Cross-compilation for windows with mingw - Revision history

Sturedman: update to current versions

2010-12-27T23:08:15Z

update to current versions

Wuischke: Make it prettier

2009-06-30T13:41:41Z

Make it prettier

Iz0bbz at 09:45, 30 June 2009

2009-06-30T09:45:55Z

Wuischke: First rought draft containing most important information, needs a lot of editing

2009-06-29T20:51:18Z

First rought draft containing most important information, needs a lot of editing

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If you know how to compile everything on Linux, there's not much new to learn.

Two things are important:
* use the cross-compile toolchain (i.e. i486-mingw32-gcc instead of gcc and i486-mingw32-ranlib instead of ranlib)
* use the headers and libraries for the target system

If something goes wrong, you can expect one of these two points to be the culprit. Wrong/different headers or additional libraries (like ws2_32 for sockets) are another major source of trouble.

Most software using autotools will compile using ./configure --host=i486-mingw32; other software may require further changes.

Install mingw32:

Arch:
pacman -S mingw32-{binutils,gcc,runtime,w32api}
Debian/Ubuntu:
aptitude install mingw32{,-binutils,-runtime}

The value for TARGET depends on mingw32, it's i486-mingw32 for arch and i586-mingw32msvc for Debian.

export TARGET=i486-mingw32
#export TARGET=i586-mingw32msvc

Set a directory for building aMule. These two export commands have to be once in every terminal used to execute other command blocks shown here.

export BUILDDIR=$HOME/mingw32

Prepare build directory:

mkdir -p $BUILDDIR
mkdir -p $BUILDDIR/tmp

Build zlib

cd $BUILDDIR
wget http://www.zlib.net/zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz
tar xzf zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz
cd zlib-1.2.3
CC=$TARGET-gcc AR="$TARGET-ar rc" RANLIB=$TARGET-ranlib ./configure --prefix=$BUILDDIR/tmp
make install

Build libiconv (needed for gettext)

cd $BUILDDIR
wget http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libiconv/libiconv-1.13.tar.gz
tar xzf libiconv-1.13.tar.gz
cd libiconv-1.13
./configure --host=$TARGET --prefix=$BUILDDIR/tmp
make install

Build gettext (patch needed)

cd $BUILDDIR
wget http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/gettext-0.17.tar.gz
tar xzf gettext-0.17.tar.gz
cd gettext-0.17
echo "29,30d28
< VARIABLE(rpl_optarg)
< VARIABLE(rpl_optind)
" | patch gettext-tools/woe32dll/gettextlib-exports.c
./configure --host=$TARGET --prefix=$BUILDDIR/tmp --with-libiconv-prefix=$BUILDDIR/tmp
make install

Build wxwidgets

cd $BUILDDIR
wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wxwindows/wxWidgets-2.8.10.tar.bz2
tar xjf wxWidgets-2.8.10.tar.bz2
cd wxWidgets-2.8.10
./configure --host=$TARGET --prefix=$BUILDDIR/tmp --with-libiconv-prefix=$BUILDDIR/tmp --enable-unicode --disable-shared
make install

Build cryptopp, quite some patching necessary.

cd $BUILDDIR
wget http://cryptopp.com/cryptopp560.zip
mkdir cryptopp
cd cryptopp
unzip -a ../cryptopp560.zip
echo "71a72,73
> #include <malloc.h>
>
" | patch rijndael.cpp
echo "69d68
< LDFLAGS += -pthread" | patch GNUmakefile
echo "9c9
< RANLIB = ranlib
---
> RANLIB = $TARGET-ranlib" | patch GNUmakefile
CXX=$TARGET-g++ RANLIB=$TARGET-ranlib AR=$TARGET-ar LDLIBS=-lws2_32 make -f GNUmakefile
PREFIX=$BUILDDIR/tmp make -f GNUmakefile install

And finally aMule:

cd $BUILDDIR
wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/amule/aMule-2.2.5.tar.bz2
tar xjf aMule-2.2.5.tar.bz2
cd aMule-2.2.5
./configure --host=$TARGET --with-zlib=$BUILDDIR/tmp --with-wx-prefix=$BUILDDIR/tmp --with-wx-config=$BUILDDIR/tmp/bin/wx-config --with-crypto-prefix=$BUILDDIR/tmp --prefix=$BUILDDIR/tmp
make install

Copying everything together:

cd $BUILDDIR
mkdir pkg
cp /usr/$TARGET/bin/mingwm10.dll $BUILDDIR/pkg
cp $BUILDDIR/tmp/lib/*.dll $BUILDDIR/pkg
cp $BUILDDIR/tmp/bin/amule.exe $BUILDDIR/pkg

Testing:

cd $BUILDDIR/pkg
wine amule

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:45, 30 June 2009
Line 112:		Line 112:
	cd $BUILDDIR/pkg		cd $BUILDDIR/pkg
	wine amule		wine amule
		+
		+	Stripping binaries:
		+
		+	It significantly reduces the binary sizes, but you will loose debug information! So don't do it if you need to send crash reports to the aMule developers.
		+
		+	Locate the cross-compile strip tool.
		+	It can be i486-mingw32-strip , i686-pc-mingw32-strip or similar depending on your distribution.
		+	Then :
		+
		+	cd $BUILDDIR/pkg
		+	i486-mingw32-strip amule

