The following is what I did and the error message:
downloads quazip-0-7-3 from http://quazip.sourceforge.net/index.html, and unzip it to c:\Qt, run the following commands and it gets the error at the end:
C:\Qt\quazip-0.7.3\quazip>where qmake
C:\Qt\5.10.0\msvc2015\bin\qmake.exe
C:\Qt\quazip-0.7.3\quazip>where qmake
C:\Qt\5.10.0\msvc2015\bin\qmake.exe
C:\Qt\quazip-0.7.3\quazip>qmake PREFIX=c:\Qt\quazip
Info: creating stash file C:\Qt\quazip-0.7.3\quazip\.qmake.stash
C:\Qt\quazip-0.7.3\quazip>where make
C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin\make.exe
C:\Qt\quazip-0.7.3\quazip>make
make -f Makefile.Release
make[1]: Entering directory `C:/Qt/quazip-0.7.3/quazip'
Makefile.Release:120: *** missing separator. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `C:/Qt/quazip-0.7.3/quazip'
make: *** [release] Error 2
The following is the Makefile.Release from line 115 to 155, line 120 is "<<":
.SUFFIXES: .c .cpp .cc .cxx
{release}.cpp{release\}.obj::
$(CXX) -c $(CXXFLAGS) $(INCPATH) -Forelease\ @<<
$<
<<
{release}.cc{release\}.obj::
$(CXX) -c $(CXXFLAGS) $(INCPATH) -Forelease\ @<<
$<
<<
{release}.cxx{release\}.obj::
$(CXX) -c $(CXXFLAGS) $(INCPATH) -Forelease\ @<<
$<
<<
{release}.c{release\}.obj::
$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(INCPATH) -Forelease\ @<<
$<
<<
{.}.cpp{release\}.obj::
$(CXX) -c $(CXXFLAGS) $(INCPATH) -Forelease\ @<<
$<
<<
{.}.cc{release\}.obj::
$(CXX) -c $(CXXFLAGS) $(INCPATH) -Forelease\ @<<
$<
<<
{.}.cxx{release\}.obj::
$(CXX) -c $(CXXFLAGS) $(INCPATH) -Forelease\ @<<
$<
<<
{.}.c{release\}.obj::
$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(INCPATH) -Forelease\ @<<
$<
<<
Then I use the 'nmake' instead of 'make', but it fails again with different error:
C:\Qt\quazip-0.7.3\quazip>nmake
Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 14.00.24210.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\bin\nmake.exe" -f Makefile.Release
Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 14.00.24210.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
cl -BxC:\Qt\5.10.0\msvc2015\bin\qmake.exe -nologo -Zc:wchar_t -FS -Zc:rvalueCast -Zc:inline -Zc:strictStrings -Zc:throwingNew -O2 -MD -W3 -w34100 -w34189 -w44996 -w44456 -w44457 -w44458 -wd4577 -wd4467 -E ..\..\5.10.0\msvc2015\mkspecs\features\data\dummy.cpp 2>NUL >release\moc_predefs.h
C:\Qt\5.10.0\msvc2015\bin\moc.exe -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DWIN32 -DQUAZIP_BUILD -DNOMINMAX -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_CORE_LIB -DNDEBUG -D_WINDLL --compiler-flavor=msvc --include release/moc_predefs.h -IC:/Qt/5.10.0/msvc2015/mkspecs/win32-msvc -IC:/Qt/quazip-0.7.3/quazip -IC:/Qt/quazip-0.7.3/quazip -IC:/Qt/5.10.0/msvc2015/include -IC:/Qt/5.10.0/msvc2015/include/QtCore quagzipfile.h -o release\moc_quagzipfile.cpp
C:\Qt\5.10.0\msvc2015\bin\moc.exe -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DWIN32 -DQUAZIP_BUILD -DNOMINMAX -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_CORE_LIB -DNDEBUG -D_WINDLL --compiler-flavor=msvc --include release/moc_predefs.h -IC:/Qt/5.10.0/msvc2015/mkspecs/win32-msvc -IC:/Qt/quazip-0.7.3/quazip -IC:/Qt/quazip-0.7.3/quazip -IC:/Qt/5.10.0/msvc2015/include -IC:/Qt/5.10.0/msvc2015/include/QtCore quaziodevice.h -o release\moc_quaziodevice.cpp
C:\Qt\5.10.0\msvc2015\bin\moc.exe -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DWIN32 -DQUAZIP_BUILD -DNOMINMAX -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_CORE_LIB -DNDEBUG -D_WINDLL --compiler-flavor=msvc --include release/moc_predefs.h -IC:/Qt/5.10.0/msvc2015/mkspecs/win32-msvc -IC:/Qt/quazip-0.7.3/quazip -IC:/Qt/quazip-0.7.3/quazip -IC:/Qt/5.10.0/msvc2015/include -IC:/Qt/5.10.0/msvc2015/include/QtCore quazipfile.h -o release\moc_quazipfile.cpp
cl -c -nologo -Zc:wchar_t -FS -Zc:rvalueCast -Zc:inline -Zc:strictStrings -Zc:throwingNew -O2 -MD -W3 -w34100 -w34189 -w44996 -w44456 -w44457 -w44458 -wd4577 -wd4467 -EHsc -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DWIN32 -DQUAZIP_BUILD -DNOMINMAX -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_CORE_LIB -DNDEBUG -D_WINDLL -I. -I. -I..\..\5.10.0\msvc2015\include -I..\..\5.10.0\msvc2015\include\QtCore -Irelease -I..\..\5.10.0\msvc2015\mkspecs\win32-msvc -Forelease\ @C:\Users\yhuang\AppData\Local\Temp\nm402C.tmpqioapi.cpp
