Qt5 Target conditionals not found

Question

I just updated to the latest version of command line tools in OS X Mavericks and now when compiling my (previously-working) code it throws the following error

> clang: warning: no such sysroot directory:
> '/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.8.sdk'
> In file included from ../QtOpenGL/Main.cpp:1: In file included from
> ../../Qt/5.3/clang_64/lib/QtWidgets.framework/Versions/5/Headers/QApplication:1:
> In file included from
> ../../Qt/5.3/clang_64/lib/QtWidgets.framework/Versions/5/Headers/qapplication.h:45:
> In file included from
> /Users/BB/Qt/5.3/clang_64/lib/QtCore.framework/Headers/qcoreapplication.h:45:
> In file included from
> /Users/BB/Qt/5.3/clang_64/lib/QtCore.framework/Headers/qglobal.h:76:
> /Users/BB/Qt/5.3/clang_64/lib/QtCore.framework/Headers/qsystemdetection.h:196:12:
> fatal error: 'TargetConditionals.h' file not found
> #  include <TargetConditionals.h>
>            ^ 1 error generated. make: *** [Main.o] Error 1 20:29:52: Le processus "/usr/bin/make" s'est terminé avec le code 2. Erreur lors
> de la compilation/déploiement du projet QtOpenGL (kit : Desktop Qt
> 5.3.0 clang 64bit) When executing step "Make"

Does anyone knows that if changing this line

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.8.sdk

from sdk 8 to 9 would work? If so, where in the parameters of Qt5 can I change this?

score 81 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 21 '14 at 17:43

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For other people's reference, I solved the issue by editing my platform mkspec file:

/users/nic/Qt/5.3/clang_64/mkspecs/qdevice.pri

change the following line:

!host_build:QMAKE_MAC_SDK = macosx10.8

to this:

!host_build:QMAKE_MAC_SDK = macosx10.9

Be sure to clean your project and run qmake again.

Nic.

answered Sep 21 '14 at 17:43

Nicolas Christiaens

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Qt 5.4 and xcode 6.1.1 on OSX 10.10.2 (Yosemite) has similar issues, but the Qt/5.4/clang_64/mkspecs/qdevice.pri has no line like the one above. However it is sufficient to add the line `QMAKE_MAC_SDK = macosx10.9` to that file and the problem is solved. – ALoopingIcon Feb 27 '15 at 13:25
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I had to do the same when updated to Xcode 7 but with `QMAKE_MAC_SDK = macosx10.11`. – Algebraic Pavel Sep 18 '15 at 13:53
I also had to use macosx10.11 after upgrade to El Capitan – Boy Oct 13 '15 at 04:55
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One more Apple update, one more Qt change: `QMAKE_MAC_SDK = macosx10.12` for macOS Sierra. – AivanF. Oct 10 '16 at 09:18
@ALoopingIcon should be included in the answer. – JDavis Oct 18 '16 at 17:47
The file is `qt5/qtbase/mkspecs/qdevice.pri` if you git clone the Qt source where `qt5` is the git root directory. – Carson Ip May 23 '17 at 23:33
I had to do the same when upgrading to macOS Sierra with `QMAKE_MAC_SDK = macosx10.12` – djsosofresh Aug 30 '17 at 21:28

score 25 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 02 '14 at 21:53

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It is possible to compile the project also by adding the following line to the .pro file

QMAKE_MAC_SDK = macosx10.9

answered Oct 02 '14 at 21:53

BRabbit27

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This is a much better solution than editing files within the Qt distribution. – gavinb Sep 07 '15 at 09:45
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Didn't work for me...? With 10.13 `QMAKE_MAC_SDK = macosx10.13` – Albin Stigo Oct 22 '17 at 13:39
@AlbinStigo I haven't used Qt since OS X 10.9 so I cannot assure this still works. Have you tried some of the other suggested solutions? If none of them work, you should try to reach Qt's support or ask another question in SO specifying OS X 10.13 ;) Good luck – BRabbit27 Oct 23 '17 at 09:55
@BRabbit27 yes number 3 answer worked (adding this line to another file). Your solution would have been much better. I will probably submit a bug report. – Albin Stigo Oct 24 '17 at 10:46
This is a partially correct answer. The problem in recent iterations of macOS is that the system removes old symlinks to the SDK, so you have to fix manually as I explain in https://stackoverflow.com/a/46416172/273934 – Pablo Diaz Dec 15 '17 at 20:05

score 10 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 19 '14 at 18:16

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If you compile in other platforms than OS X, an improvement of BRabbit27 solution would be:

macx {
QMAKE_MAC_SDK = macosx10.9
}

answered Oct 19 '14 at 18:16

asam

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score 10 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 26 '17 at 00:45

