Building QT6.4 with static OpenSSL on Windows

Build static OpenSSL, read QT docs:

Configure QT as follows:

cd C:\dev\build\qt
  
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" amd64
      
set "CMAKE_ROOT=C:\dev\PFiles\cmake-3.24.2-windows-x86_64\bin"
set "NINJA_ROOT=C:\dev\PFiles\ninja-win"
set "PERL_ROOT=C:\dev\PFiles\Strawberry\perl\bin"
      
set PATH=%CMAKE_ROOT%;%PATH%
set PATH=%NINJA_ROOT%;%PATH%
set PATH=%PERL_ROOT%;%PATH%
set PATH=C:\dev\PFiles\Python35;%PATH%
      
rem Check if the tools are in PATH
where perl.exe
where python.exe
where cmake.exe
where ninja.exe
      
set MY_INSTALL_PATH=C:/dev/libs/Qt6.4/windows
set MY_QT_SRC_DIR=C:\dev\repos\qt-everywhere-src-6.4.0
set MY_OPENSSL_DIR=C:/dev/libs/OpenSSL
set CL=/MP

%MY_QT_SRC_DIR%\configure.bat -prefix %MY_INSTALL_PATH% -DQT_NO_EXCEPTIONS=1 ^
  -debug-and-release -force-debug-info -platform win32-msvc -opensource -confirm-license ^
  -c++std c++20 -static -static-runtime -openssl-linked ^
  -skip qt3d -skip qt5compat -skip qtactiveqt -skip qtcharts -skip qtcoap -skip qtconnectivity ^
  -skip qtdatavis3d -skip qtdoc -skip qtlottie -skip qtmqtt -skip qtnetworkauth -skip qtopcua ^
  -skip qtserialport -skip qtpositioning -skip qtquicktimeline -skip qtquick3d -skip qtremoteobjects ^
  -skip qtscxml -skip qtsensors -skip qtserialbus -skip qtvirtualkeyboard -skip qtwayland ^
  -skip qtwebchannel -skip qtwebengine -skip qtwebview -skip qtquick3dphysics -skip qtspeech -skip qthttpserver ^
  -- -D OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=%MY_OPENSSL_DIR% -D OPENSSL_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON

The output should be the following:

