 Jun 2019, 21:30

Hi @asthana-ujjwal and welcome to devnet,

Can you show your .pro file ?