How to Build, Install and Setting Qt Application
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1 Qt Versions
Qt has various versions for various platforms. Each Qt version has its own features and here a list of versions:
CPU | Qt Version | Display Driver | OpenGL | QtWebEngine | Capacitive Touch | ARM Board |
S5P4418 | Qt 5.9.1 | EGLFS | Yes | Yes | Multiple-point touch | NanoPi S2/NanoPi M2A/NanoPi Fire2/NanoPC T2/Smart4418 |
S5P6818 | Qt 5.9.1 | EGLFS | Yes | Yes | Multiple-point touch | NanoPi M3/NanoPi Fire3/NanoPC T3 |
Allwinner H3 | Qt 4.8.6 | LinuxFB | No | No | Single-point touch | NanoPi-Duo/NanoPi-M1-Plus/NanoPi-M1/NanoPi-NEO-Air/NanoPi-NEO-Core/NanoPi-NEO |
Allwinner H5 | Qt 4.8.6 | LinuxFB | No | No | Single-point touch | NanoPi-M1-Plus2/NanoPi-NEO-Core2/NanoPi-NEO-Plus2/NanoPi-NEO2 |
Amlogic S905 | Qt 5.9.1 | LinuxFB | No | No | Single-point touch | NanoPi-K2 |
2 Install Cross Compiler for Qt
(Note: we suggest users use a host PC running a 64-bit Ubuntu 16.04)
Here is a list of cross compilers for various CPUs and ARM boards:
CPU | Qt Version | Compiler & QtSDK |
S5P4418 | Qt 5.9.1 | download link |
S5P6818 | Qt 5.9.1 | download link |
Allwinner H3 | Qt 4.8.6 | download link |
Allwinner H5 | Qt 4.8.6 | download link |
Amlogic S905 | Qt 5.9.1 | download link |
Install a cross compiler by running the following commands:
chmod 755 ./install.sh sudo ./install.sh
3 Cross Compile Qt Program
We took QtE-Demo as an example to show how to compile a Qt program.
3.1 S5P4418 Platform
git clone https://github.com/friendlyarm/QtE-Demo mkdir build && cd build /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-5.9.1-nexell32/bin/qmake ../QtE-Demo/QtE-Demo.pro make
3.2 S5P6818 Platform
git clone https://github.com/friendlyarm/QtE-Demo mkdir build && cd build /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-5.9.1-nexell64/bin/qmake ../QtE-Demo/QtE-Demo.pro make
3.3 Allwinner H3 Platform
export PATH=/opt/FriendlyARM/toolschain/4.9.3/bin/:$PATH git clone https://github.com/friendlyarm/QtE-Demo mkdir build && cd build /usr/local/Trolltech/QtEmbedded-4.8.6-arm/bin/qmake ../QtE-Demo/QtE-Demo-Qt4.pro make
3.4 Allwinner H5 Platform
export PATH=/opt/FriendlyARM/toolschain/a64-32bit-tootchain/bin/:$PATH git clone https://github.com/friendlyarm/QtE-Demo mkdir build && cd build /usr/local/Trolltech/QtEmbedded-4.8.6-arm-a64/bin/qmake ../QtE-Demo/QtE-Demo-Qt4.pro make
3.5 Amlogic S905 Platform
export PATH=/opt/FriendlyARM/toolschain/a64-32bit-tootchain/bin/:$PATH git clone https://github.com/friendlyarm/QtE-Demo mkdir build && cd build /usr/local/Trolltech/QtEmbedded-5.9.1-arch64/bin/qmake ../QtE-Demo/QtE-Demo.pro make
4 Run Qt Application on ARM Board
Before you run a Qt application on a board you need to setup the board's environment variables by running the following commands on that board:
For Qt5 run setqt5env:
. /usr/bin/setqt5env
For Qt4 run setqt4env:
. /usr/bin/setqt4env
Run QtE-Demo:
./QtE-Demo -qws
5 Compile Qt Program on ARM Board
We took QtE-Demo as an example to show how to compile a Qt program on an ARM board. Currently this only applies to a S5P4418 or S5P6818 board:
5.1 S5P4418 Platoform
git clone https://github.com/friendlyarm/QtE-Demo mkdir build && cd build /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-5.9.1-nexell32-armhftools/bin/qmake ../QtE-Demo/QtE-Demo.pro make . setqt5env ./QtE-Demo
5.2 S5P6818 Platform
git clone https://github.com/friendlyarm/QtE-Demo mkdir build && cd build /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-5.9.1-nexell64-aarch64tools/bin/qmake ../QtE-Demo/QtE-Demo.pro make . setqt5env ./QtE-Demo
6 Auto-Run Qt Application on System Startup
In our test our QtE-Demo application was under the /root directory. Make sure your "/etc/rc.local" file has the following contents:
. /usr/bin/setqt5env /root/QtE-Demo -qws&
If this is a Qt4 system you need to change "setqt5env" to "setqt4env".
7 Display Rotation
Here is a list of methods you can use to rotate your display for various platforms:
CPU | Qt Version | Display Rotation |
S5P4418 | Qt 5.9.1 | export ROTATION=-90 . setqt5env ./YourApp Applicable rotation degrees: 0, 90, 180, -90 |
S5P6818 | Qt 5.9.1 | export ROTATION=-90 . setqt5env ./YourApp Applicable rotation degrees: 0, 90, 180, -90 |
Allwinner H3 | Qt 4.8.6 | . setqt4env export QWS_DISPLAY='Transformed:Rot90' ./YourApp Applicable rotation degrees: 0, 90, 180, 270 |
Allwinner H5 | Qt 4.8.6 | . setqt4env export QWS_DISPLAY='Transformed:Rot90' ./YourApp Applicable rotation degrees: 0, 90, 180, 270 |
Amlogic S905 | Qt 5.9.1 | . setqt5env export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=linuxfb:fb=/dev/fb0:rotation=90 ./YourApp Applicable rotation degrees: 0, 90, 180, 270 |
8 Common Issues
8.1 编译程序出现错误 ../QtE-Demo/main.cpp:18:21: fatal error: QtWidgets: No such file or directory
解决办法:检查一下qmake所生成的Makefile,正常情况Qt5的包含路径指向的是 sysroot 的地址即 rootfs-s5p4418或rootfs-s5p6818,你需要/opt目录下是否存在这个目录,不存在的话就重新安装一下sdk。
8.2 如何隐藏控制台光标?
关闭光标
sudo echo 0 > /sys/class/graphics/fbcon/cursor_blink
恢复光标
sudo echo 1 > /sys/class/graphics/fbcon/cursor_blink
8.3 如何隐藏和显示鼠标光标?
使用Qt5 EGLFS运行程序时,通过QT_QPA_EGLFS_HIDECURSOR环境变量来控制鼠标光标的显示与隐藏, 设置为1时会隐藏光标,设置为0时会显示光标。
例如,在执行 setqt5env 脚本之后执行:
export QT_QPA_EGLFS_HIDECURSOR=0
即可显示光标。
8.4 如何延长开机logo的显示时间?
由于内核在启动时会将屏幕初始化为终端,从而导致开机logo图片在短暂显示后就被冲掉变成黑屏,这在量产时是不愿意看到的,
可通过重新配置并编译内核来解决这个问题:
Device Drivers ---> Graphics support ---> Console display dirver support ---> < > Framebuffer Console support
禁用Framebuffer Console support 即可保持Logo的显示,直至Qt应用的运行。
9 Update Log
9.1 Dec-5-2017
- Released English version
9.2 Dec-6-2017
- Added Section 5
9.3 Jan-30-2018
- Added Section 8