RE: Compile Linux binary on Windows?

RE: Compile Linux binary on Windows?

[Ramadass, Ramanathan]

For details on building a Cygwin hosted(on windows) toolchain for Linux
targets see the howto at;

http://www.xraylith.wisc.edu/~khan/software/gnu-win32/cygwin-to-linux-cr
oss-howto.txt

Thanks
Ram

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Rose [mailto:lists@brianrose.net]
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 1:24 PM
Cc: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: Compile Linux binary on Windows?


Borislav Peev wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> I am searching the web for solution to compile Linux binaries on
windows 
> platform. I'm stuck and
> because gcc is available for so many platforms I hope there is way to 
> accomplish this task.
> This really could save me A LOT of restarts... Please excuse me if
this 
> is not the right please to ask
> or if I missed something in the documentation.
> 
> Best regard, bobef.
> 
> 

I have an article detailing how to build a gcc cross compiler on
windows. 
My target is an embedded processor with no os, so you'd have to find out

which little bits to change to make it compile a x686 linux target. My 
guess is that changing the TARGET=xxx environment variable in my build 
process will do the trick.

http://brianrose.net/columns/CrossToolsWin32.html

-- 

Brian

Re: Compile Linux binary on Windows?

[Brian Rose]

Borislav Peev wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> I am searching the web for solution to compile Linux binaries on windows 
> platform. I'm stuck and
> because gcc is available for so many platforms I hope there is way to 
> accomplish this task.
> This really could save me A LOT of restarts... Please excuse me if this 
> is not the right please to ask
> or if I missed something in the documentation.
> 
> Best regard, bobef.
> 
> 

I have an article detailing how to build a gcc cross compiler on windows. 
My target is an embedded processor with no os, so you'd have to find out 
which little bits to change to make it compile a x686 linux target. My 
guess is that changing the TARGET=xxx environment variable in my build 
process will do the trick.

http://brianrose.net/columns/CrossToolsWin32.html

-- 

Brian

Re: Compile Linux binary on Windows?

[Eljay Love-Jensen]

Hi bobef,

Are you looking for GCC as a cross-compiler?  That is, you want to make 
Linux binaries on a Windows box.  It's possible, as I understand it (never 
done it myself) -- look for instructions on building GCC as a cross compiler.

Or are you looking to compile Linux source code on a Windows box as a 
Windows program?  In which case I recommend Cygwin from the www.cygwin.com 
URL, which incorporates both MinGW (GCC making "pure Windows" programs), as 
well as a Cygwin (GCC making "Unix lookalike/workalike programs dependent 
on the Cygwin.dll layer").

Note:  if you install Cygwin, by default, the installer only installs a 
minimal subset.  Either make sure you grab all the GCC components (under 
the dev label), or just install everything at the top-most level (although 
that uses a lot of disk space and takes some time to install).

HTH,
--Eljay

Re: Compile Linux binary on Windows?

[Vincent Torri]

look at msys/mingw :

http://www.mingw.org

regards

Vincent TORRI

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Borislav Peev wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I am searching the web for solution to compile Linux binaries on windows
> platform. I'm stuck and
> because gcc is available for so many platforms I hope there is way to
> accomplish this task.
> This really could save me A LOT of restarts... Please excuse me if this
> is not the right please to ask
> or if I missed something in the documentation.
>
> Best regard, bobef.
>

Compile Linux binary on Windows?

[Borislav Peev]

Hello.

I am searching the web for solution to compile Linux binaries on windows 
platform. I'm stuck and
because gcc is available for so many platforms I hope there is way to 
accomplish this task.
This really could save me A LOT of restarts... Please excuse me if this 
is not the right please to ask
or if I missed something in the documentation.

Best regard, bobef.