How do I build a Qt application without an X server requirement on Windows?

Asked Aug 04 '13 at 20:54

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I am trying to build a Piet IDE, but I am unable to figure out how to do so without the program giving an error saying cannot connect to x server.

It is called PietCreator, and can be found here.

The pre-built binary can be found here.

Thar binary doesn't require an X server, but for some reason the author didn't compile in GIF support. So I compiled it myself, with all the required dependencies, but when I build it it requires an X server. So when I start up Cygwin-X and run it through its terminal, and it starts, but the application has a lot of bugs not present in the pre-built binary.

I tried searching for how to build a Qt application without it requiring an X server, but I couldn't find anything. Can anyone offer any help? Thanks.

edited Aug 04 '13 at 20:57

Mat

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asked Aug 04 '13 at 20:54

Sean Heiss

If you use the default Windows packages of Qt, no X server will be required. – Frank Osterfeld Aug 05 '13 at 11:23
@FrankOsterfeld You mean the VS 2010 package, as opposed to MinGW or the one available through the Cygwin setup? – Sean Heiss Aug 05 '13 at 21:25
Sean Heiss: MSVC or standalone mingw, but not cygwin. – Frank Osterfeld Aug 06 '13 at 09:26

How do I build a Qt application without an X server requirement on Windows?

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