Category Archives: Windows

Running GUI apps on WSL

Updating existing WSL installation

I updated WSL according to this MS guide:

wsl --update
wsl --shutdown
wsl --version
WSL version: 1.2.0.0
Kernel version: 5.15.90.1
WSLg version: 1.0.51
MSRDC version: 1.2.3770
Direct3D version: 1.608.2-61064218
DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows version: 10.0.19045.2604
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Building QT6.4 for Windows with Vulkan support

Installed Vulkan SDK and built QT6.4.2 for windows with the following script:

set PATH=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" amd64

set MY_DRIVE=D:

%MY_DRIVE%
mkdir \dev\build\qt
cd \dev\build\qt
       
set "CMAKE_ROOT=%MY_DRIVE%\dev\tools\cmake-3.24.2-windows-x86_64\bin"
set "NINJA_ROOT=%MY_DRIVE%\dev\tools\ninja-win"
set "PERL_ROOT=%MY_DRIVE%\dev\tools\Strawberry\perl\bin"
set "PYTHON_ROOT=%MY_DRIVE%\dev\tools\Python35"
set VULKAN_SDK=%MY_DRIVE%/dev/tools/VulkanSDK/1.3.239.0
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How to get a history of running processes

Follow the steps from superuser.com:

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Building a C++ project with MinGW using Visual Studio Code

In CMake Tools extension settings I specified my CMake path:

and built my project with MSVC 2022 first and then switched to MinGW.

Building a project with MSVC 2022

On my machine with installed MSVC 2022 it automatically generated configuration file %LocalAppData%/CMakeTools/cmake-tools-kits.json:

[
  {
    "name": "Visual Studio Professional 2022 Release - amd64",
    "visualStudio": "04bbaecf",
    "visualStudioArchitecture": "x64",
    "preferredGenerator": {
      "name": "Visual Studio 17 2022",
      "platform": "x64",
      "toolset": "host=x64"
    }
  },
  {
    "name": "Visual Studio Professional 2022 Release - amd64_x86",
    "visualStudio": "04bbaecf",
    "visualStudioArchitecture": "x64",
    "preferredGenerator": {
      "name": "Visual Studio 17 2022",
      "platform": "win32",
      "toolset": "host=x64"
    }
  },
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Compiling a C++ source file in Visual Studio Code with MinGW

I followed this instruction and configured C/C++ extension as follows:

{
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Win32",
            "includePath": [
                "${workspaceFolder}/**"
            ],
            "defines": [
                "_DEBUG",
                "UNICODE",
                "_UNICODE"
            ],
            "windowsSdkVersion": "10.0.19041.0",
            "compilerPath": "D:\\dev\\tools\\x86_64-12.2.0-release-win32-seh-rt_v10-rev0\\mingw64\\bin\\g++.exe",
            "cStandard": "c17",
            "cppStandard": "c++17",
            "intelliSenseMode": "windows-gcc-x64"
        }
    ],
    "version": 4
}
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Creating Windows Application Icon on Ubuntu 22.04

Install magick tool:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install imagemagick

Copy *.png files to a folder, for example:

win16x16.png
win32x32.png
win48x48.png
win64x64.png

and run the following command:

convert *.png winapp.ico

Building QT6.4 on Windows for Android with OpenSSL and clang 14

Installed latest NDK:

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Building QT6.4 on Windows for Android with OpenSSL and clang 12

My mistake was that while building QT6.4 on Windows for Android I tried to set OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR as an environment variable that doesn’t take an effect. Now I set it as an argument:

C:\dev\build\qta
  
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 "MINGW_ROOT=C:\dev\PFiles\x86_64-12.2.0-release-win32-seh-rt_v10-rev0\mingw64\bin"
set "PYTHON_ROOT=C:\dev\PFiles\Python35"
set "JDK_ROOT=C:\dev\libs\jdk-19\bin"
          
set PATH=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS
set PATH=%CMAKE_ROOT%;%PATH%
set PATH=%NINJA_ROOT%;%PATH%
set PATH=%MINGW_ROOT%;%PATH%
set PATH=%PERL_ROOT%;%PATH%
set PATH=%PYTHON_ROOT%;%PATH%
set PATH=%JDK_ROOT%;%PATH%  

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My attempt to build OpenSSL for Android on Windows

I tried to build OpenSSL for Android with the following commands in Windows Command Prompt:

cd C:\dev\repos\openssl-1.1.1r

set MY_NDK_DIR=C:\Users\dmitr\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk\23.1.7779620

set MY_CLANG_DIR=%MY_NDK_DIR%\toolchains\llvm\prebuilt\windows-x86_64\bin
set MY_CMAKE=%MY_NDK_DIR%\prebuilt\windows-x86_64\bin\make.exe
set MY_PERL_DIR=C:\dev\PFiles\Strawberry\perl\bin

set PATH=%MY_CLANG_DIR%;%MY_PERL_DIR%;%PATH%

set "MY_ANDROID_BUILD_ABI=x86_64"
rem set "MY_ANDROID_BUILD_ABI=x86"
rem set "MY_ANDROID_BUILD_ABI=arm64"
rem set "MY_ANDROID_BUILD_ABI=arm"

set MY_INSTALL_ROOT_DIR=C:/dev/libs/OpenSSL-android
set MY_INSTALL_DIR=%MY_INSTALL_ROOT_DIR%/%MY_ANDROID_BUILD_ABI%

set ANDROID_NDK_HOME=%MY_NDK_DIR%

# Set compiler clang, instead of gcc by default
set CC=clang

perl Configure android-%MY_ANDROID_BUILD_ABI% -D__ANDROID_API__=23 --prefix="%MY_INSTALL_DIR%" --openssldir="%MY_INSTALL_DIR%" no-shared
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Building QT6.4 with OpenSSL for Windows – iteration #2

Install build tools, build OpenSSL as described in my previous post, extract QT sources with Bash:

tar -xf ../distrib/qt-everywhere-src-6.4.0.tar.xz

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 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 -I "C:/Program Files/OpenSSL/include" -L "C:/Program Files/OpenSSL/lib" -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
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