(C++) How to cross-compile a Qt Creator project from Ubuntu to a windows executable: example 10: any application, use of MinGW

 

This is example 10, and perhaps a viable solutions of answering the Qt FAQ How to cross-compile a Qt Creator project from Ubuntu to a windows executable?, which follows [1,2].

 

Because [2] is about cross-compiling under Windows, this approach does not seem applicable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

References

 

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MinGW\

   It is also possible to cross-compile Windows applications with MinGW-GCC under POSIX systems. This means that developers do not need a Windows installation with MSYS to compile software that will run on Windows without Cygwin.

2. http://www.mingw.org/wiki/HostedCrossCompilerHOWTO\

   To compile and link executables for an embedded target under windows you require a cross compiler for your required processor.