[pyqtdeploy] Failing at building the demo

[Umberto Minora]

ah, just to clarify one (major) point.

What I am sharing in github is "just" the application file I see in the 
build-linux-64 directory (called "memory").

Is it correct or should I share the whole folder instead?

Umberto

On 5/2/24 17:58, Umberto Minora wrote:
>
> Thank you KC! :)
>
> Actually, a friend of mine told me he had to install something to make 
> it run.
>
> So I tried to download the executable from a linux machine different 
> from the one I used for the deployment, and found out I still have to 
> solve one issue.
>
> You can find it here: 
> https://github.com/umbe1987/memory/releases/tag/v0.1.0 (it's the file 
> called "memory" with no extension).
>
> The error I receive when trying to launch the game from the terminal is:
>
> ```
>
> ./memory: error while loading shared libraries: libQt5Multimedia.so.5: 
> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>
> ```
>
> So, I think I might have made a mistake somewhere in the deployment 
> process, because what I wanted in the end was a single executable file 
> where all the needed libraries are bundled. Is this possible? If not, 
> how should I ship the final product so that the users will be able to 
> get and have it working without installing anything else?
>
> If I need to attach anything please let me know, I have already 
> attached my sysroot.toml and the ptd in the previous message.
>
> Thank you and hopefully I will be able to close this thread once and 
> for all anytime soon :)
>
> Umberto
>
>
> On 5/1/24 09:49, Kaiser Chief wrote:
>> Congratulations!
>>
>> The debugging paid off,
>>
>> This email thread might actually give us the keys to understand why 
>> the process was painful and how to improve it moving forward.
>>
>> It looks like some of the issues where bugs inherent to Qt or 
>> dependencies (hard to treat), but some others were configuration 
>> issues (easier to handle).
>>
>> Wishing you fun on your Android journey now!
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> KC
>>
>> On Tue, 30 Apr 2024, 21:56 umbertofilippo, 
>> <umbertofilippo at tiscali.it> wrote:
>>
>>     As promised, here is:
>>
>>     1) the link to the linux release:
>>     https://github.com/umbe1987/memory/releases/tag/v0.1.0
>>
>>     2) Instructions if you need:
>>     https://github.com/umbe1987/memory/blob/main/README.md
>>
>>     3) sysroot.toml and pdt (attached)
>>
>>
>>     Umberto
>>
>>
>>     On 4/30/24 20:55, Umberto Minora wrote:
>>>     Turns out I am dumb :/
>>>
>>>     Project built successfully!!!!!!
>>>
>>>     I started from scratch.
>>>     Checked my sysroot.toml file and made sure I had multimedia in
>>>     pyqt and qt sessions.
>>>     Run pyqtdeploy-sysroot to create the sysroot dir (with the
>>>     caveat mentioned here
>>>     https://forum.qt.io/topic/136672/error-installing-qt-everywhere-src-5-15-2-on-ubuntu-22-04/2).
>>>     Took some attempts and a lot of time, as expected.
>>>     Created the pdt project. Built with pyqtdeploy-build, qmake and
>>>     make, and voilà!
>>>
>>>     Everything went so smooth I couldn't believe it :)
>>>
>>>     The issue I had is I has messed up the steps, configured the
>>>     sysroot improperly and probably I was using the sysroot folder
>>>     of pyqt-demo.
>>>
>>>     I am thankful to all the feedback I have received in this mail
>>>     thread.
>>>
>>>     Next step: build for android (wish me luck;)
>>>
>>>     Ah and btw I will attach my sysroot and pdt files asap (typing
>>>     from my phone now). I will also add the Linux executable on my
>>>     repo as git release and link to it if you're curious.
>>>
>>>     Thanks!!!
>>>
>>>     Umberto
>>>
>>>     Il 29 apr 2024 12:21, Umberto Minora <umbertofilippo at tiscali.it>
>>>     <mailto:umbertofilippo at tiscali.it> ha scritto:
>>>
>>>         I am starting to wonder if I did something wrong in building
>>>         the sysroot.
>>>
>>>         So far I have copied the one created for the pyqt-demo (if I
>>>         am not
>>>         mistaken) which I deployed successfully, and avoid
>>>         rebuilding it since
>>>         it was time consuming.
>>>
>>>         But I am wondering if this has caused all my issues. Will
>>>         try to do it
>>>         as soon as I can and report back with my findings.
>>>
>>>         Again, thanks for the feedback.
>>>
>>>         Umberto
>>>
>>>         On 4/26/24 17:30, Charles wrote:
>>>         > Actually for certain libraries like libssl, the dev
>>>         version usually
>>>         > provides a static library (.a) which should be fine with
>>>         > install_from_source = false, but AFAIK no OS provides a
>>>         static Qt
>>>         > library so Qt needs to be compiled from source.
>>>
>>>
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