How to Build Qt 4.6.2 on Windows XP with MinGW

How to Build Qt on Windows with MinGW:

1. Download qt-sdk-win-opensource-2010.02.1.exe
2. Extract to c:\qt
   
3. start > all programs > qt sdk by nokia v2010.02.1 (open source) > qt command prompt
   
4. mingw32-make confclean
5. configure
6. mingw32-make
   

I use the following command to configure:

• configure -platform win32-g++ -no-phonon -no-phonon-backend -no-webkit -fast -debug -opensource -shared -no-qt3support -no-sql-sqlite -no-openvg -no-gif -no-libpng -no-libmng -no-libtiff -no-libjpeg -no-script -no-scripttools -nomake examples -nomake demos -no-xmlpatterns

Explanation:

• -platform win32-g++ (specify your platform and your compiler)
• -no-phonon (often crashes here)
  
• -no-phonon-backend (often crashes here)
• -no-webkit (often crashes here)
  
• -fast (generate Makefiles during the compiling step instead of during the configuring step)
  
• -debug
  
• -opensource
  
• -shared
  
• -no-qt3support
  
• -no-sql-sqlite
  
• -no-openvg (no vector graphics)
  
• -no-gif
  
• -no-libpng
  
• -no-libmng
  
• -no-libtiff
  
• -no-libjpeg
  
• -no-scripttools (often crashes here)
• -nomake examples (these take ages)
  
• -nomake demos (these take ages)
• -no-xmlpatterns (often crashes here)

Useful commands

• To bring up the help, pick one of the following switches:
  
  -h -help -?
  
  
• For example:
  
  configure -h
  

References

• http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.6/install-win.html

• http://doc.trolltech.com/4.6-old/fine-tuning-features.html
  

• http://www.blogistan.co.uk/qt/2009/12/where_get_mingw_qt_46.php

• ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/misc/MinGW-gcc440_1.zip
• http://anteru.net/tag/qt/
• Building Nokia Qt SDK and Making Phonon by Andy Thomas (Highly Recommended)

Related Links

• How to Move a Qt Install / Library (Version 1)
• How to Move a Qt Install / Library (Version 2)