[wp34s] Need help compiling the Qt emulator (Win7)

[pascal_meheut]

(05-24-2015 06:44 PM)emece67 Wrote:  Current MinGW distributions do not support gcc versions < 4.6 and, when you install Qt 4.8.4 (the Qt version stated in such file), it claims for a MinGW version (4.4) no longer (easily) available and warns you about possible issues with your installed MinGW other than 4.4.

Ok. I forgot that MingGW loves to make previous versions unavailable.

(05-24-2015 06:44 PM)emece67 Wrote:  It almost worked, as I also needed to compile and install a library (QtExtSerialPort) present neither in Qt 4.8.4 nor MinGW 4.6.2, but needed at the linking stage (in any case, even with an error free compilation, the I/O comms. do not work in my case).

Strange. It is QtSerial.

(05-24-2015 06:44 PM)emece67 Wrote:  Perhaps in OSX or Linux the situation is easier, but this is what I needed in Win7.

Yes, Windows is the worst platform when it comes to compiling such open-source/multi-platform software.