+ cd qtbase
+ C:\dev\repos\qt-everywhere-src-6.4.0\qtbase\configure.bat -top-level -prefix C:/dev/libs/Qt6.4/windows -DQT_NO_EXCEPTIONS=1   -debug-and-release -force-debug-info -platform win32-msvc -opensource -confirm-license   -c++std c++20 -static -static-runtime -openssl-linked   -skip qt3d -skip qt5compat -skip qtactiveqt -skip qtcharts -skip qtcoap -skip qtconnectivity   -skip qtdatavis3d -skip qtdoc -skip qtlottie -skip qtmqtt -skip qtnetworkauth -skip qtopcua   -skip qtserialport -skip qtpositioning -skip qtquicktimeline -skip qtquick3d -skip qtremoteobjects   -skip qtscxml -skip qtsensors -skip qtserialbus -skip qtvirtualkeyboard -skip qtwayland   -skip qtwebchannel -skip qtwebengine -skip qtwebview -skip qtquick3dphysics -skip qtspeech -skip qthttpserver   -- -D OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=C:/dev/libs/OpenSSL -D OPENSSL_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON
-- Windows 10 SDK version: 10.0.19041.0
'C:/dev/PFiles/cmake-3.24.2-windows-x86_64/bin/cmake.exe' '-DBUILD_qt3d=OFF' '-DBUILD_qt5compat=OFF' '-DBUILD_qtactiveqt=OFF' '-DBUILD_qtcharts=OFF' '-DBUILD_qtcoap=OFF' '-DBUILD_qtconnectivity=OFF' '-DBUILD_qtdatavis3d=OFF' '-DBUILD_qtdoc=OFF' '-DBUILD_qtlottie=OFF' '-DBUILD_qtmqtt=OFF' '-DBUILD_qtnetworkauth=OFF' '-DBUILD_qtopcua=OFF' '-DBUILD_qtserialport=OFF' '-DBUILD_qtpositioning=OFF' '-DBUILD_qtquicktimeline=OFF' '-DBUILD_qtquick3d=OFF' '-DBUILD_qtremoteobjects=OFF' '-DBUILD_qtscxml=OFF' '-DBUILD_qtsensors=OFF' '-DBUILD_qtserialbus=OFF' '-DBUILD_qtvirtualkeyboard=OFF' '-DBUILD_qtwayland=OFF' '-DBUILD_qtwebchannel=OFF' '-DBUILD_qtwebengine=OFF' '-DBUILD_qtwebview=OFF' '-DBUILD_qtquick3dphysics=OFF' '-DBUILD_qtspeech=OFF' '-DBUILD_qthttpserver=OFF' '-D' 'OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=C:/dev/libs/OpenSSL' '-D' 'OPENSSL_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON' '-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF' '-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=C:/dev/libs/Qt6.4/windows' '-DQT_QMAKE_TARGET_MKSPEC=win32-msvc' '-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=cl' '-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=cl' '-DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES=RelWithDebInfo;Debug' '-DQT_EXTRA_DEFINES=QT_NO_EXCEPTIONS=1' '-DINPUT_cxx14=yes' '-DINPUT_cxx17=yes' '-DINPUT_cxx20=yes' '-DINPUT_static_runtime=yes' '-DINPUT_openssl=linked' '-G' 'Ninja Multi-Config' 'C:/dev/repos/qt-everywhere-src-6.4.0'
-- The CXX compiler identification is MSVC 19.33.31630.0
-- The C compiler identification is MSVC 19.33.31630.0
-- The ASM compiler identification is MSVC
-- Found assembler: C:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/2022/Professional/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.33.31629/bin/Hostx64/x64/cl.exe
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: C:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/2022/Professional/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.33.31629/bin/Hostx64/x64/cl.exe - skipped
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working C compiler: C:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/2022/Professional/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.33.31629/bin/Hostx64/x64/cl.exe - skipped
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done
Checking dependencies of submodule 'qtbase'
Checking dependencies of submodule 'qtimageformats'
Checking dependencies of submodule 'qtlanguageserver'
Checking dependencies of submodule 'qtshadertools'
Checking dependencies of submodule 'qtsvg'
Checking dependencies of submodule 'qtdeclarative'
Checking dependencies of submodule 'qtmultimedia'
Checking dependencies of submodule 'qttools'
Skipping optional dependency 'qtactiveqt' of 'qttools', because building 'qtactiveqt' was explicitly disabled.
Checking dependencies of submodule 'qtwebsockets'
Checking dependencies of submodule 'qttranslations'
Configuring submodule 'qtbase'
-- Could NOT find md4c (missing: md4c_DIR)
QtCore: WARNING: C:/dev/repos/qt-everywhere-src-6.4.0/qtbase/src/corelib/tools/qatomicscopedvaluerollback_p.h does not have the "We mean it." warning
-- Could NOT find md4c (missing: md4c_DIR)
Configuring submodule 'qtimageformats'
Configuring submodule 'qtlanguageserver'
Configuring submodule 'qtshadertools'
Configuring submodule 'qtsvg'
Configuring submodule 'qtdeclarative'
QtQuickDialogs2QuickImpl: WARNING: C:/dev/repos/qt-everywhere-src-6.4.0/qtdeclarative/src/quickdialogs2/quickdialogs2quickimpl/qquickcolordialogutils_p.h does not have the "We mean it." warning
shaders/SaturationLightness.frag -> shaders/SaturationLightness.frag.qsb exposed as :/qt-project.org/imports/QtQuick/Dialogs/quickimpl/shaders/SaturationLightness.frag.qsb
QtQmlDom: WARNING: C:/dev/repos/qt-everywhere-src-6.4.0/qtdeclarative/src/qmldom/standalone/private/qtqmlcompilerexports_p.h does not have the "We mean it." warning
Configuring submodule 'qtmultimedia'
Configuring submodule 'qt3d'
Configuring submodule 'qt5compat'
Configuring submodule 'qtactiveqt'
Configuring submodule 'qtcharts'
Configuring submodule 'qtcoap'
Configuring submodule 'qtconnectivity'
Configuring submodule 'qtdatavis3d'
Configuring submodule 'qttools'
-- Could NOT find Clang (missing: Clang_DIR)
-- Could NOT find Clang (missing: Clang_DIR)
QtDesigner: WARNING: C:/dev/repos/qt-everywhere-src-6.4.0/qttools/src/designer/src/lib/uilib/formbuilder.h includes abstractformbuilder.h when it should include QtDesigner/abstractformbuilder.h
Configuring submodule 'qtdoc'
Configuring submodule 'qtwebsockets'
CMake Warning (dev) at C:/dev/build/qtsr/qtbase/lib/cmake/Qt6Qml/Qt6QmlBuildInternals.cmake:410 (message):
  INSTALL_SOURCE_QMLTYPES option is deprecated and should not be used.
  Please port your module to use declarative type registration.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  qtwebsockets/src/imports/qmlwebsockets/CMakeLists.txt:1 (qt_internal_add_qml_module)
This warning is for project developers.  Use -Wno-dev to suppress it.

