Qt Static Build on Windows
Why Stack Overflow recommends it
Stack Overflow users link it when someone wants to ship a single static Qt executable on Windows and needs to see the long static build process step by step.
Recommended by 2 people across 2 different months, 2019 to 2021.
What it is
A 27-minute screencast by Vladimir N walking through building a static version of the Qt framework on Windows with MinGW. It accompanies a Russian forum thread and a written guide, and lists the tools and source downloads needed.
What people said
Recommends Xplatforms · 2019-04 · Stack Overflow · on “Tutorial for building single exe for Qt”
This means you need to compile static build of Qt Framework, then use this static version to build your static application. Maybe this youtube video helps: [this video]
Recommends Jiri Zaloudek · 2019-05 · Stack Overflow · on “Qt Creator - How to deploy application using static parameter”
after checking options mentioned, I have found visualized here [this video] , Which is quite easy way, however time consuming... only one point for future googliers, DON'T FORTGET to fix the sqlite parameter, otherwise 7 hours long process will get stuck in the middle, and you will have to start over again as me :)
Cites Toby Black · 2021-04 · Stack Overflow · on “Static Qt build causing segmentation fault when compiling/running”
I have created a static build of Qt by following this guide ( [LINK] ) and when I go to compile/run the application I get the following: 22:53:54: The program has unexpectedly finished. 22:53:54: The process was ended forcefully. I then ran the Qt debugger and received the following error: The inferior stopped because it received a signal from the operating system Signal Name: SIGSEGV Signal meaning: Segmentation fault Can't provide the assembly from the debugger as it isn't displaying I then tried to build the application with normal MinGW 32bit compiler and it compiles and runs fine so I presume the issue is located within my static build of Qt. When compiling Qt statically I didn't receiv
Cites Toby Black · 2021-04 · Stack Overflow · on “QT Building Statically absolute nightmare! Any help on these errors?”
I've been trying to build my QT application statically for a good few hours now and I just keep getting errors. My QT configuration is: QT Version : 5.15.2 Compiler : MinGW32 Build Tool : CMake The guide that has got me the furthest: [LINK] The process I have followed: Created a .bat file which contained the following PowerShell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& 'C:\Qt\windows-build-qt-static.ps1' -QtSrcUrl ' [LINK] ' -QtStaticDir 'C:\Qt\Static' -MingwDir 'C:\Qt\Tools\mingw810_32' -QtVersion '5.15.2-Static' Run that bat file Then I get the following errors after it compiles the files: mingw32-make: Target 'install' not remade because of errors. mingw32-make: *** [Makefile:103: m