Failing to build gui-v2 on macOS

[itemir]

Following the instructions on How to build venus gui v2, specifically Building for Linux / Max OS X Desktop on a macOS 14.5 but failing with the following error message:

itemir@Ilkers-MacBook-Pro build % ~/Qt/Tools/CMake/CMake.app/Contents/bin/cmake -DNO_CACHEGEN=true -DLOAD_QML_FROM_FILESYSTEM=true -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=MinSizeRel ../
-- The CXX compiler identification is AppleClang 15.0.0.15000309
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/c++ - skipped
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
CMake Deprecation Warning at tests/CMakeLists.txt:6 (cmake_minimum_required):
  Compatibility with CMake < 3.5 will be removed from a future version of
  CMake.

  Update the VERSION argument <min> value or use a ...<max> suffix to tell
  CMake that the project does not need compatibility with older versions.


-- Performing Test CMAKE_HAVE_LIBC_PTHREAD
-- Performing Test CMAKE_HAVE_LIBC_PTHREAD - Success
-- Found Threads: TRUE
-- Performing Test HAVE_STDATOMIC
-- Performing Test HAVE_STDATOMIC - Success
-- Found WrapAtomic: TRUE
-- Found OpenGL: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX14.5.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework
-- Found WrapOpenGL: TRUE
-- Could NOT find WrapVulkanHeaders (missing: Vulkan_INCLUDE_DIR)
-- Could NOT find WrapVulkanHeaders (missing: Vulkan_INCLUDE_DIR)
-- Could NOT find WrapVulkanHeaders (missing: Vulkan_INCLUDE_DIR)
-- Could NOT find WrapVulkanHeaders (missing: Vulkan_INCLUDE_DIR)
-- Could NOT find WrapVulkanHeaders (missing: Vulkan_INCLUDE_DIR)
-- Could NOT find WrapVulkanHeaders (missing: Vulkan_INCLUDE_DIR)
Building VenusOS for Darwin
CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:
CMAKE_C_FLAGS:
Removing '-g' debug flag set by /opt/venus/dunfell-arm-cortexa7hf-neon-vfpv4/environment-setup-cortexa7hf-neon-vfpv4-ve-linux-gnueabi
new CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:
Disabling cache generation for faster builds
This application will load qml sources from the filesystem, not from the compiled resources
-- Could NOT find WrapVulkanHeaders (missing: Vulkan_INCLUDE_DIR)
-- Could NOT find WrapVulkanHeaders (missing: Vulkan_INCLUDE_DIR)
components/controls/presseffect.frag -> components/controls/presseffect.frag.qsb exposed as ://components/controls/presseffect.frag.qsb
BUILD_DIR_TS_FILES: /Users/itemir/gui-v2/build/i18n/venus-gui-v2_ar.ts;/Users/itemir/gui-v2/build/i18n/venus-gui-v2_cs.ts;/Users/itemir/gui-v2/build/i18n/venus-gui-v2_da.ts;/Users/itemir/gui-v2/build/i18n/venus-gui-v2_de.ts;/Users/itemir/gui-v2/build/i18n/venus-gui-v2_es.ts;/Users/itemir/gui-v2/build/i18n/venus-gui-v2_fr.ts;/Users/itemir/gui-v2/build/i18n/venus-gui-v2_it.ts;/Users/itemir/gui-v2/build/i18n/venus-gui-v2_nl.ts;/Users/itemir/gui-v2/build/i18n/venus-gui-v2_pl.ts;/Users/itemir/gui-v2/build/i18n/venus-gui-v2_ro.ts;/Users/itemir/gui-v2/build/i18n/venus-gui-v2_ru.ts;/Users/itemir/gui-v2/build/i18n/venus-gui-v2_sv.ts;/Users/itemir/gui-v2/build/i18n/venus-gui-v2_th.ts;/Users/itemir/gui-v2/build/i18n/venus-gui-v2_tr.ts;/Users/itemir/gui-v2/build/i18n/venus-gui-v2_uk.ts;/Users/itemir/gui-v2/build/i18n/venus-gui-v2_zh_CN.ts;/Users/itemir/gui-v2/build/i18n/venus-gui-v2.ts;/Users/itemir/gui-v2/build/i18n/venus-gui-v2_en.ts
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:1204 (add_dependencies):
  Cannot add target-level dependencies to non-existent target
  "venus-gui-v2_lrelease".

  The add_dependencies works for top-level logical targets created by the
  add_executable, add_library, or add_custom_target commands.  If you want to
  add file-level dependencies see the DEPENDS option of the add_custom_target
  and add_custom_command commands.