@@ Line 40: / Line 40: @@
    cd $BUILDDIR
-   wget http://www.zlib.net/zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz
+   wget http://www.zlib.net/zlib-1.2.5.tar.gz
-   tar xzf zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz
+   tar xzf zlib-1.2.5.tar.gz
-   cd zlib-1.2.3
+   cd zlib-1.2.5
-   CC=$TARGET-gcc AR="$TARGET-ar rc" RANLIB=$TARGET-ranlib ./configure --prefix=$BUILDDIR/tmp
+   CC=$TARGET-gcc AR="$TARGET-ar" RANLIB=$TARGET-ranlib ./configure --prefix=$BUILDDIR/tmp --static
    make install
 == Build libiconv ==
@@ Line 72: / Line 74: @@
    cd $BUILDDIR
-   wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wxwindows/wxWidgets-2.8.10.tar.bz2
+   wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wxwindows/wxWidgets-2.8.11.tar.bz2
-   tar xjf wxWidgets-2.8.10.tar.bz2
+   tar xjf wxWidgets-2.8.11.tar.bz2
-   cd wxWidgets-2.8.10
+   cd wxWidgets-2.8.11
    ./configure --host=$TARGET --prefix=$BUILDDIR/tmp --with-libiconv-prefix=$BUILDDIR/tmp --enable-unicode --disable-shared
    make install
@@ Line 82: / Line 84: @@
    cd $BUILDDIR
-   wget http://cryptopp.com/cryptopp560.zip
+   wget http://cryptopp.com/cryptopp561.zip
    mkdir cryptopp
    cd cryptopp
-   unzip -a ../cryptopp560.zip
+   unzip -a ../cryptopp561.zip
-  echo "71a72,73
-  > #include <malloc.h>
-−
-  " | patch rijndael.cpp
    echo "69d68
    < LDFLAGS += -pthread" | patch GNUmakefile
@@ Line 98: / Line 96: @@
    CXX=$TARGET-g++ RANLIB=$TARGET-ranlib AR=$TARGET-ar LDLIBS=-lws2_32 make -f GNUmakefile
    PREFIX=$BUILDDIR/tmp make -f GNUmakefile install
 == aMule ==
    cd $BUILDDIR
-   wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/amule/aMule-2.2.5.tar.bz2
+   wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/amule/aMule-2.2.6.tar.bz2
-   tar xjf aMule-2.2.5.tar.bz2
+   tar xjf aMule-2.2.6.tar.bz2
-   cd aMule-2.2.5
+   cd aMule-2.2.6
    ./configure --host=$TARGET --with-zlib=$BUILDDIR/tmp --with-wx-prefix=$BUILDDIR/tmp --with-wx-config=$BUILDDIR/tmp/bin/wx-config --with-crypto-prefix=$BUILDDIR/tmp --prefix=$BUILDDIR/tmp
    make install

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 If you know how to compile everything on Linux, there's not much new to learn.
@@ Line 10: / Line 12: @@
-Install mingw32:
+= Compilation step-by-step =
-Arch:
+== Installing  mingw32 ==
    pacman -S mingw32-{binutils,gcc,runtime,w32api}
-Debian/Ubuntu:
+=== Debian/Ubuntu ===
    aptitude install mingw32{,-binutils,-runtime}
 The value for TARGET depends on mingw32, it's i486-mingw32 for arch and i586-mingw32msvc for Debian.
@@ Line 26: / Line 32: @@
    export BUILDDIR=$HOME/mingw32
-Prepare build directory:
+== Prepare build directory ==
    mkdir -p $BUILDDIR
    mkdir -p $BUILDDIR/tmp
-Build zlib
+== Build zlib ==
    cd $BUILDDIR
@@ Line 40: / Line 46: @@
    make install
-Build libiconv (needed for gettext)
+== Build libiconv ==
    cd $BUILDDIR
@@ Line 49: / Line 55: @@
    make install
-Build gettext (patch needed)
+== Build gettext ==
    cd $BUILDDIR
@@ Line 62: / Line 69: @@
    make install
-Build wxwidgets
+== Build wxwidgets ==
    cd $BUILDDIR
@@ Line 71: / Line 78: @@
    make install
-Build cryptopp, quite some patching necessary.
+== Build cryptopp ==
    cd $BUILDDIR
@@ Line 91: / Line 99: @@
    PREFIX=$BUILDDIR/tmp make -f GNUmakefile install
-And finally aMule:
+== aMule ==
    cd $BUILDDIR
@@ Line 100: / Line 108: @@
    make install
-Copying everything together:
+== Copying everything together ==
    cd $BUILDDIR
@@ Line 108: / Line 116: @@
    cp $BUILDDIR/tmp/bin/amule.exe $BUILDDIR/pkg
-Testing:
+== Testing ==
    cd $BUILDDIR/pkg
    wine amule
-Stripping binaries:
+== Stripping binaries ==
 It significantly reduces the binary sizes, but you will loose debug information! So don't do it if you need to send crash reports to the aMule developers.
-Locate the cross-compile strip tool.
+You need the cross-compile strip tool (for instance i686-mingw32-strip instead of strip).
-It can be i486-mingw32-strip , i686-pc-mingw32-strip or similar depending on your distribution.
-Then :
    cd $BUILDDIR/pkg
-   i486-mingw32-strip amule
+   $TARGET-strip amule