I can compile the latest version 5.3 on Windows, but when I try to compile krita6 I encounter a problem where the kf6-related libraries cannot be found. I am currently using vcpkg. Is there any guide on how to compile krita6 on Windows?
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I haven’t tried building krita 6 yet, but one thing you can do is check out the CI which may include some clues of what you may be missing
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Follow the regular build guide, but set the dependencies branch to transition.now/qt6
python krita-deps-management\tools\setup-env.py --full-krita-env --branch transition.now/qt6 -v PythonEnv -p c:\deps\llvm-mingw-20240619-ucrt-x86_64\bin\ -p c:\deps\llvm-mingw-20240619-ucrt-x86_64\x86_64-w64-mingw32\bin\ -p c:\deps\Ninja\
which will give you the Qt6 dependencies (Qt6, KFrameworks6, PyQt6, etc).
Then configure Krita with -DBUILD_WITH_QT6=ON.
Also, since you’re on Windows, disable the News on Krita’s welcome page, otherwise Krita 6 will crash. Krita 6 is still experimental and not ready for widespread testing.
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Thank you so much, your method is very useful, the “–branch transition.now/qt6” command is very important. Before, I just switched “krita-deps-management” from “master” to “transition.now/qt6” in git, but I didn’t know that I also had to add relevant parameters to install python env dependencies. You saved me a lot of time.
Yesterday I was still worried about kf6, and even thought about whether to use cross-compilation technology on Linux to compile the Windows version
It seems that the news bug on the welcome page has been fixed
