How to compile for Windows on Linux with gcc/g++?
Suggested method gave me error on Ubuntu 16.04: E: Unable to locate package mingw32
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To install this package on Ubuntu please use following:
sudo apt-get install mingw-w64
After install you can use it:
x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++
Please note!
For 64-bit use: x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++
For 32-bit use: i686-w64-mingw32-g++
mingw32 exists as a package for Linux. You can cross-compile and -link Windows applications with it. There's a tutorial here at the Code::Blocks forum. Mind that the command changes to x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-win32
, for example.
Ubuntu, for example, has MinGW in its repositories:
$ apt-cache search mingw
[...]
g++-mingw-w64 - GNU C++ compiler for MinGW-w64
gcc-mingw-w64 - GNU C compiler for MinGW-w64
mingw-w64 - Development environment targeting 32- and 64-bit Windows
[...]
One option of compiling for Windows in Linux is via mingw. I found a very helpful tutorial here.
To install mingw32 on Debian based systems, run the following command:sudo apt-get install mingw32
To compile your code, you can use something like:i586-mingw32msvc-g++ -o myApp.exe myApp.cpp
You'll sometimes want to test the new Windows application directly in Linux. You can use wine for that, although you should always keep in mind that wine could have bugs. This means that you might not be sure that a bug is in wine, your program, or both, so only use wine for general testing.
To install wine, run:sudo apt-get install wine
Install a cross compiler, like mingw64 from your package manager.
Then compile in the following way: instead of simply calling gcc
call i686-w64-mingw32-gcc
for 32-bit Windows or x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc"
for 64-bit Windows. I would also use the --static
option, as the target system may not have all the libraries.
If you want to compile other language, like Fortran, replace -gcc
with -gfortran
in the previous commands.