Qt FAQ about how to cross compile using Qt Creator under Linux to a Windows executable.
I use the approach of example 15: MXE most. See MXE for more information about MXE.
These examples can be viewed as approaches. Some approaches fail, two are successful, some are unexplored or abandoned.
Example 1: Hello World,
using i586-mingw32msvc-gcc
Example 2: Hello Qt, using
i586-mingw32msvc-gcc
Example 3: Hello Boost,
using i586-mingw32msvc-gcc
Example 4: any application, changing
makefile-
Example 5: any application, using Qt Creator -spec
approach
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Example 6: any application, using tweaked
Makefile
Example 7: any application, using universal
binaries
Example 8: any application, port to embedded linux
adaptation-
Example 9: any application, use of the moc
variable
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Example 10: any application, use of
MinGW
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Example 11: any application, use of
GCC
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Example 12: any application, use of
crosstool
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Example 13: any application, Bezemer
way
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Example 14: any application, NJH
approach
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Example 15: MXE
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Example 16: any application, use of
autotools
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Example 17: any application, use of
dpkg-cross
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Example 18: Hello World,
use of qmake argument '-spec win32-g++'
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Example 19: Hello World,
use of qmake argument '-spec cygwin-g++'
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Example 20: Hello World,
changing project file
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Example 21: Hello Boost, changing project
file
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Example 22: Hello Qt, changing project file
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Example 23: Hello World,
using MinGW build script
Instead of cross compiling, code can also be ported from Linux to Windows using the tool Cygwin: Cygwin offers a UNIX-like environment, where compiling leads to Windows executables.