[PyQt] Building PyQt5 for pyqtdeploy on windows - nmake error

[Phil Thompson]

On 14 Apr 2016, at 9:18 pm, Chandrakant Gopalan <chandrakant.gopalan at pinogy.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> I am evaluating pyqtdeploy so that we can use it to build our PyQt5-based app for different platforms. As a first step, I am trying to build our application via pyqtdeploy on a windows 10 host, targeting windows platforms.
> I am in the process of statically building packages. I am following the steps on http://pyqt.sourceforge.net/Docs/pyqtdeploy/static_builds.html
> I have been able to statically build Python. And also build sip. But I am having trouble building PyQt.
> 
> I was able to run "pyqtdeploycli --package pyqt5 configure" and it generated the cfg file.
> Then I ran "python configure.py --static --sysroot=%SYSROOT% --no-tools --no-qsci-api --no-designer-plugin --no-qml-plugin --configuration=pyqt5-win.cfg"
> and i was able to generate the makefile.
> But when I run "nmake" I get this error:
> 
> c:\Users\cgopalan\Downloads\PyQt-gpl-5.5.1>nmake
> 
> Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 14.00.23918.0
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
> 
>        cd QAxContainer\ && ( if not exist Makefile C:\Python34\Lib\site-packages\PyQt5\qmake.exe C:\Users\cgopalan\Downloads\PyQt-gpl-5.5.1\QAxContainer\QAxContainer.pro -o Makefile ) && "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\BIN\nmake.exe" -f Makefile
> 
> Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 14.00.23918.0
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
> 
>        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\BIN\nmake.exe" -f Makefile.Release
> 
> Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 14.00.23918.0
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
> 
> NMAKE : fatal error U1073: don't know how to make 'C:\Python34\Lib\site-packages\PyQt5\lib\Qt5AxContainer.lib'
> Stop.
> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\BIN\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
> Stop.
> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cd' : return code '0x2'
> Stop.
> 
> 
> nmake worked when I built sip. Not sure why this is happening here. Can anyone please help?

It looks like your Qt installation doesn't include that library. When you use a configuration file to configure PyQt it assumes it is correct and doesn't introspect the Qt installation to see what is actually available.

Either fix your Qt installation or edit the generated configuration file to accurately reflect the installation.

Phil