-- Found Python3: /usr/local/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/bin/python3.12 (found version "3.12.4") found components: Interpreter
CMake Warning at /usr/local/lib/cmake/Qt6LinguistTools/Qt6LinguistToolsMacros.cmake:399 (message):
  Failed to resolve language code for
  /Users/itemir/gui-v2/build/i18n/venus-gui-v2.ts.  Please update
  CFBundleLocalizations in your Info.plist manually.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  /usr/local/lib/cmake/Qt6LinguistTools/Qt6LinguistToolsMacros.cmake:718 (_qt_internal_store_languages_from_ts_files_in_targets)
  /usr/local/lib/cmake/Qt6LinguistTools/Qt6LinguistToolsMacros.cmake:689:EVAL:1 (qt6_add_translations)
  CMakeLists.txt:DEFERRED


CMake Warning at /usr/local/lib/cmake/Qt6LinguistTools/Qt6LinguistToolsMacros.cmake:399 (message):
  Failed to resolve language code for
  /Users/itemir/gui-v2/build/i18n/venus-gui-v2_en.ts.  Please update
  CFBundleLocalizations in your Info.plist manually.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  /usr/local/lib/cmake/Qt6LinguistTools/Qt6LinguistToolsMacros.cmake:718 (_qt_internal_store_languages_from_ts_files_in_targets)
  /usr/local/lib/cmake/Qt6LinguistTools/Qt6LinguistToolsMacros.cmake:689:EVAL:1 (qt6_add_translations)
  CMakeLists.txt:DEFERRED


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
itemir@Ilkers-MacBook-Pro build %
itemir@Ilkers-MacBook-Pro gui-v2 % pwd
/Users/itemir/gui-v2
itemir@Ilkers-MacBook-Pro gui-v2 %

Note that the path for qt-make provided in the instructions (~/Qt6/6.5.2/macos/bin/qt-cmake) is non-existent on a Mac, so replaced it with this: ~/Qt6/6.5.2/macos/bin/qt-cmake

Qt 6.6.3 is installed and qtmqtt is built as described.

itemir@Ilkers-MacBook-Pro gui-v2 % ls -l ~/Qt/
total 1560
drwxr-xr-x   5 itemir  staff     160 Mar 19 11:39 6.6.3
drwxr-xr-x   3 itemir  staff      96 Mar 19 11:53 Docs
drwxr-xr-x   3 itemir  staff      96 Mar 19 11:53 Examples
-rw-r--r--@  1 itemir  staff  397512 Aug  4 21:34 InstallationLog.txt
drwxr-xr-x@  7 itemir  staff     224 Aug  4 18:12 Licenses
drwxrwxrwx@  3 itemir  staff      96 Aug  4 18:12 MaintenanceTool.app
-rw-r--r--   1 itemir  staff  340263 Aug  4 21:34 MaintenanceTool.dat
-rw-r--r--   1 itemir  staff   25315 Aug  4 21:34 MaintenanceTool.ini
drwxr-xr-x@  3 itemir  staff      96 Jul 23 17:46 Qt Creator.app
lrwxr-xr-x   1 itemir  staff       3 Aug  4 21:49 Qt6 -> Qt6
drwxr-xr-x@  4 itemir  staff     128 Jun 20 05:46 QtDesignStudio
-rw-rw-r--@  1 itemir  staff    1592 Jun 20 05:46 README.txt
drwxr-xr-x@  5 itemir  staff     160 May 15 04:57 Tools
drwxr-xr-x  15 itemir  staff     480 Aug  4 21:54 build-qtmqtt
-rw-r--r--@  1 itemir  staff   10332 Aug  4 21:34 components.xml
drwxr-xr-x@  3 itemir  staff      96 May 24 03:22 dist
drwxr-xr-x@ 14 itemir  staff     448 Aug  4 21:33 installerResources
-rw-rw-rw-@  1 itemir  staff      27 Aug  4 21:34 licenseInfo.txt
-rw-r--r--@  1 itemir  staff     433 Aug  4 21:34 network.xml
drwxr-xr-x  16 itemir  staff     512 Aug  4 21:50 qtmqtt
itemir@Ilkers-MacBook-Pro gui-v2 % ls -l ~/Qt6
lrwxr-xr-x  1 itemir  staff  2 Aug  4 21:49 /Users/itemir/Qt6 -> Qt
itemir@Ilkers-MacBook-Pro gui-v2 %

Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks!

[chriadam]

What version of cmake are you using?
You might be able to comment out line 1185 of the top level CMakeLists.txt and just make sure you build without parallelisation.

