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Cross compiling 4tH:
and running it:
This Makefile compiles a MinGW cross compiler and cross compiles many free libraries such as GD and SDL. Thus, it provides a nice MinGW cross compiling environment which
First, you should ensure that your system meets mingw-cross-env's requirements. You will almost certainly have to install some stuff.
When everything is fine, download the latest release:
wget http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/mingw-cross-env/mingw-cross-env-X.Y.tar.gz
and unpack the tarball:
tar -xzvf mingw-cross-env-X.Y.tar.gz
If you don't mind installing it in your home directory, just skip the following step and go straight to step 3.
Now you should save any previous installation of the mingw-cross-env. Assuming you've installed it under /opt/mingw (any other directory will do as well), you should execute the following commands:
su mv /opt/mingw /opt/mingw.old exit
Then you need to transfer the entire directory to its definitive location. We will assume again you use /opt/mingw, but feel free to use any other directory if you like.
su
mv mingw-cross-env-X.Y /opt/mingw
exit
We're almost done. Just change to your newly created directory and get going:
cd /opt/mingw
Enter the directory where you've unpacked the mingw-cross-env. Now it depends on what you actually want – or need.
If you choose to enter:
make
you're in for a long wait, because it compiles a lot of packages. On the other hand it doesn't require any intervention, so you're free to do whatever you like – like watch a movie or go for a night on the town. When it's done you'll find that you've installed a very capable Win32 cross compiler onto your system.
If you only need the most basic tools you can also use:
make gcc
and add any additional packages you need later on. You can also supply a host of packages on the command line, e.g.:
make gtk lua libidn
You'll always end up with a consistent cross compiling environment.
After you're done it just needs a little post-installation.
Edit your .bashrc script in order to change $PATH:
export PATH=/where mingw-cross-env is installed/usr/bin:$PATH
Note that any compiler related environment variables (like $CC, $LDFLAGS, etc.) may spoil your compiling pleasure, so be sure to delete or disable those.
Congratulations! You're ready to cross compile anything you like.
If you use the Autotools, all you have to do is:
./configure --host=i686-pc-mingw32
make
Don't worry about a warning like this:
configure: WARNING: If you wanted to set the --build type, don't use --host. If a cross compiler is detected then cross compile mode will be used.
Everything will be just fine.
If you have a Qt application, all you have to do is:
i686-pc-mingw32-qmake
make
If you are using Qt plugins such as the svg or ico image handlers, you should also have a look at the Qt documentation about static plugins.
Note the sql drivers (-qt-sql-*) and the image handlers for jpeg, tiff, gif and mng are built-in, not plugins.
If you have a handwritten Makefile, you probably will have to make a few adjustments to it:
CC=$(CROSS)gcc LD=$(CROSS)ld AR=$(CROSS)ar
You may have to add a few others, depending on your project.
Then, all you have to do is:
make CROSS=i686-pc-mingw32-
That's it!
Using static OpenSceneGraph libraries requires a few changes to your source. The graphics subsystem and all plugins required by your application must be referenced explicitly. Use a code block like the following:
#ifdef OSG_LIBRARY_STATIC USE_GRAPHICSWINDOW() USE_OSGPLUGIN(<plugin1>) USE_OSGPLUGIN(<plugin2>) ... #endif
Look at examples/osgstaticviewer/osgstaticviewer.cpp in the
OpenSceneGraph source distribution for an example. This example can be
compiled with the following command:
i686-pc-mingw32-g++ \
-o osgstaticviewer.exe examples/osgstaticviewer/osgstaticviewer.cpp \
`i686-pc-mingw32-pkg-config --cflags openscenegraph-osgViewer openscenegraph-osgPlugins` \
`i686-pc-mingw32-pkg-config --libs openscenegraph-osgViewer openscenegraph-osgPlugins`
The i686-pc-mingw32-pkg-config command from mingw-cross-env will
automatically add -DOSG_LIBRARY_STATIC to your compiler flags.
If you need further assistance, feel free to join the project mailing list where you'll get in touch with the mingw-cross-env developers and other users.
To obtain the current development version, install Mercurial and run:
hg clone http://hg.savannah.nongnu.org/hgweb/mingw-cross-env mingw-cross-env
To retrieve updates, run:
hg pull -u
You can also browse the web repository.
In addition, feel free to join the project mailing list.
