Static build in QT on Windows Vista

Question

Hello,

I am currently running Windows Vista Home Premium, and I have developed an application with my friend using QT Creator. We are now trying to deploy our application as just one executable, so we are trying to do a static build. We have added CONFIG += static in our .pro file.

We are using this documentation to help us:

http://doc.trolltech.com/4.1/deployment-windows.html

When I try to build QT, I use this command:

configure -static -platform win32-msvc

Then I get this error:

Creating qmake...
execute: File or path is not found (nmake)
execute: File or path is not found (nmake)
Cleaning qmake failed, return code -1

I think I have to add nmake to my PATH, but I can't find it on my computer. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Sincerely, David

Answer 1

You will find a batch file under the bin directory of your visual studio install called "vcvars32.bat". Run that from the command line before you try building QT. That should solve your problems.