Thread: Compiling for Windows on Linux

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    Compiling for Windows on Linux

    I use linux to program, does anyone know of a plug-in to g++ to cross compile so it can run on windows? I know I can just compile it on widows and it runs. I have searched google and i am unable to find anything good.

    Thank you in advance.

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    They're called cross-compilers - a compiler which runs on machine 'x' producing code which runs on machine 'y'.

    It's not normally necessary to have a cross-compiler targeting windows since native compilers are common enough. It's only when the target lacks a compiler that you need a cross-compiler.

    Have you tried running say dev-c++ inside WINE?
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    i was looking for something more built in -- or commandline-ish to make easier for me

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    I've got the world on a stick - how easy do you want everything to be?
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    I was not intending to offend you, i was asking for command line because i do not run X in linux and thus WINE wont work for me. I generally ssh in to my programming box, and that also does not allow X.

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    WINE works on commandline programs too. And the compiler for Dev-C++ is MinGW a windows port of gcc. So install WINE and MinGW and then have at it.

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    Thank you both, I did not want to have to rebuild gcc and make it a cross compiler, but I may have to. For now wine and mingw sound good,

    Once again, thank you

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    Can you do gcc compile across operating systems? I thought it was only across machines.
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    Different operating systems can be run on the same machine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mario F.
    Can you do gcc compile across operating systems? I thought it was only across machines.
    That wouldn't be a logical restriction. Either the compiler is able to target a platform different than the one it's running on, or it isn't. What that platform is shouldn't matter.
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