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authorRon Yorston <rmy@pobox.com>2024-02-23 09:08:48 +0000
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3Things may work for you, or may not. Things may never work because of huge differences between Linux and Windows. Or things may work in future, if you report the problem on [GitHub](https://github.com/rmyorston/busybox-w32) or [GitLab](https://gitlab.com/rmyorston/busybox-w32). If you don't have an account on one of those or you'd prefer to communicate privately you can email [rmy@pobox.com](mailto:rmy@pobox.com). 3Things may work for you, or may not. Things may never work because of huge differences between Linux and Windows. Or things may work in future, if you report the problem on [GitHub](https://github.com/rmyorston/busybox-w32) or [GitLab](https://gitlab.com/rmyorston/busybox-w32). If you don't have an account on one of those or you'd prefer to communicate privately you can email [rmy@pobox.com](mailto:rmy@pobox.com).
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5Additional information and downloads of precompiled binaries are available from [frippery.org](https://frippery.org/busybox). 5Additional information is available from the [BusyBox for Windows](https://frippery.org/busybox/index.html) web page. In particular:
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7- There are [downloads](https://frippery.org/busybox/index.html#downloads) of precompiled binaries for i686, x86_64 and aarch64.
8- Release notes for the [current](https://frippery.org/busybox/release-notes/current.html) and [previous](https://frippery.org/busybox/release-notes/index.html) releases are available.
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7### Building 10### Building
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9You need a MinGW compiler and a POSIX environment. I cross-compile on Linux. On Fedora the following should pull in everything required: 12You need a MinGW toolchain and a POSIX environment. I cross-compile on Linux. On Fedora the following should pull in everything required:
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11`dnf install gcc make ncurses-devel perl-Pod-Html` 14`dnf install gcc make ncurses-devel perl-Pod-Html`
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21Then just `make`. 24Then just `make`.
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26See the [Building busybox-w32](https://frippery.org/busybox/build.html) web page for additional information.
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23### Hints 28### Hints
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25 - Use forward slashes in paths: Windows doesn't mind and the shell will be happier. 30 - Use forward slashes in paths: Windows doesn't mind and the shell will be happier.