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authorTony Theodore <tonyt@logyst.com>2017-11-13 22:20:34 (GMT)
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<li><a href="#requirements-gentoo">Gentoo</a></li>
<li><a href="#requirements-macos">Mac OS X</a></li>
<li><a href="#requirements-opensuse">openSUSE</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#requirements-wsl">Windows Subsystem for Linux</a></li>
</ul>
<table class="requirements">
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gcc-32bit glibc-devel-32bit libgcc46-32bit \
libgomp46-32bit libstdc++46-devel-32bit</pre>
+ <h3 id="requirements-wsl">Windows Subsystem for Linux</h3>
+
+ <p>
+ Requirements should match the Debian, Fedora, openSUSE etc. sections
+ above, but care should be taken to ensure MXE is installed in the
+ Linux subsystem under <code>/</code> instead of the mounted Windows
+ folders in <code>/mnt</code>.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ It can be <a href="https://github.com/mxe/mxe/issues/1892#issuecomment-344004704">
+ made to work using symlinks and specifying</a>:
+ </p>
+ <pre>make MXE_TMP=/tmp/mxe-tmp ...</pre>
+ <p>
+ See further reading in:
+ </p>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/faq#how-do-i-use-a-windows-file-with-a-linux-app">
+ WSL FAQ file section</a></li>
+ <li><a href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/2016/11/17/do-not-change-linux-files-using-windows-apps-and-tools/">
+ MSDN Blog</a></li>
+ </ul>
+
<h3 id="issue-non-multilib">Issues without a 32-bit compiler</h3>
<p>