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cross compile git repository with mingw under Ubuntu

I have a git repository which I can build with:

./autogen.sh
./configure
make
sudo make install

Now I want to cross compile it for windows with the mingw32/mingw-w64 cross compiler.

I tried it with

export CXX=/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc

but that didn't work for me.

I have configure eclipse that I can compile windows executables as well, that works, but only with plane c code. Now I need external libraries, which I have to compile for windows as well.

Solution

  • As described on a(n old, but mostly correct) page of the MinGW-w64 wiki (written by yours truly a long time ago):

    ./configure --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32

    should do the trick if the package doesn't need special handling for Windows.