Configuring submodule 'qthttpserver'
Configuring submodule 'qtlottie'
Configuring submodule 'qtmqtt'
Configuring submodule 'qtnetworkauth'
Configuring submodule 'qtopcua'
Configuring submodule 'qtserialport'
Configuring submodule 'qtpositioning'
Configuring submodule 'qtquicktimeline'
Configuring submodule 'qtquick3d'
Configuring submodule 'qtquick3dphysics'
Configuring submodule 'qtremoteobjects'
Configuring submodule 'qtscxml'
Configuring submodule 'qtsensors'
Configuring submodule 'qtserialbus'
Configuring submodule 'qtspeech'
Configuring submodule 'qttranslations'
CMake Warning at qttranslations/translations/CMakeLists.txt:37 (message):
  Directory
  'C:/dev/repos/qt-everywhere-src-6.4.0/qttranslations/translations/../../qtlocation/src'
  for qtlocation does not exist.  Skipping...
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  qttranslations/translations/CMakeLists.txt:105 (add_ts_targets)


CMake Warning at qttranslations/translations/CMakeLists.txt:44 (message):
  No source files located for qtlocation, skipping target creation
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  qttranslations/translations/CMakeLists.txt:105 (add_ts_targets)


Configuring submodule 'qtvirtualkeyboard'
Configuring submodule 'qtwayland'
Configuring submodule 'qtwebchannel'
Configuring submodule 'qtwebengine'
Configuring submodule 'qtwebview'

-- Configuration summary shown below. It has also been written to C:/dev/build/qtsr/config.summary
-- Configure with --log-level=STATUS or higher to increase CMake's message verbosity. The log level does not persist across reconfigurations.

-- Configure summary:

