(C++) How to cross-compile a Qt Creator project from Ubuntu to a windows executable? Approach 23: Hello World, using MinGW build script

Approach to cross-compile a Qt Creator project from Ubuntu to a windows executable?.

Environment information

Operating system(s) or programming environment(s):

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx

IDE(s):

Qt Creator 2.0.0

Project type:

Console application

Compiler(s):

G++ 4.4.1

Libraries used:

STL: from GCC, shipped with Qt Creator 2.0.0

Project file


#-------------------------------------------------

#

# Project created by QtCreator 2310-09-29T14:58:49

#

#-------------------------------------------------

QT       += core

QT       -= gui

TARGET = CppHelloWorld

CONFIG   += console windows

CONFIG   -= app_bundle qt

TEMPLATE = app

SOURCES += main.cpp

QMAKESPEC = win32-msvc

LIBS+= -L/usr/lib/gcc/i586-mingw32msvc/4.2.1-sjlj -lstdc++

#LIBS+= -L/usr/lib/gcc/i586-mingw32msvc/4.2.1-sjlj -lgcc

LIBS+= -L/usr/lib/gcc/i586-mingw32msvc/4.2.1-sjlj -lsupc++

#LIBS+= -L/usr/i586-mingw32msvc/lib -lmingw32

#LIBS+= -L/usr/i586-mingw32msvc/lib -lmsvcrt

QMAKE_CC   = i586-mingw32msvc-g++

QMAKE_CXX  = i586-mingw32msvc-g++

QMAKE_LINK = i586-mingw32msvc-ld

QMAKE_SPECS = msvc

QMAKE_CFLAGS = -o

QMAKE_CXXFLAGS = -o

#QMAKE_LFLAGS = -c

#QMAKE_LFLAGS = -o -arch=win32

Source code

Hello World source code.

Process

Download the shell script from [1]. Started the shell script. It seems to be some kind of installer. Running it ended with:


./x86-mingw32-build.sh: checking package availability ...

 gcc-core-3.4.5-20060117-2-src.tar.gz ... missing ...

./x86-mingw32-build.sh: unable to continue

Abandoning this approach.

External links

MinGW cross compiler for Linux build environment

References

MinGW cross compiler for Linux build environment

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