diff --git a/contrib/Qt/ReadMe.txt b/contrib/Qt/ReadMe.txt index eed5d8b8..b8b702ca 100644 --- a/contrib/Qt/ReadMe.txt +++ b/contrib/Qt/ReadMe.txt @@ -1,74 +1,29 @@ contrib/Qt/ReadMe.txt --------------------- -Exiv2 works well with Qt. To support Qt/Windows users, a daily build of Exiv2 for MinGW/32 is provided. +Exiv2 works well with Qt. To build and run commandLineTool -------------------------------- -1) Either build Exiv2/MinGW/32 as documented: - http://clanmills.com/exiv2/mingw.shtml -OR - Download and install a build from the buildserver: - http://exiv2.dyndns.org:8080/userContent/builds/Categorized/Platform/mingw/ - Instructions for installing the build are in the bundle ReadMe.txt +1) Windows Users should install MinGW/msys2 as documented in README.md -2) Generate Makefile - /c/Users/rmills/gnu/exiv2/trunk/contrib/Qt > qmake commandLinePro.pro +2) All users should build Exiv2 with C++11 support as documented in README.md -3) Build commandLineTool.cpp - /c/Users/rmills/gnu/exiv2/trunk/contrib/Qt > make -B LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib +3) Generate Makefile + Caution: You will have to modify commandLineTool.pro to fit your environment. + $ cd + $ cd contrib/Qt + $ qmake commandLinePro.pro -4) Run commandLineTool.exe - /c/Users/rmills/gnu/exiv2/trunk/contrib/Qt > release/commandLineTool.exe +4) Build commandLineTool.cpp + $ make -Gotchas (that I know about) +5) Run commandLineTool.exe + $ commandLineTool.exe -1 Set PKG_CONFIG_PATH correctly - export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig" - -2 Set PATH to use the toolchain for Qt - PATH="/c/Qt/Qt5.6.0/5.6/mingw49_32/bin:/c/Qt/Qt5.6.0/Tools/mingw492_32/bin:/c/MinGW/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/c/cygwin64/bin:." - -3 You may need to copy libstdc++-6.dll to /usr/local/bin - cp $(which libstdc++-6.dll) /usr/local/bin - -4 You may have to edit commandLineTool.pro to match your environment - -5 DO NOT USE Cygwin Builds - -6 Do not give up. - This stuff works. You may have to work quite hard to get it working. - Don't give up. It will work. - -7 If you give up with MinGW, use Visual Studio. - -Running MinGW bash and setting Qt tools in the path ---------------------------------------------------- - -I have a batch file (mingw32.bat) to get me into MinGW. - -C:\>type \Users\rmills\com\mingw32.bat -@echo off -rem ------------------ -: mingw32.bat -: invoke MinGW bash -: -setlocal -set "PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig" -set "INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/local/inc" -set "LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib" -set "BINARY_PATH=/usr/local/bin" -rem set "PATH=c:\MinGW\bin;c:\MinGW\msys\1.0\bin;c:\MinGW\msys\1.0\local\bin;c:\Users\rmills\com;." -set "PATH=c:\Qt\Qt5.6.0\5.6\mingw49_32\bin;c:\Qt\Qt5.6.0\Tools\mingw492_32\bin;c:\MinGW\bin;\usr\bin:\usr\local\bin;c:\cygwin64\bin;c:\Users\rmills\com;." -set "PS1=\! -32- ${PWD}> " -c:\MinGW\msys\1.0\bin\bash.exe %*% - -: That's all Folks -rem ------------------ - -UNICODE_PATH ------------- +UNICODE_PATH on Windows +----------------------- Qt users may prefer to build Exiv2 to support UNICODE_PATH. The sample application samples/exifprint.cpp works with UNICODE_PATH. @@ -76,13 +31,11 @@ Searching for more information about Qt, MinGW and UNICODE_PATH --------------------------------------------------------------- These matters are occasionally discussed on the forum. Please search to read discussions. -You will probably find the following helpful: +https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/1101#issuecomment-623141576 http://dev.exiv2.org/boards/3/topics/2311?r=2312#message-2312 http://dev.exiv2.org/issues/1169 http://dev.exiv2.org/boards/3/topics/2705 -However there have been others and there will be more in future. - Robin Mills http://clanmills.com -2016-09-19 +2020-05-04