Fix installing Qt6 6.8.0 on Windows

[MehdiChinoune]

Qt switched to MSVC 2022

Fixes #250

[pcolby]

Thanks, should probably update the arch section of the README.md too. Cheers.

[MehdiChinoune]

@jurplel

[xavier2k6]

@jurplel Ping - Can we get a release with this PR?

Official Qt 6.8.0 is almost ready for GA

Also note, there's an option for msvc2022 in Qt 6.7.3 too
https://download.qt.io/online/qtsdkrepository/windows_x86/desktop/qt6_673_msvc2022/

[xavier2k6]

Qt 6.8.0 has been officially released now.

• Qt 6.8 LTS Released!
• Qt 6.8.0 Release Note
• What's New in Qt 6.8

[Nelson-numerical-software]

Run jurplel/install-qt-action/action@v4
  with:
    dir: C:/install/QT6/
    version: 6.8.0
    host: windows
    target: desktop
    arch: win64_msvc2019_64
    install-deps: true
    modules: qtwebengine
    cache: false
    cache-key-prefix: install-qt-action
    add-tools-to-path: true
    set-env: true
    no-qt-binaries: false
    tools-only: false
    aqtversion: ==3.1.*
    py7zrversion: ==0.20.*
    source: false
    documentation: false
    examples: false

WARNING : Specified Qt version "6.8.0" did not exist when this version of aqtinstall was released. This may not install properly, but we will try our best.

Qt 6.8.0 seems to be not detected.
https://github.com/nelson-lang/nelson/actions/runs/11260113018/job/31310597174

Qt 6.8.0 was released

[jdpurcell]

    arch: win64_msvc2019_64

@Nelson-numerical-software arch should be win64_msvc2022_64 for Qt 6.8.

[Nelson-numerical-software]

    arch: win64_msvc2019_64

@Nelson-numerical-software arch should be win64_msvc2022_64 for Qt 6.8.

Thanks but with win64_msvc2022_64 same trouble:
https://github.com/nelson-lang/nelson/actions/runs/11260751912/job/31312668886

[jdpurcell]

Thanks but with win64_msvc2022_64 same trouble: https://github.com/nelson-lang/nelson/actions/runs/11260751912/job/31312668886

That helped a little; if you notice the error about packages not found, qt_base was resolved on your newer run. Unfortunately the qtwebengine issue is an upstream problem with aqtinstall I believe.

[MehdiChinoune]

Seems like the owner of this repo has abandoned it.

[Nelson-numerical-software]

Thanks but with win64_msvc2022_64 same trouble: https://github.com/nelson-lang/nelson/actions/runs/11260751912/job/31312668886

That helped a little; if you notice the error about packages not found, qt_base was resolved on your newer run. Unfortunately the qtwebengine issue is an upstream problem with aqtinstall I believe.

Confirmed without webengine, QT6.8 installed :) (Thanks for your help)

[xavier2k6]

webengine related issue from upstream aqt -> miurahr/aqtinstall#833

[Edgars-Cirulis]

arm64 is borked

[jdpurcell]

arm64 is borked

There is indeed an issue trying to cross-compile ARM64 from an X64 host but it's not install-qt-action's fault. I submitted a PR upstream to aqtinstall.

And I can use my forked repo via install-qt-action's aqtsource parameter so I got an ARM64 project building with just these changes. Note that I had to create a tag w/ a fake version (anything >= 3.0.0) in order to make install-qt-action add the --autodesktop parameter like it's supposed to.

As for compiling from a Windows ARM64 host, no idea, but that's not really a thing yet with GitHub's runners.

[MehdiChinoune]

Please, everyone. This PR is about fix installing Qt6 6.8.0 on Windows using install-qt-action.
It fixes the issue mentioned in the first post.
Please don't discuss unrelated things here.
If you have an issue discuss elsewhere.
Thanks.

[jurplel]

Thank you for the contribution and sorry for the delay.