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authorRon Yorston <rmy@pobox.com>2020-05-27 10:06:20 +0100
committerRon Yorston <rmy@pobox.com>2020-05-27 10:06:20 +0100
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5### Building 5### Building
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7You need a MinGW compiler and a POSIX environment (so that `make menuconfig` works). I cross-compile on Linux. On Fedora installing `mingw32-gcc` and `mingw32-windows-default-manifest` (32-bit build) or `mingw64-gcc` and `mingw64-windows-default-manifest` (64-bit build) will pull in everything needed. 7You need a MinGW compiler and a POSIX environment. I cross-compile on Linux. On Fedora the following should pull in everything required:
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9`dnf install gcc make ncurses-devel perl-Pod-Html`
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11`dnf install mingw32-gcc mingw32-windows-default-manifest` (for a 32-bit build)
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13`dnf install mingw64-gcc mingw64-windows-default-manifest` (for a 64-bit build)
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9To start, run `make mingw32_defconfig` or `make mingw64_defconfig`. You can then customize your build with `make menuconfig` or by editing `.config`, if you know what you're doing. 15To start, run `make mingw32_defconfig` or `make mingw64_defconfig`. You can then customize your build with `make menuconfig` or by editing `.config`, if you know what you're doing.
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