building node-chimera on Ubuntu 12.04 Grab node-chimera master Grab phantomjs master Copy qt folder from phantomjs/src/qt to node-chimera/qt Run ./scripts/compile_openssl.sh Run ./scripts/compile_qt.sh Run ./scripts/compile_binary.sh Tested on two separate machines, both Ubuntu 12.04, on node 0.8.23 & node 0.10.9

binding.gyp

{
  'targets': [
    {
      'target_name': 'chimera',
      'sources': [
        'src/top.cc',
        'src/cookiejar.cc',
        'src/chimera.cc',
        'src/browser.cc'
      ],
      'conditions': [
        ['OS=="mac"', {
          'include_dirs': [
            'qt_compiled/include',
            'qt_compiled/include/QtCore',
            'qt_compiled/include/QtGui',
            'qt_compiled/include/QtNetwork',
            'qt_compiled/include/QtWebkit'
          ],
          'libraries': [
            '-framework AppKit',
            '../qt_compiled/lib/libQtGui.a',
            '../qt_compiled/lib/libQtCore.a',
            '../qt_compiled/lib/libQtNetwork.a',
            '../qt_compiled/lib/libQtWebKit.a',
            '../qt_compiled/lib/libjscore.a',
            '../qt_compiled/lib/libwebcore.a',
            '../qt_compiled/lib/libQtXml.a'
          ],
        }],
        ['OS=="linux"', {
          'include_dirs': [
            'qt_compiled/include',
            'qt_compiled/include/QtCore',
            'qt_compiled/include/QtGui',
            'qt_compiled/include/QtNetwork',
            'qt_compiled/include/QtWebKit'
          ],
          'libraries': [
            '../qt_compiled/lib/libQtCore.a',
            '../qt_compiled/lib/libQtGui.a',
            '../qt_compiled/lib/libQtXml.a',
            '../qt_compiled/lib/libQtNetwork.a',
            '../qt_compiled/lib/libQtWebKit.a',
            '../qt_compiled/lib/libwebcore.a',
            '../qt_compiled/lib/libjscore.a'
          ],
        }]
      ]
    }
  ]
}

compile_binary.sh

#!/bin/sh
node-gyp rebuild
cd build
flock ./Release/linker.lock g++ -shared -pthread -rdynamic -m64  -Wl,-soname=chimera.node -o Release/obj.target/chimera.node -Wl,--start-group Release/obj.target/chimera/src/top.o Release/obj.target/chimera/src/cookiejar.o Release/obj.target/chimera/src/chimera.o Release/obj.target/chimera/src/browser.o -Wl,--end-group  ../qt_compiled/lib/libQtXml.a ../qt_compiled/lib/libQtNetwork.a ../qt_compiled/lib/libQtWebKit.a ../qt_compiled/lib/libwebcore.a ../qt_compiled/lib/libjscore.a -Wl,--whole-archive ../qt_compiled/lib/libQtCore.a ../qt_compiled/lib/libQtGui.a  -Wl,--no-whole-archive -Wl,-Bsymbolic /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfontconfig.so -Bstatic -L../openssl -lssl -lcrypto
make
cp Release/chimera.node ../lib

compile_qt.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

cd qt
COMPILE_JOBS=4

QT_CFG=''
QT_CFG+=' -opensource'          # Use the open-source license
QT_CFG+=' -confirm-license'     # Silently acknowledge the license confirmation
QT_CFG+=' -v'                   # Makes it easier to see what header dependencies are missing
QT_CFG+=' -static'

if [[ $OSTYPE = darwin* ]]; then
    QT_CFG+=' -arch x86'
    QT_CFG+=' -cocoa'           # Cocoa only, ignore Carbon
    QT_CFG+=' -no-dwarf2'
else
    QT_CFG+=' -system-freetype' # Freetype for text rendering
    QT_CFG+=' -fontconfig'      # Fontconfig for better font matching
    QT_CFG+=' -qpa'             # X11-less with QPA (aka Lighthouse)
fi

QT_CFG+=' -release'             # Build only for release (no debugging support)
QT_CFG+=' -fast'                # Accelerate Makefiles generation
QT_CFG+=' -nomake demos'        # Don't build with the demos
QT_CFG+=' -nomake docs'         # Don't generate the documentatio
QT_CFG+=' -nomake examples'     # Don't build any examples
QT_CFG+=' -nomake translations' # Ignore the translations
QT_CFG+=' -nomake tools'        # Don't built the tools

