Error when building: fromAscii' is not a member of 'QString'

[Hans Schmidt]

I am trying to compile igotu2gpx on Arch Linux.

I get the following error when starting make:

compiling commands.cpp
commands.cpp: In member function 'virtual QByteArray igotu::ModelCommand::sendAndReceive()':
commands.cpp:110:49: error: 'fromAscii' is not a member of 'QString'
     name = IgotuCommand::tr("Unknown (%1)").arg(QString::fromAscii
Makefile:494: recipe for target '.build/debug/commands.o' failed
make[1]: *** [.build/debug/commands.o] Error 1

Do you have any idea how to fix this? Thanks :)

[Michael Hofmann (mh21)]

Hallo Hans,

could it be that you are trying to compile it with qt 5?

Cheers
Michael

2014-06-22 21:49 GMT+02:00 Hans Schmidt <email address hidden>:
> Public bug reported:
>
> I am trying to compile igotu2gpx on Arch Linux.
>
> I get the following error when starting make:
>
> compiling commands.cpp
> commands.cpp: In member function 'virtual QByteArray igotu::ModelCommand::sendAndReceive()':
> commands.cpp:110:49: error: 'fromAscii' is not a member of 'QString'
> name = IgotuCommand::tr("Unknown (%1)").arg(QString::fromAscii
> Makefile:494: recipe for target '.build/debug/commands.o' failed
> make[1]: *** [.build/debug/commands.o] Error 1
>
>
> Do you have any idea how to fix this? Thanks :)
>
> ** Affects: igotu2gpx
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
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> Title:
> Error when building: fromAscii' is not a member of 'QString'
>
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> Bug description:
> I am trying to compile igotu2gpx on Arch Linux.
>
> I get the following error when starting make:
>
> compiling commands.cpp
> commands.cpp: In member function 'virtual QByteArray igotu::ModelCommand::sendAndReceive()':
> commands.cpp:110:49: error: 'fromAscii' is not a member of 'QString'
> name = IgotuCommand::tr("Unknown (%1)").arg(QString::fromAscii
> Makefile:494: recipe for target '.build/debug/commands.o' failed
> make[1]: *** [.build/debug/commands.o] Error 1
>
>
> Do you have any idea how to fix this? Thanks :)
>
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[Hans Schmidt (hansschmidt5)]

Yes, that was the problem. I used Arch, which uses Qt5 as its default Qt.

When I use qmake-qt4 it works. I also needed to change lrelease to lrelease-qt4 in igotu2gpx.pro. I have updated the PKGBUILD file in the Arch User Repository, so now it compiles without problems.

Thank you!