Building for: win32-msvc (x86_64, CPU features: sse sse2)
Compiler: msvc 19.33.31630.0
Build options:
  Mode ................................... debug and release (with debug info)
  Optimize release build for size ........ no
  Fully optimize release builds (-O3) .... no
  Building shared libraries .............. no
  Using C standard ....................... C11
  Using C++ standard ..................... C++20
  Relocatable ............................ no
  Using precompiled headers .............. yes
  Using LTCG ............................. no
  Using Intel CET ........................ no
  Target compiler supports:
    SSE .................................. SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4.1 SSE4.2
    AVX .................................. AVX AVX2 VAES
    AVX512 ............................... F ER CD PF DQ BW VL IFMA VBMI AVX512VBMI2
    Other x86 ............................ AES F16C RDRAND SHA
  Sanitizers:
    Addresses ............................ no
    Threads .............................. no
    Memory ............................... no
    Fuzzer (instrumentation only) ........ no
    Undefined ............................ no
  Build parts ............................ libs tools
  App store compliance ................... no
Qt modules and options:
  Qt Concurrent .......................... yes
  Qt D-Bus ............................... yes
  Qt D-Bus directly linked to libdbus .... no
  Qt Gui ................................. yes
  Qt Network ............................. yes
  Qt PrintSupport ........................ yes
  Qt Sql ................................. yes
  Qt Testlib ............................. yes
  Qt Widgets ............................. yes
  Qt Xml ................................. yes
Support enabled for:
  Using pkg-config ....................... no
  udev ................................... no
  Using system zlib ...................... no
  Zstandard support ...................... no
  Thread support ......................... yes
Common build options:
  Linker can resolve circular dependencies  yes
Qt Core:
  backtrace .............................. no
  DoubleConversion ....................... yes
    Using system DoubleConversion ........ no
  GLib ................................... no
  ICU .................................... no
  Using system libb2 ..................... no
  Built-in copy of the MIME database ..... yes
  cpp/winrt base ......................... no
  Tracing backend ........................ <none>
  Logging backends:
    journald ............................. no
    syslog ............................... no
    slog2 ................................ no
  PCRE2 .................................. yes
    Using system PCRE2 ................... no
Qt Sql:
  SQL item models ........................ yes
Qt Network:
  getifaddrs() ........................... no
  IPv6 ifname ............................ no
  libproxy ............................... no
  Schannel ............................... yes
  OpenSSL ................................ yes
    Qt directly linked to OpenSSL ........ yes
  OpenSSL 1.1 ............................ yes
  DTLS ................................... yes
  OCSP-stapling .......................... yes
  SCTP ................................... no
  Use system proxies ..................... yes
  GSSAPI ................................. no
  Brotli Decompression Support ........... no
  qTopLevelDomain() ...................... yes
    Built-in publicsuffix database ....... yes
    System publicsuffix database ......... no
Core tools:
  Android deployment tool ................ yes
  macOS deployment tool .................. no
  Windows deployment tool ................ yes
  qmake .................................. yes
Qt Gui:
  Accessibility .......................... yes
  FreeType ............................... yes
    Using system FreeType ................ no
  HarfBuzz ............................... yes
    Using system HarfBuzz ................ no
  Fontconfig ............................. no
  Image formats:
    GIF .................................. yes
    ICO .................................. yes
    JPEG ................................. yes
      Using system libjpeg ............... no
    PNG .................................. yes
      Using system libpng ................ no
  Text formats:
    HtmlParser ........................... yes
    CssParser ............................ yes
    OdfWriter ............................ yes
    MarkdownReader ....................... yes
      Using system libmd4c ............... no
    MarkdownWriter ....................... yes
  EGL .................................... no
  OpenVG ................................. no
  OpenGL:
    Desktop OpenGL ....................... no
    Dynamic OpenGL ....................... yes
    OpenGL ES 2.0 ........................ no
    OpenGL ES 3.0 ........................ no
    OpenGL ES 3.1 ........................ no
    OpenGL ES 3.2 ........................ no
  Vulkan ................................. no
  Session Management ..................... yes
Features used by QPA backends:
  evdev .................................. no
  libinput ............................... no
  HiRes wheel support in libinput ........ no
  INTEGRITY HID .......................... no
  mtdev .................................. no
  tslib .................................. no
  xkbcommon .............................. no
  X11 specific:
    XLib ................................. no
    XCB Xlib ............................. no
    EGL on X11 ........................... no
    xkbcommon-x11 ........................ no
    xcb-sm ............................... no
QPA backends:
  DirectFB ............................... no
  EGLFS .................................. no
  EGLFS details:
    EGLFS OpenWFD ........................ no
    EGLFS i.Mx6 .......................... no
    EGLFS i.Mx6 Wayland .................. no
    EGLFS RCAR ........................... no
    EGLFS EGLDevice ...................... no
    EGLFS GBM ............................ no
    EGLFS VSP2 ........................... no
    EGLFS Mali ........................... no
    EGLFS Raspberry Pi ................... no
    EGLFS X11 ............................ no
  LinuxFB ................................ no
  VNC .................................... no
  VK_KHR_display ......................... no
  QNX:
    lgmon ................................ no
    IMF .................................. no
  XCB:
    Using system-provided xcb-xinput ..... no
    GL integrations:
      GLX Plugin ......................... no
        XCB GLX .......................... no
      EGL-X11 Plugin ..................... no
  Windows:
    Direct 2D ............................ yes
    Direct 2D 1.1 ........................ yes
    DirectWrite .......................... yes
    DirectWrite 3 ........................ yes
Qt Widgets:
  GTK+ ................................... no
  Styles ................................. Fusion Windows WindowsVista
Qt Testlib:
  Tester for item models ................. yes
Qt PrintSupport:
  CUPS ................................... no
Qt Sql Drivers:
  DB2 (IBM) .............................. no
  InterBase .............................. no
  MySql .................................. no
  OCI (Oracle) ........................... no
  ODBC ................................... yes
  PostgreSQL ............................. no
  SQLite ................................. yes
    Using system provided SQLite ......... no
Further Image Formats:
  JasPer ................................. no
  MNG .................................... no
  TIFF ................................... yes
    Using system libtiff ................. no
  WEBP ................................... yes
    Using system libwebp ................. no
Qt QML:
  QML network support .................... yes
  QML debugging and profiling support .... yes
  QML just-in-time compiler .............. yes
  QML XML http request ................... yes
  QML Locale ............................. yes
Qt QML Models:
  QML list model ......................... yes
  QML delegate model ..................... yes
Qt Quick:
  AnimatedImage item ..................... yes
  Canvas item ............................ yes
  Support for Qt Quick Designer .......... yes
  Flipable item ......................
.... yes
  GridView item .......................... yes
  ListView item .......................... yes
  TableView item ......................... yes
  TreeView item .......................... yes
  Path support ........................... yes
  PathView item .......................... yes
  Positioner items ....................... yes
  Repeater item .......................... yes
  ShaderEffect item ...................... yes
  Sprite item ............................ yes
Qt Quick Templates 2:
  Hover support .......................... yes
  Multi-touch support .................... yes
  Calendar support ....................... yes
Qt Quick Controls 2:
  Styles ................................. Basic Fusion Imagine iOS Material Universal macOS Windows
Qt Multimedia:
  Spatial Audio .......................... yes
  Spatial Audio (Quick3D) ................ no
  Low level Audio Backend:
    ALSA (experimental) .................. no
    PulseAudio ........................... no
    MMRenderer ..................Note: Using static linking will disable the use of dynamically loaded plugins. Make sure to import all needed static plugins, or compile needed modules into the library.