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I just upgraded to XCode 9 and I started getting this problem on macOS Sierra (10.12). The problem is that Xcode moved the default symlink to 10.13. To fix:

cd /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs
sudo ln -s MacOSX.sdk MacOSX10.12.sdk

answered Sep 26 '17 at 00:45

Pablo Diaz

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Thanks a lot for taking your time to put this answer here! It will help a lot of people, how they will scroll down...could you elaborate how you found this out? Why the hell would Apple do such a thing... – Boy Sep 26 '17 at 03:57
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thanks hope this goes higher up. it is the most up to date answer for mac at least – Luke Murray Sep 27 '17 at 15:25
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Yes this solved my problem. It was caused by updating Xcode to ver. 9 – Maroš Beťko Sep 29 '17 at 12:16
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Thanks for this info! – Alan Oct 26 '17 at 14:47

score 8 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 05 '15 at 14:56

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Had the same problem in Qt 5.5, MacOS 10.10.4. I removed .qmake.conf and .qmake.stash from the project directory.

answered Aug 05 '15 at 14:56

ceed

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Thanks a lot, you've saved me from doing any of the hacks in the other answers! – Thorbjørn Lindeijer Oct 21 '16 at 10:54

score 6 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 10 '14 at 12:56

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I found out that the file ".qmake.cache" in my project root had a reference to Mac OS 10.8. The solution was to remove the file and build the project from scratch.

answered Oct 10 '14 at 12:56

Ralf Wirth

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score 3 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 05 '17 at 01:43

I installed Qt 5.9.1 before I installed Xcode 10.13. Since I upgraded the Xcode, error message with following warning started showing up.

:-1: warning: no such sysroot directory: '/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.12.sdk' [-Wmissing-sysroot]

I solved the problem changing following line

QMAKE_MAC_SDK = macosx

to

QMAKE_MAC_SDK = macosx10.13

in the following file:

path_where_I_installed_qt/Qt/5.9.1/clang_64/mkspecs/qdevice.pri

I hope it works for you.

This worked. The line wasn't there but I added it and it worked. — Albin Stigo, Oct 22 '17 at 13:39

score 3 · Answer 8 · answered Oct 09 '17 at 09:06

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For me, deleting the output directory contents manually fixed the issue (Qt 5.9, Xcode9, MacOS 10.12.6). Cleaning/Rebuilding did leave some corrupt stuff.

answered Oct 09 '17 at 09:06

memcpy

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Apr 11 '17 at 13:21

For Qt 5.8 and iOS build I added symbolic link to sdk in XCode folders:

cd /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs
ln -s iPhoneOS.sdk iPhoneOS10.0.sdk

cd /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs
ln -s iPhoneSimulator.sdk/ iPhoneSimulator10.2.sdk

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Dec 08 '17 at 22:35

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I am using Qt5.8 on macosx10.13, I solved this problem by editing the file /usr/local/Cellar/qt-legacy-formula/5.8.0_1/mkspecs/qdevice.pri by adding this line:

!host_build:QMAKE_MAC_SDK = macosx10.13

answered Dec 08 '17 at 22:35

IGUIDER Walid

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Dec 24 '17 at 01:05

I just wanted to comment on this by adding my experience. I recently updated to High Sierra, XCode 9.2, and Qt5.10 and the XCode license message was driving me batty!

In qdevice.pri I changed

QMAKE_MAC_SDK = macosx

to

QMAKE_MAC_SDK = macosz10.13

but that wasn't all that I needed. I had to removed the .qmake.stash and Makefile files from the build directory. I'm not sure removing the Makefile was needed, but I did it anyway. Then I removed the *.pro.user files so that I could force a reconfigure by QtCreator. That forced me or let me select the updated Qt version. Before this I think it was trying to use the older versions of stuff. So, cleaning out all the references to the old stuff in your project and selecting the new is important.

Zam · Answer 12 · 2018-01-31T10:58:19.813

Method 1

This kind of error will appear every time you upgrade Xcode

so you can remove cache file in qt before you build or just remove when you get the error

rm {your target build folder}/.qmake.stash

or

rm {your project folder}/.qmake.stash

if you don't know where to find .qmake.stash, try

find ~ -name .qmake.stash

Method 2

Not recommend because you could get build error when you use Xcdoe APP

iphoneOS

cd /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/
sudo ln -s iPhoneOS.sdk iPhoneOS{version}.sdk

iPhoneSimulator

cd /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/
sudo ln -s iPhoneSimulator.sdk iPhoneSimulator{version}.sdk

Qt5 Target conditionals not found

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