.\qioapi.cpp(11): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'stdio.h': No such file or directory
JlCompress.cpp
..\..\5.10.0\msvc2015\include\QtCore/qglobal.h(45): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'type_traits': No such file or directory
quaadler32.cpp
..\..\5.10.0\msvc2015\include\QtCore/qglobal.h(45): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'type_traits': No such file or directory
quacrc32.cpp
..\..\5.10.0\msvc2015\include\QtCore/qglobal.h(45): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'type_traits': No such file or directory
quagzipfile.cpp
..\..\5.10.0\msvc2015\include\QtCore/qglobal.h(45): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'type_traits': No such file or directory
quaziodevice.cpp
..\..\5.10.0\msvc2015\include\QtCore/qglobal.h(45): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'type_traits': No such file or directory
quazip.cpp
..\..\5.10.0\msvc2015\include\QtCore/qglobal.h(45): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'type_traits': No such file or directory
quazipdir.cpp
..\..\5.10.0\msvc2015\include\QtCore/qglobal.h(45): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'type_traits': No such file or directory
quazipfile.cpp
..\..\5.10.0\msvc2015\include\QtCore/qglobal.h(45): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'type_traits': No such file or directory
quazipfileinfo.cpp
..\..\5.10.0\msvc2015\include\QtCore/qglobal.h(45): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'type_traits': No such file or directory
quazipnewinfo.cpp
..\..\5.10.0\msvc2015\include\QtCore/qglobal.h(45): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'type_traits': No such file or directory
Generating Code...
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0
\VC\bin\cl.EXE"' : return code '0x2'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0
\VC\bin\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
Stop.
Change to the following steps after @hole-otter-rosy's comment, and still got error at the end - C:\Qt\quazip-0.7.3\quazip>where qmake C:\Qt\5.10.0\msvc2015\bin\qmake.exe
C:\Qt\quazip-0.7.3\quazip>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\Tools\vsvars32.bat"
C:\Qt\quazip-0.7.3\quazip>qmake PREFIX=c:\Qt\quazip INCPATH+=C:\Qt\zlib-1.2.11
NOTE: the 'zlib-1.2.11' contains the zlib.h which is required by quazip project. run 'nmake' and I got the following link error:
C:\Qt\quazip-0.7.3\quazip>nmake
Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 14.00.24210.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\BIN\nmake.exe" -f Makefile.Release
Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 14.00.24210.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
cl -c -nologo -Zc:wchar_t -FS -Zc:rvalueCast -Zc:inline -Zc:strictStrings -Zc:throwingNew -O2 -MD -W3 -w34100 -w34189 -w44996 -w44456 -w44457 -w44458 -wd4577 -wd4467 -EHsc -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DWIN32 -DQUAZIP_BUILD -DNOMINMAX -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_CORE_LIB -DNDEBUG -D_WINDLL -I. -I..\..\zlib-1.2.11 -I. -I..\..\5.10.0\msvc2015\include -I..\..\5.10.0\msvc2015\include\QtCore -Irelease -I..\..\5.10.0\msvc2015\mkspecs\win32-msvc -Forelease\ @C:\Users\yhuang\AppData\Local\Temp\nm2D8C.tmp
qioapi.cpp
JlCompress.cpp
quaadler32.cpp
quacrc32.cpp
quagzipfile.cpp
quaziodevice.cpp
quazip.cpp
quazipdir.cpp
quazipfile.cpp
Generating Code...
cl -c -nologo -Zc:wchar_t -FS -Zc:strictStrings -O2 -MD -W3 -w44456 -w44457 -w44458 -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DWIN32 -DQUAZIP_BUILD -DNOMINMAX -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_CORE_LIB -DNDEBUG -D_WINDLL -I. -I..\..\zlib-1.2.11 -I. -I..\..\5.10.0\msvc2015\include -I..\..\5.10.0\msvc2015\include\QtCore -Irelease -I..\..\5.10.0\msvc2015\mkspecs\win32-msvc -Forelease\ @C:\Users\yhuang\AppData\Local\Temp\nm44F3.tmp
unzip.c
zip.c
Generating Code...