WARNING: Basic cpp/winrt support missing. Some features might not be available.
WARNING: QDoc will not be compiled, probably because libclang could not be located. This means that you cannot build the Qt documentation.
Either set CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or LLVM_INSTALL_DIR to the location of your llvm installation.
On Linux systems, you may be able to install libclang by installing the libclang-dev or libclang-devel package, depending on your distribution.
On macOS, you can use Homebrew's llvm package.
You will also need to set the FEATURE_clang CMake variable to ON to re-evaluate this check.
WARNING: Clang-based lupdate parser will not be available. LLVM and Clang C++ libraries have not been found.
You will need to set the FEATURE_clangcpp CMake variable to ON to re-evaluate this check.
......... no
    CoreAudio ............................ no
    Windows Media SDK .................... yes
    Open SLES (Android) .................. no
    Web Assembly ......................... no
  Plugin:
    GStreamer 1.0 ........................ no
    FFmpeg ............................... no
    MMRenderer ........................... no
    AVFoundation ......................... no
    Windows Media Foundation ............. yes
  Hardware acceleration and features:
    Video for Linux ...................... no
    VAAPI support ........................ no
    Linux DMA buffer support ............. no
    VideoToolbox ......................... no
Qt Tools:
  Qt Assistant ........................... yes
  QDoc ................................... no
  Clang-based lupdate parser ............. no
  Qt Designer ............................ yes
  Qt Distance Field Generator ............ yes
  Qt Linguist ............................ yes
  pixeltool .............................. yes
  qdbus ..................
................ yes
  Qt Attributions Scanner ................ yes
  qtdiag ................................. yes
  qtplugininfo ........................... yes

--

Qt is now configured for building. Just run 'cmake --build . --parallel'

Once everything is built, you must run 'ninja install'
Qt will be installed into 'C:/dev/libs/Qt6.4/windows'

To configure and build other Qt modules, you can use the following convenience script:
        C:/dev/libs/Qt6.4/windows/bin/qt-configure-module.bat

If reconfiguration fails for some reason, try removing 'CMakeCache.txt' from the build directory

-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: C:/dev/build/qtsr

My app dependencies:

3 Responses to Building QT6.4 with static OpenSSL on Windows

  1. dmitriano says:

    OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR and OPENSSL_USE_STATIC_LIBS variables are probably from here: https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/blob/master/Modules/FindOpenSSL.cmake#L124

  2. dmitriano says:

    installed Git from here: https://gitforwindows.org/

  3. dmitriano says:

    There also should be OPENSSL_MSVC_STATIC_RT=ON, see C:\dev\PFiles\cmake-3.24.2-windows-x86_64\share\cmake-3.24\Modules\FindOpenSSL.cmake

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