Building on Linux Mint (Ubuntu 24.04) fails due to QAudioSink

[andimik]

I'm running Linux Mint which is based on Ubuntu 24.04.

Due to the fact that the AppImage does not work, I wanted to build it (both master and next branch) from sources (both with qmake and QtCreator), but it seem I needed to install some additional packages (which are not mentioned on your Readme, obviously), otherwise I get the following error:

make
cd src/welle-gui/ && ( test -e Makefile || /usr/lib/qt5/bin/qmake -o Makefile /home/andreas/apps/welle.io/src/welle-gui/welle-gui.pro ) && make -f Makefile 
Project MESSAGE: Current git hash = 6a1adf03
Project MESSAGE: BUILD_DATE = 1728505781
Project ERROR: Unknown module(s) in QT: quick qml charts multimedia
make: *** [Makefile:47: sub-src-welle-gui-make_first] Error 3

sudo apt install qtdeclarative5-dev qtmultimedia5-dev libqt5charts5-dev

But then I got the error:

In file included from ../../../src/welle-gui/radio_controller.h:45,
                 from ../../../src/welle-gui/main.cpp:44:
../../../src/welle-gui/audio_output.h:36:10: fatal error: QAudioSink: No such file or directory
   36 | #include <QAudioSink>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1256: main.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/andreas/apps/welle.io/build/src/welle-gui'
make: *** [Makefile:47: sub-src-welle-gui-make_first] Error 2

see https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qaudiosink.html

The funny thing is, that this line is from 2022 (see https://github.com/AlbrechtL/welle.io/blame/a910d9d2f8116aa84d476eb39efa1c24ccb4b429/src/welle-gui/audio_output.h#L36 ) and I remember I could build it on my previous Ubuntu installation.

Then I checked if there is a file already on my system:

andreas@E535:/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt6/QtMultimedia$ ls -l | grep QAudioSink
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   24 Dec 12  2022 QAudioSink

If you need that:

qt6-multimedia-dev is already the newest version (6.4.2-11build3).

[andimik]

BTW: I could build it with cmake, but then the app is only visible as icon in the start menu.

andreas@E535:~/apps/welle.io/build$ make
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/home/andreas/apps/welle.io/src/welle-gui/radio_controller.cpp: In member function 'void CRadioController::initialise()':
/home/andreas/apps/welle.io/src/welle-gui/radio_controller.cpp:609:21: warning: loop variable 'param_value' creates a copy from type 'const std::pair<const DeviceParam, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char> >' [-Wrange-loop-construct]
  609 |     for (const auto param_value : deviceParametersString) {
      |                     ^~~~~~~~~~~
/home/andreas/apps/welle.io/src/welle-gui/radio_controller.cpp:609:21: note: use reference type to prevent copying
  609 |     for (const auto param_value : deviceParametersString) {
      |                     ^~~~~~~~~~~
      |                     &
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/home/andreas/apps/welle.io/src/backend/fib-processor.cpp: In member function 'int16_t FIBProcessor::HandleFIG0Extension8(uint8_t*, int16_t, uint8_t)':
/home/andreas/apps/welle.io/src/backend/fib-processor.cpp:459:17: warning: unused variable 'SCid' [-Wunused-variable]
  459 |         int16_t SCid = getBits(d, lOffset + 4, 12);
      |                 ^~~~
/home/andreas/apps/welle.io/src/backend/fib-processor.cpp:466:17: warning: unused variable 'SubChId' [-Wunused-variable]
  466 |         int16_t SubChId = getBits_6(d, lOffset + 4);
      |                 ^~~~~~~
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/home/andreas/apps/welle.io/src/various/channels.cpp: In member function 'std::string Channels::getChannelForFrequency(int)':
/home/andreas/apps/welle.io/src/various/channels.cpp:229:21: warning: loop variable 'c_f' creates a copy from type 'const std::pair<const std::__cxx11::basic_string<char>, int>' [-Wrange-loop-construct]
  229 |     for (const auto c_f : frequencyMap) {
      |                     ^~~
/home/andreas/apps/welle.io/src/various/channels.cpp:229:21: note: use reference type to prevent copying
  229 |     for (const auto c_f : frequencyMap) {
      |                     ^~~
      |                     &
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/home/andreas/apps/welle.io/src/input/rtl_tcp.cpp: In member function 'void CRTL_TCP_Client::networkBufferCopy()':
/home/andreas/apps/welle.io/src/input/rtl_tcp.cpp:518:19: warning: unused variable 'bufferFill' [-Wunused-variable]
  518 |             float bufferFill = (float) sampleNetworkBuffer.GetRingBufferReadAvailable() / sampleNetworkBuffer.GetBufferSize() * 100;
      |                   ^~~~~~~~~~
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andreas@E535:~/apps/welle.io/build$ ./welle-io      
2024-10-17T00:49:33.010 Debug: main: Platform name "xcb"
2024-10-17T00:49:33.010 Debug: main: Set language "C"
2024-10-17T00:49:33.010 Debug: main: Error while loading language "C" use untranslated text (ie. English)
2024-10-17T00:49:33.051 Debug: Audio: Current sound output "Built-in Audio Analog Stereo"
2024-10-17T00:49:33.274 Warning: QQmlApplicationEngine failed to load component
2024-10-17T00:49:33.274 Warning: qrc:/QML/MainView.qml:106:5: Settings is not a type

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[AlbrechtL]

welle.io based on Qt6 now. See https://github.com/AlbrechtL/welle.io?tab=readme-ov-file#debian--ubuntu-linux for details.

You need to install the following libraries
sudo apt install libqt6charts6-dev qt6-base-dev qt6-tools-dev-tools qt6-multimedia-dev qt6-wayland-dev libqt6core5compat6-dev libqt63dquick6 libqt6qml6 qt6-declarative-dev qml6-module-qtquick-controls qml6-module-qtquick qml6-module-qt5compat-graphicaleffects qml6-module-qtcharts qml6-module-qtmultimedia qml6-module-qtquick-window qml6-module-qtquick-layouts qml6-module-qtqml-workerscript qml6-module-qtwayland-compositor qml6-module-qtquick-templates qtcreator

[AlbrechtL]

Closed due inactivity.