Since 4.8.0 is out, I've reinstalled Qt, and now I want to use cmake too. To make cmake work, I remember having to add the mingw bin folder (QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.7.3
) to PATH back in Qt4.7.3, so I guessed that there would be a similar folder in QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.0
now but this is not the case. My question is, does anybody else have experience with setting up Qt and cmake? I could use some help right now, as I've googled for a bit and was unable to find any ways to make cmake work.
When trying to build, I get this well known message:
CMake Error at C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:91 (MESSAGE):
Could NOT find Qt4 (missing: QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE QT_INCLUDE_DIR)
Call Stack (most recent call first):
C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:252 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindQt4.cmake:1171 (FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS)
CMakeLists.txt:3 (find_package)
So, I found out what was the problem, and I think I should have known before. I simply added C:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.0\msvc2010\bin
to my PATH variable. It may be useful to note that, in a default 4.8.0 install, qmake is located in C:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.0\msvc2010\bin
as opposed to C:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.7.3\mingw\bin
in 4.7.3. Notice the difference; msvc2010
vs mingw
. It's actually glaringly obvious, as msvc2010
was the only folder in that directory.
I didn't try skyhisi's answer as it was no longer needed, but I'm guessing that it's another correct (if not better) way to make cmake work.