Mingw cross compilation

This page explains how to build and test glob2 for Windows on a Debian/Ubuntu GNU/Linux operating system. To see how to compile it natively on Windows, please see Mingw compilation.

Compile globulation2 for Windows on Debian using mingw

1. Install a mingw compiler:

   sudo apt-get install mingw32-binutils mingw32 mingw32-runtime

2. Install NSIS (required only if you want to build NSIS installer):

   sudo apt-get install nsis

3. Create the following directory:

   mkdir build

   cd build

4. Download glob2_required_libs_mingw-scons.tar.bz2:

   wget http://dl.sv.nongnu.org/releases/glob2/mingw/glob2_required_libs_mingw-scons.tar.bz2

5. Untar the libraries:

   tar -xjf glob2_required_libs_mingw-scons.tar.bz2

6. Download glob2 sources from mercurial (check Compiling#Sources_from_Mercurial for details):

   hg clone https://bitbucket.org/giszmo/glob2

   cd glob2-new

7. Compile:

   scons -j5 mingwcross=yes

8. To create NSIS installer package run after previous step:

   scons -j5 mingwcross=yes dist

Test globulation2 for Windows on Debian

1. Install wine:

   sudo apt-get install wine

2. Copy files necessary to run:

   cp src/glob2.exe .

   cp ../local/bin/* ../local/lib/* .

3. Run glob2:

   wine glob2.exe