[SOLVED] I am confused on the dependencies when compiling Sofa On WIN10. vs2015

Dear Cui,

Welcome and thank you for your interest in SOFA!
Here, I think you are getting confused between two different options: either you use the binaries of SOFA, or you use the compiled version of the sources. Let me explain those two options:

1. If you want to play with SOFA or use the classic version of SOFA, you can simply use the binaries of SOFA. The explanations about how to download the SOFA binaries are given on top of the download page. With this first option, you need to:
   • get the dependencies for Win32 (boost & Qt5)
   • get the LGPL sources of the Qt5 dependencies
   • download the required dependency to VisualStudio 2015 runtime libraries
   • and finally, download the binaries of SOFA
2. The second option is independent of the first one. If you wan to work with the sources of SOFA, you need to compile all the SOFA sources. This second option is more complicated, especially if you have no skills in compilation. For this second option, you need to following the guidelines given on the build page. In a few workds, you need to:
   • have Qt installed. With VS 2015, you need : qt-opensource-windows-x86-msvc2015_64-5.6.0.exe
   • have Boost installed. You will find a Boost 1.60.0 official executable for every Visual Studio version here
   • Download the SOFA sources: git clone -b v15.12 git://scm.gforge.inria.fr/sofa/sofa.git sofa/v15.12/src/
   • Configure and build the SOFA sources.

Definitely, the binary option (first option) is the best if you are not used to compile yourself sources of a software. Hope this helps,

Cheers,

Hi Guilliame

I followed the exact steps on https://www.sofa-framework.org/support/doc/getting-started/build/build-on-windows/

I get this error:
a) Cannot find any Qt libraries on your system, please set Qt5_DIR or Qt4_DIR if you want to compile GUIs using Qt
followed by
“CMake Warning at applications/projects/CMakeLists.txt:5 (find_package):
By not providing “FindQt5.cmake” in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this project has
asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by “Qt5″, but
CMake did not find one.”

Interestingly I do find in my CMakeCache, so I do have QT installed in the system.

QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=C:/Qt/Qt5.2.1/5.2.1/msvc2012_64/bin/qmake.exe
//The directory containing a CMake configuration file for Qt5.
Qt5_DIR:PATH=Qt5_DIR-NOTFOUND

So the QT5 installation instruction wasnt complete?

best
Sourav

Your
When running

Hi Sen,

I just stumbled upon the exact same issue, and found a solution: you need to export the CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH environment variable to your Qt directory before configuring the project in CMake.

EDIT example: C:\Qt\Qt5.3.2\5.3\msvc2013_opengl in my case

See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15639781/how-to-find-qt5-cmake-module-on-windows for reference.

HTH,

Thanks Max. Saved my morning. ( I was trying to fiddle with the cmake itself instead of simply exporting.doh!!).

Hugo/Guilliame,
Would you please add the instruction in the Building on Windows , Required Dependencies docs to save trouble for others.

set CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=D:\…..\Qt\Qt5.2.1\5.2.1\msvc2012_64
A further dev warning appears
CMake Warning (dev) at D:/MyPrograms/Qt/Qt5.2.1/5.2.1/msvc2012_64/lib/cmake/Qt5Core/Qt5CoreMacros.cmake:224 (configure_file):
configure_file called with unknown argument(s):

COPY_ONLY

Call Stack (most recent call first):
applications/projects/Modeler/exec/CMakeLists.txt:14 (qt5_add_resources)

However thats just a typo with Qt5CoreMacros.cmake file. It uses COPY_ONLY instead of COPYONLY.
easily edited.

Best
Sourav

Thanks.

Whats curious though is why others werent facing the same issue including the nightly build.
That QT5 typo warning should happen on all versions ?

Best
Sen
Sofa Env: Win10/VS2012/v15.2