Cross Compiling wxWidgets Applications on Linux - Revision history

Jens: /* Code::Blocks */

2011-12-04T12:02:06Z

Code::Blocks

2011-12-04T11:58:49Z

wxWidgets cross-build

2010-02-19T16:26:46Z

Fixing build options

2008-08-24T19:38:36Z

Fixing build options

2008-08-24T19:23:08Z

Compile

2008-08-24T16:28:56Z

Compile

2008-08-24T16:24:26Z

wxWidgets cross-build

2008-08-24T16:05:10Z

wxWidgets cross-build

2008-08-24T16:02:18Z

wxWidgets cross-build

2008-08-24T15:59:30Z

wxWidgets cross-build

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 =Needed software=
 ==Code::Blocks==
-You can download prebuild binaries Code::Blocks from the [https://www.codeblocks.org/downloads/binaries download page].
+You can download prebuild binaries of Code::Blocks from the [https://www.codeblocks.org/downloads/binaries download page].
 If you prefer to compile Code::Blocks yourself, you have the choice between downloading the sourcecode of the actual release as tarball from the official [https://www.codeblocks.org/downloads/6 download page] or to download the newest version via [https://www.codeblocks.org/downloads/7 svn].<br />A guide to build Code::Blocks from svn can be found in the [[Nightly Cookbook]].
 The newest svn-versions are also available as prebuild binaries made available by users.<br />
-You can find links to the downloadpages in the actual posts in the [/index.php/board,20.0.html Nightly Builds] forum.
+You can find links to the downloadpages in the actual posts in the [/index.php/board,20.0.html Nightly Builds] forum.<br />
 ==MinGW32==
 MingW32 is the cross-build version of the [http://www.mingw.org/ '''Min'''imalistic '''G'''nu for '''W'''indows] compiler suite (a port of the Gnu Compiler Suite for the MS Windows platform).<br />

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 You can download the source-code either from my [http://apt.jenslody.de/pool/ server's software pool] or from the [http://www.wxwidgets.org/ wxWidgets] download page.
-Unpack the sources and type configure it with
+Unpack the sources change directory to the root of the sources and configure it with
   ./configure prefix=/usr/i586-mingw32msvc --host=i586-mingw32msvc --enable-unicode --build=`./config.guess` --disable-shared
 The prefix depends on your MinGW32 installation, either does the host. The other switches can be changed as you prefer it, with oine exception (at the moment):<br />

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 :Until now I haven't been able to make a cross-compiled program run on MS Windows with wxWidgets dll's compiled on MS Windows, so I prefer using the static libraries.
-* The line in '''Linker Settings -> Other options''' should look like that:
+* The line in '''Compiler Settings -> Other options''' should look like that:
   `wx-config --host=i586-mingw32msvc --static --cflags`
 [[Image:CompilerSettings.png|thumb|none|Compiler settings]]

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 *The appropriate calls to '''wx-config''' for the '''WinRelease''' must have the parameter: '''--host=i586-mingw32msvc''' included and should have the parameter '''--static''' set also.<br />
-:Until now I haven't been able to make a cross-compiled program run on MS Windows if I did not use the static libraries.
+:Until now I haven't been able to make a cross-compiled program run on MS Windows with wxWidgets dll's compiled on MS Windows, so I prefer using the static libraries.
 * The line in '''Linker Settings -> Other options''' should look like that:

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   file bin/WinRelease/test.exe
   bin/WinRelease/test.exe: MS-DOS executable PE  for MS Windows (GUI) Intel 80386 32-bit
-If you want to run it on MS Windows you need '''mingwm10.dll''' if you linked the wxWidgets dll's statically or you have to make sure the appropriate dll's exist on the target system in the same directory or at any other place in the search path.<br />
+If you want to run it on MS Windows you need '''mingwm10.dll''' for statically linked executables or you have to make sure the appropriate dll's exist on the target system.<br />
-I think the most secure way is to ditribute them in the executables directory to make sure they don't interfere with existing wxWidgets dll's.
+In any case the needed dll's have to be in the same directory or at any other place in the search path.<br />
-It's part of the '''mingw32-runtime'''-package and can be found (gzipped) in '''/usr/share/doc/mingw32-runtime/''' (at least on debian systems).
+'''mingwm10.dll''' is part of the '''mingw32-runtime'''-package and can be found (gzipped) in '''/usr/share/doc/mingw32-runtime/''' (at least on debian systems).
 You can create console-projects in a similar way  without using '''wx-config''' of course.

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   ./configure prefix=/usr/i586-mingw32msvc --host=i586-mingw32msvc --enable-unicode --build=`./config.guess` --disable-shared
 The prefix depends on your MinGW32 installation, either does the host. The other switches can be changed as you prefer it, with oine exception (at the moment):<br />
-I wasn't able to build any application with the shared version of wxWidgets and to run it on MS WIndows with the native dll's. It only works if it is statically linked or you distribute the needed dll's that can be found in /usr/i586-mingw32msvc/lib/.
+I wasn't able to build any application with the shared version of wxWidgets and to run it on MS WIndows with the native dll's. It only works if it is statically linked or you distribute the needed dll's that can be found in '''/usr/i586-mingw32msvc/lib/''' and put them into the executables directory. Putting them into the search path might interfere with existing wxWidgets dll's on windows.
 You can see the available switches with