[LAD] [OT] questions re: cross-compiling

[David Olofson]

On Thursday 15 November 2007, Dave Phillips wrote:
> Greetings:
> 
> Simple questions, probably no simple answers :
> 
>   Can I compile Audacity for Windows using a Linux tool-chain ?

Yes, that's how I made the Win32 binaries for Kobo Deluxe, DT-42 etc.

Some libraries (depending on build tools, mostly) may need some "help" 
to install in the cross-compiler environment, but widely used cross 
platform libs (SDL, GTK+ etc) usually cross-compile out of the box 
and/or come with pre-built packages for cross-compiling.

Before considering building a cross compiler of your own (which is not 
terribly hard these days, but still), check what's available for 
cross-compiling on your distro! The Linux->Win32 case is a rather 
popular one, but some distros have cross compiler packages for other 
target platforms as well.


[...]
>   If I can't compile it directly in Linux can I do it in Wine ? If
> so, how ?

That should work too, but doesn't seem to make much sense if you're 
already running the "home" platform of the GNU tools. :-)


> And last:
> 
>   If I can only do it native Windows, what do I need in the way of 
> compiler etc. ?

Cygwin is probably the easiest way to get started with that, whether 
you're using Wine or Windows:
	http://www.cygwin.com/


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