Cross compiling to Windows binary, including Linux shared libraries

Siiiiiii · 03-08-2007, 02:55 PM

Hi!
I am looking for a cross compilation program for (as the title of this thread says) making a Windows binary. The source code is written using Linux-only shared libraries, so I would like it to be able to compile these into .dll-files.
I have heard of both Cygwin and MinGW. However, I cannot find the source packages for those two. Well, I did find it for MinGW, but the configure scripts contained strange Windows-textfile characters, so it would not install. I reckon it was meant for a Windows compilation. The packages I downloaded were:

Code:

gcc-g++-3.4.2-20040916-1-src.tar.gz  
mingw-runtime-3.9-src.tar.gz
w32api-3.6-src.tar.gz
binutils-2.15.91-20040904-1-src.tar.gz  mingw32-make-3.80.0-3-src.tar.bz2

Am I using the wrong packages?
Where can I find the Linux MinGW or Cygwin compilers?
What alternative alternative compilers are there that I can use for this purpose?

Siiiiiii · 03-08-2007, 03:31 PM

I found a solution myself.
If anyone is interested, here's a HOWTO: http://www.mingw.org/MinGWiki/index....%20for%20Linux

gnashley · 03-09-2007, 12:36 AM

I have sources and build scripts for mingw32 here:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/...Compile/MingW/