[itemir]

cmake version is 3.29.3, though not clear on what needs to be commented out. Here is the top level CMakeLists.txt

1173 # Copy the input .ts files to the build directory before running lupdate on the copies.
1174 # That way if new entries are added in code, the updates don't pollute the git diff.
1175 file(COPY ${TS_FILES} DESTINATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/i18n") # build directory
1176 configure_file(i18n/${PROJECT_NAME}.ts ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/i18n/${PROJECT_NAME}_en.ts) # this is the least clumsy way to copy-and-rename a file in cmake
1177
1178 foreach(code IN LISTS TS_CODES)
1179     set(output_file ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/i18n/${PROJECT_NAME}_${code}.ts)
1180     set(new_target ${PROJECT_NAME}_${code})
1181     add_custom_target( ${new_target}
1182         COMMAND bash "-c" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/download_from_poeditor.sh ${code} ${output_file}"
1183     )
1184     list(APPEND TS_TARGETS ${new_target})
1185 endforeach()
1186
1187 add_custom_target(download_translations
1188     DEPENDS ${TS_TARGETS}
1189 )

Line 1185 is the end of a for loop.

[itemir]

Ok, commenting out this line (line 1204) helped and build now completes, thanks!

add_dependencies(${PROJECT_NAME}_lrelease ${PROJECT_NAME}_lupdate) # We shouldn't need this line, but without it, parallel builds (eg. 'make -j') do not generate translations correctly

Though the comment here is a bit spooky without it, parallel builds (eg. 'make -j') do not generate translations correctly. Anything of concern here?

[DanielMcInnes]

Ok, commenting out this line (line 1204) helped and build now completes, thanks!

add_dependencies(${PROJECT_NAME}_lrelease ${PROJECT_NAME}_lupdate) # We shouldn't need this line, but without it, parallel builds (eg. 'make -j') do not generate translations correctly

Though the comment here is a bit spooky without it, parallel builds (eg. 'make -j') do not generate translations correctly. Anything of concern here?

I found that parallel builds on a linux machine (eg. make -j8, or cmake --build . -j8) did something wrong with creating translations (i.e. the words and phrases shown on the screen of gui-v2). I can't remember exactly what it did wrong.

When you build the project, if you avoid parallel builds (eg. cmake --build . instead of cmake --build . -j8) you shouldn't have any problems.

[mr-manuel]

Did you check #492? Maybe it can help you :-)

[mpvader]

Looks like you figured it out already, but the Qt6 version now in Venus OS, which also is the Qt6 version that all our devs working on gui-v2 use, is Qt 6.6.2.

[itemir]

@mpvader , yes noticed it, that’s why I stuck with 6.6.X

[itemir]

I think there is an opportunity to improve documentation and I might follow up with a PR later on but for now my problem is solved. Closing this ticket, thank you for the swift responses.

[itemir]

Re-opening this as encountering a different problem. Happy to file a different issue but consolidating all build issues in a single issue looked more right.

% ~/Qt/Tools/CMake/CMake.app/Contents/bin/cmake --build .
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In file included from /Users/itemir/gui-v2/src/quantityinfo.cpp:6:
In file included from /Users/itemir/gui-v2/src/quantityinfo.h:9:
In file included from /usr/local/lib/QtCore.framework/Headers/QObject:1:
/usr/local/lib/QtCore.framework/Headers/qobject.h:408:5: error: static assertion failed due to requirement 'std::is_pointer_v<Victron::Units::Units>': qobject_cast requires to cast towards a pointer type
    static_assert(std::is_pointer_v<T>,
    ^             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/Users/itemir/gui-v2/src/quantityinfo.cpp:28:13: note: in instantiation of function template specialization 'qobject_cast<Victron::Units::Units>' requested here
        quantity = qobject_cast<Units>(Units::instance(nullptr, nullptr)).getDisplayTextWithHysteresis(unitType, value, quantity.scale, precision, unitMatchValue, formatHints);
                   ^
1 error generated.
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/VenusQMLModule.dir/src/quantityinfo.cpp.o] Error 1
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Suggestions?

[itemir]

Ok, I think I figured it out. Few things:

• Above is caused by a conflict of Qt installation. There was one version installed via brew and another via Qt installer.
• Removing the brew installation solved the specific error message but brought additional problems. In oder to solve them:
• You need to install Shader Tools from Qt Maintenance Tool
• Set the following environment variable with something like: export Qt6_DIR=/Users/itemir/Qt/6.6.3/macos/lib/cmake/Qt6/

With above, could build a desktop version on macOS. All in all, macOS instructions could use a bit more clarity.

[itemir]

Closing with one last note for macOS. After a successful build, you can run it like this:

open bin/venus-gui-v2.app --args --mock

This is slightly different than Linux as you pass the parameters with --args argument to macOS open command.