(C++) MxeExample1

 

 

MXE example 1: Hello World is an MXE example to cross-compile a Hello World program from GNU/Linux to Windows.

 

• Download the Qt Creator project 'CppMxeExample1' (zip)

Technical facts

 

Operating system(s) or programming environment(s)

• Lubuntu 15.04 (vivid)

IDE(s):

• Qt Creator 3.1.1

Project type:

• Console application

C++ standard:

• C++98

Compiler(s):

• G++ 4.9.2

Libraries used:

• Qt: version 5.4.1 (32 bit)
• STL: GNU ISO C++ Library, version 4.9.2

 

 

 

 

 

Qt project file: ./CppMxeExample1/CppMxeExample1.pro

 

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exists(../../ConsoleApplication.pri) {   include(../../ConsoleApplication.pri) } !exists(../../ConsoleApplication.pri) {   QT       += core   QT       -= gui   CONFIG   += console   CONFIG   -= app_bundle   TEMPLATE = app } SOURCES += main.cpp

 

 

 

 

 

./CppMxeExample1/main.cpp

 

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#include <iostream> int main() {   std::cout << "Hello World\n"; } /* Output when calling 'crosscompiletowindows.sh': richel@richel-laptop:~/GitHubs/richelbilderbeek/ProjectRichelBilderbeek/Test/CppMxeExample1$ ./crosscompiletowindows.sh Displaying cross compiler version (if it is not found, set the path to YourFolder/mxe/usr/bin QMake version 3.0 Using Qt version 5.2.1 in /home/richel/GitHubs/richelbilderbeek/ProjectRichelBilderbeek/Libraries/mxe/usr/i686-pc-mingw32.static/qt5/lib Cleaning up rm: cannot remove ‘Makefile’: No such file or directory rm: cannot remove ‘Makefile.*’: No such file or directory rm: cannot remove ‘release’: No such file or directory rm: cannot remove ‘debug’: No such file or directory rm: cannot remove ‘ui_*.h’: No such file or directory rm: cannot remove ‘qrc_*.cpp’: No such file or directory rm: cannot remove ‘moc_*.cpp’: No such file or directory rm: cannot remove ‘object_script*.*’: No such file or directory rm: cannot remove ‘*.o’: No such file or directory rm: cannot remove ‘*_plugin_import.cpp’: No such file or directory Creating makefile Project MESSAGE: Console application, built for Windows Project MESSAGE: Console application, cross-compiling from Linux to Windows Project MESSAGE: Console application, built for Windows Project MESSAGE: Console application, cross-compiling from Linux to Windows Project MESSAGE: Console application, built for Windows Project MESSAGE: Console application, cross-compiling from Linux to Windows Start make make -f Makefile.Release make[1]: Entering directory `/home/richel/GitHubs/richelbilderbeek/ProjectRichelBilderbeek/Test/CppMxeExample1' i686-pc-mingw32.static-g++ -c -pipe -fno-keep-inline-dllexport -std=c++11 -Wall -Wextra -Weffc++ -O2 -frtti -Wall -Wextra -fexceptions -mthreads -DUNICODE -DNDEBUG -DNTRACE_BILDERBIKKEL -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_CORE_LIB -I. -I'../../Libraries/mxe/usr/i686-pc-mingw32.static/qt5/include' -I'../../Libraries/mxe/usr/i686-pc-mingw32.static/qt5/include/QtCore' -I'release' -I'../../Libraries/mxe/usr/i686-pc-mingw32.static/qt5/mkspecs/win32-g++' -o release/main.o main.cpp i686-pc-mingw32.static-g++ -Wl,-s -Wl,-subsystem,console -mthreads -o release/CppMxeExample1.exe release/main.o  -L/home/richel/GitHubs/richelbilderbeek/ProjectRichelBilderbeek/Libraries/mxe/usr/i686-pc-mingw32.static/qt5/lib -lQt5Core -lole32 -luuid -lws2_32 -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -luser32 -lkernel32 -lz -lsicuin -lsicuuc -lsicudt -lpcre16 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/richel/GitHubs/richelbilderbeek/ProjectRichelBilderbeek/Test/CppMxeExample1' CppMxeExample1.pro, : SUCCESS rm: cannot remove ‘ui_*.h’: No such file or directory rm: cannot remove ‘qrc_*.cpp’: No such file or directory rm: cannot remove ‘moc_*.cpp’: No such file or directory rm: cannot remove ‘object_script*.*’: No such file or directory rm: cannot remove ‘*.o’: No such file or directory rm: cannot remove ‘*_plugin_import.cpp’: No such file or directory richel@richel-laptop:~/GitHubs/richelbilderbeek/ProjectRichelBilderbeek/Test/CppMxeExample1$ */

 

 

 

 

 

./CppMxeExample1/crosscompiletowindows.sh

 

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#!/bin/sh #From http://richelbilderbeek.nl/CppMxe.htm #myqmake="i686-pc-mingw32.static-qmake-qt4" myqmake="i686-pc-mingw32.static-qmake-qt5" echo "Displaying cross compiler version (if it is not found, set the path to YourFolder/mxe/usr/bin" $myqmake -v for myprofile in `ls | egrep ".pro\>"` do   #echo $myprofile   mybasename=`echo $myprofile | sed "s/\.pro//"`   #echo "mybasename: "$mybasename   echo "Cleaning up"   rm Makefile   rm Makefile.*   rm -r release   rm -r debug   rm ui_*.h   rm qrc_*.cpp   rm moc_*.cpp   rm object_script*.*   rm *.o   rm *_plugin_import.cpp   rm *.exe #Also clean up the executable   echo "Creating makefile"   $myqmake $myprofile   if [ ! -e Makefile ]   then     echo "FAIL:"$myqmake", "$myprofile": FAIL (Makefile not found)"     continue   fi   echo "Start make"   make   if [ -e ./release/$mybasename".exe" ]   then     echo $myprofile", : SUCCESS"     if [ -e ./release/$mybasename".exe" ]     then       cp ./release/$mybasename".exe" .     fi   else     echo $myprofile", "$mytypestr": FAIL (executable not found)"   fi   #Cleaning up   rm Makefile   rm Makefile.*   rm -r release   rm -r debug   rm ui_*.h   rm qrc_*.cpp   rm moc_*.cpp   rm object_script*.*   rm *.o   rm *_plugin_import.cpp   #rm *.exe #Keep the executable done #next myprofile