QT_CFG+=' -no-exceptions'       # Don't use C++ exception
QT_CFG+=' -no-stl'              # No need for STL compatibility

# Irrelevant Qt features
QT_CFG+=' -no-libmng'
QT_CFG+=' -no-libtiff'
QT_CFG+=' -no-icu'

# Unnecessary Qt modules
QT_CFG+=' -no-declarative'
QT_CFG+=' -no-multimedia'
QT_CFG+=' -no-opengl'
QT_CFG+=' -no-openvg'
QT_CFG+=' -no-phonon'
QT_CFG+=' -no-qt3support'
QT_CFG+=' -no-script'
QT_CFG+=' -no-scripttools'
QT_CFG+=' -no-svg'
QT_CFG+=' -no-xmlpatterns'

# Unnecessary Qt features
QT_CFG+=' -D QT_NO_GRAPHICSVIEW'
QT_CFG+=' -D QT_NO_GRAPHICSEFFECT'

# Sets the default graphics system to the raster engine
QT_CFG+=' -graphicssystem raster'

# Unix
QT_CFG+=' -no-dbus'             # Disable D-Bus feature
QT_CFG+=' -no-glib'             # No need for Glib integration
QT_CFG+=' -no-gstreamer'        # Turn off GStreamer support
QT_CFG+=' -no-gtkstyle'         # Disable theming integration with Gtk+
QT_CFG+=' -no-cups'             # Disable CUPs support
QT_CFG+=' -no-sm'
QT_CFG+=' -no-xinerama'
QT_CFG+=' -no-xkb'

# Use the bundled libraries, vs system-installed
QT_CFG+=' -qt-libjpeg'
QT_CFG+=' -qt-libpng'
QT_CFG+=' -qt-zlib'

# Explicitly compile with SSL support, so build will fail if headers are missing
QT_CFG+=' -openssl-linked'

# Useless styles
QT_CFG+=' -D QT_NO_STYLESHEET'
QT_CFG+=' -D QT_NO_STYLE_CDE'
QT_CFG+=' -D QT_NO_STYLE_CLEANLOOKS'
QT_CFG+=' -D QT_NO_STYLE_MOTIF'
QT_CFG+=' -D QT_NO_STYLE_PLASTIQUE'

until [ -z "$1" ]; do
    case $1 in
        "--qt-config")
            shift
            QT_CFG+=" $1"
            shift;;
        "--jobs")
            shift
            COMPILE_JOBS=$1
            shift;;
        "--help")
            echo "Usage: $0 [--qt-config CONFIG] [--jobs NUM]"
            echo
            echo "  --qt-config CONFIG          Specify extra config options to be used when configuring Qt"
            echo "  --jobs NUM                  How many parallel compile jobs to use. Defaults to 4."
            echo
            exit 0
            ;;
        *)
            echo "Unrecognised option: $1"
            exit 1;;
    esac
done


# For parallelizing the bootstrapping process, e.g. qmake and friends.
export MAKEFLAGS=-j$COMPILE_JOBS
export OPENSSL_LIBS='-L../openssl -lssl -lcrypto'

./configure -prefix ../qt_compiled $QT_CFG
make -j$COMPILE_JOBS install

cd src/3rdparty/webkit/Source/WebCore
make -j$COMPILE_JOBS
cd ../../../../..

cd src/3rdparty/webkit/Source/JavaScriptCore
make -j$COMPILE_JOBS
cd ../../../../..

cp -rp src/3rdparty/webkit/Source/JavaScriptCore/release/* ../qt_compiled/lib/
cp -rp src/3rdparty/webkit/Source/WebCore/release/* ../qt_compiled/lib/

cat include/QtGui/QtGui | grep -v -e 'qs60' -e 'qvfbhdr' -e 'qwsembedwidget' > ../qt_compiled/include/QtGui/QtGui

rm -rf ../qt_compiled/include/QtScript
rm -rf ../qt_compiled/include/QtWebKit
cd ../qt_compiled/include
ln -s ../../qt/include/QtScript .
ln -s ../../qt/include/QtWebKit .