How do I get mingw-w64 operational?

[Simson Garfinkel]

Wow, this is really great info. Any chance of putting it on the wiki? would
have saved me about two hours of stumbling around.

Thanks!
On Jul 9, 2011 10:40 AM, "Erik van Pienbroek" <erik at vanpienbroek.nl> wrote:
> Simson Garfinkel schreef op za 09-07-2011 om 07:01 [-0400]:
>> Hi. I have a few "newbie" questions. I've been using mingw32 to
cross-compile Windows apps from Linux. One of my users requests 64-bit
binaries and I've been unable to get it to work.
>>
>> 1. Is there a repo that contains RPMs for mingw-w64 to allow me to use
the cross-compiler under Fedora FC15? (or FC14?) I have spent significant
time on this, but only the 32-bit compilers get installed. Am I missing
something obvious? Do I just need to compile from sources? If so, is there
documentation on how to do that?
>>
>> 2. Once I get it installed, what's the "--host=" option that I provide to
configure scripts to make it produce 64-bit .exes?
>>
>> 3. What's the difference between amd64 and i586?
>>
>> Thanks!
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> Hi,
>
> There is currently a testing repository available around which contains
> packages for mingw32, mingw64 and darwinx. We're currently trying to get
> the mingw32 and mingw64 packages merged back to Fedora, but it's
> currently stalled due to legal issues. So if you want to build win64
> binaries then you have to install packages from the testing repository.
> More details about this repository and installation instructies can be
> found at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MinGW/CrossCompilerFramework
> More information about this repository can also be found in the archives
> of this mailing list.
>
> Once you have the repository configured you can install all win64
> packages you need for your project using yum (all win64 packages have
> the prefix 'mingw64-').
>
> With this set of packages you can also use scripts like
> mingw64-configure to get your package built for win64.
>
> The amd64 and i586 are names of architectures. In the Fedora world,
> these names aren't used. For both native as cross-compiled applications
> we use the architectures x86_64 and i686. The architectures i586/i686
> are 32bit targets and the architectures amd64/x86_64 are 64bit targets.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Erik van Pienbroek
>
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