Mingw-cross-env requires a recent Unix system where all components as stated in the table below are installed. Detailed instructions are available for:
| Autoconf | ≥ 2.62 |
| Automake | ≥ 1.10 |
| Bash | |
| Bison | |
| Bzip2 | |
| CMake | |
| Flex | ≥ 2.5.31 |
| GCC (gcc, g++) | |
| GNU Make | ≥ 3.81 |
| GNU Sed | |
| LibC for 32-bit | |
| Libtool | |
| OpenSSL-dev | |
| Patch | |
| Perl | |
| Perl XML::Parser | |
| Pkg-config | ≥ 0.16 |
| SCons | ≥ 0.98 |
| UnZip | |
| Wget | |
| XZ Utils |
aptitude install -R autoconf automake bash bison bzip2 \
cmake flex g++ make sed libtool openssl\
libssl-dev libxml-parser-perl patch perl \
pkg-config scons unzip wget xz
On 64-bit Debian, install also:
aptitude install -R g++-multilib
pkg_add -r automake110 autoconf262 bash bison cmake \
flex gmake gsed libtool openssl patch perl \
p5-XML-Parser pkg-config scons unzip wget
Ensure that /usr/local/bin preceeds /usr/bin in your $PATH:
For C style shells, edit .cshrc
setenv PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
For Bourne shells, edit .profile
export PATH = /usr/local/bin:$PATH
On 64-bit FreeBSD, there are open issues with the NSIS package. To allow the remainder of mingw-cross-env to build, simply remove the package:
rm where mingw-cross-env is unpacked/src/nsis.mk
pacman-g2 -S autoconf automake bash bzip2 bison cmake \
flex gcc make sed libtool openssl patch \
perl perl-xml-parser pkgconfig scons unzip \
wget xz xz-lzma
On 64-bit Frugalware, there are open issues with the NSIS package.
emerge sys-devel/autoconf sys-devel/automake \
app-shells/bash sys-devel/bison app-arch/bzip2 \
dev-util/cmake sys-devel/flex sys-devel/gcc \
sys-devel/make sys-apps/sed sys-devel/libtool \
dev-libs/openssl sys-devel/patch dev-lang/perl \
dev-perl/XML-Parser dev-util/pkgconfig dev-util/scons \
app-arch/unzip net-misc/wget app-arch/xz-utils
There are open issues with Gentoo and GCC-4.5.
Install Xcode and MacPorts, then run:
sudo port install autoconf automake bison cmake flex \
gsed libtool openssl p5-xml-parser \
pkgconfig scons wget xz-devel gcc_select
sudo gcc_select gcc40
Install Xcode and MacPorts, then run:
sudo port install autoconf automake bison cmake flex \
gmake gsed libtool openssl p5-xml-parser \
pkgconfig scons wget xz-devel
Open Solaris does not fulfill the requirements. Two requirements are hopelessly outdated (M4, Autoconf) (*), and one requirement is not provided at all (SCons). If you want to run mingw-cross-env on Open Solaris nevertheless, a lot of manual work is required:
Install all requirements that already ship with Solaris:
pfexec pkg install SUNWgnu-automake-110 SUNWbison SUNWcmake \
SUNWflexlex SUNWgcc SUNWgmake SUNWgsed \
SUNWgzip SUNWlibtool SUNWlibm SUNWopenssl \
SUNWgpch SUNWperl-xml-parser \
SUNWgnome-common-devel SUNWunzip SUNWwget
and make Automake available:
pfexec ln -s aclocal-1.10 /usr/bin/aclocal pfexec ln -s automake-1.10 /usr/bin/automake
Edit your .bashrc script to add /usr/local/bin to $PATH, and start a new shell session:
export PATH=/where mingw-cross-env is installed/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH
Download and install M4, Autoconf and SCons by hand:
wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.5.tar.gz tar -xzf m4-1.4.5.tar.gz cd m4-1.4.5 ./configure make pfexec make install cd .. wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.62.tar.gz tar -xzf autoconf-2.62.tar.gz cd autoconf-2.62 ./configure make pfexec make install cd .. wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/scons/scons/1.2.0/scons-1.2.0.tar.gz tar -xzf scons-1.2.0.tar.gz cd scons-1.2.0 python setup.py build pfexec python setup.py install cd ..
(*) If you are using the development repository, M4 and Autoconf will meet the requirements. However, recent versions of bash (4+) from this source will cause certain builds to fail.
zypper install -R autoconf automake bash bison bzip2 \
cmake flex gcc-c++ gettext-tools libtool \
make openssl libopenssl-devel patch perl \
perl-XML-Parser pkg-config scons sed \
unzip wget xz
zypper install -R gcc-32bit glibc-devel-32bit \
libgcc45-32bit libgomp45-32bit \
libstdc++45-devel-32bit
All build commands also download the packages if necessary.
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