cl -c -nologo -Zc:wchar_t -FS -Zc:rvalueCast -Zc:inline -Zc:strictStrings -Zc:throwingNew -O2 -MD -W3 -w34100 -w34189 -w44996 -w44456 -w44457 -w44458 -wd4577 -wd4467 -EHsc -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DWIN32 -DQUAZIP_BUILD -DNOMINMAX -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_CORE_LIB -DNDEBUG -D_WINDLL -I. -I..\..\zlib-1.2.11 -I. -I..\..\5.10.0\msvc2015\include -I..\..\5.10.0\msvc2015\include\QtCore -Irelease -I..\..\5.10.0\msvc2015\mkspecs\win32-msvc -Forelease\ @C:\Users\yhuang\AppData\Local\Temp\nm46E8.tmp
moc_quagzipfile.cpp
moc_quaziodevice.cpp
moc_quazipfile.cpp
Generating Code...
link /NOLOGO /DYNAMICBASE /NXCOMPAT /INCREMENTAL:NO /DLL /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS /MANIFEST:embed /OUT:release\quazip.dll @C:\Users\yhuang\AppData\Local\Temp\nm4ED5.tmp
Creating library release\quazip.lib and object release\quazip.exp
quaadler32.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _adler32 referenced in function "public: __thiscall QuaAdler32::QuaAdler32(void)" (??0QuaAdler32@@QAE@XZ)
quacrc32.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _crc32 referenced in function "public: __thiscall QuaCrc32::QuaCrc32(void)" (??0QuaCrc32@@QAE@XZ)
unzip.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _crc32zip.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _crc32
quagzipfile.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _gzdopen referencedin function "private: bool __thiscall QuaGzipFilePrivate::open<int>(int,class QFlags<enum QIODevice::OpenModeFlag>,class QString &)" (??$open@H@QuaGzipFilePrivate@@AAE_NHV?$QFlags@W4OpenModeFlag@QIODevice@@@@AAVQString@@@Z)
quagzipfile.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _gzread referenced in function "protected: virtual __int64 __thiscall QuaGzipFile::readData(char *,__int64)" (?readData@QuaGzipFile@@MAE_JPAD_J@Z)
quagzipfile.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _gzwrite referencedin function "protected: virtual __int64 __thiscall QuaGzipFile::writeData(char const *,__int64)" (?writeData@QuaGzipFile@@MAE_JPBD_J@Z)
quagzipfile.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _gzflush referencedin function "public: virtual bool __thiscall QuaGzipFile::flush(void)" (?flush@QuaGzipFile@@UAE_NXZ)
quagzipfile.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _gzclose referencedin function "public: virtual __thiscall QuaGzipFile::~QuaGzipFile(void)" (??1QuaGzipFile@@UAE@XZ)
quagzipfile.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _gzopen referenced in function "private: bool __thiscall QuaGzipFilePrivate::open<class QString>(class QString,class QFlags<enum QIODevice::OpenModeFlag>,class QString &)" (??$open@VQString@@@QuaGzipFilePrivate@@AAE_NVQString@@V?$QFlags@W4OpenModeFlag@QIODevice@@@@AAV1@@Z)
quaziodevice.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _deflate referenced in function "public: virtual bool __thiscall QuaZIODevice::flush(void)" (?flush@QuaZIODevice@@UAE_NXZ)
zip.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _deflatequaziodevice.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _deflateEnd referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall QuaZIODevice::close(void)" (?close@QuaZIODevice@@UAEXXZ)
zip.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _deflateEnd
quaziodevice.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _inflate referenced in function "protected: virtual __int64 __thiscall QuaZIODevice::readData(char*,__int64)" (?readData@QuaZIODevice@@MAE_JPAD_J@Z)
unzip.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _inflatequaziodevice.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _inflateEnd referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall QuaZIODevice::close(void)" (?close@QuaZIODevice@@UAEXXZ)
unzip.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _inflateEnd
quaziodevice.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _deflateInit_ referenced in function "public: virtual bool __thiscall QuaZIODevice::open(class QFlags<enum QIODevice::OpenModeFlag>)" (?open@QuaZIODevice@@UAE_NV?$QFlags@W4OpenModeFlag@QIODevice@@@@@Z)
quaziodevice.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _inflateInit_ referenced in function "public: virtual bool __thiscall QuaZIODevice::open(class QFlags<enum QIODevice::OpenModeFlag>)" (?open@QuaZIODevice@@UAE_NV?$QFlags@W4OpenModeFlag@QIODevice@@@@@Z)
unzip.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _inflateInit2_ referencedin function _unzOpenCurrentFile3
unzip.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _get_crc_table referencedin function _unzOpenCurrentFile3
zip.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _get_crc_table
zip.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _deflateInit2_ referenced in function _zipOpenNewFileInZip4_64release\quazip.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 17 unresolved externals
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0
\VC\BIN\link.EXE"' : return code '0x460'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0
\VC\BIN\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
Stop.
You are using an MSVC build of Qt and thus cannot use MinGW's make.
The error you get when using nmake indicates that you haven't set up a MSVC build environent. See Build C/C++ code on the command line in the MSVC docs for more information.