How to compile autotools project on ubuntu with mingw64? It compiles just fine on Fedora

Question

I have C/C++ program with an autoconf-based build system. It compiles for Windows just fine on Fedora (FC36) using the command mingw64-configure to configure the autoconf system.

Ubuntu's mingw64 system appears less well developed than Fedora's. It has lots of mingw64 packages, but I can't figure out how to get it to compile. I've tried various --host incantations but that frequently doesn't work: I get errors that libraries are not installed.

So what is the correct ./configure command to get MinGW to compile on Ubuntu?

Answer 1

It appears that the answer is:

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

See What's the difference of "./configure" option "--build", "--host" and "--target"?

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