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@setfilename Building.mingw.info
@include base/article.texi
@include building/command.texi
@paragraphindent none

@set BG-platform @value{OS-mingw}
@c %**end of header

@majorheading Guide to Building @value{HB-title} on @value{BG-platform}
@contents
@sp 1
@include building/chapter.introduction.texi

@c %**-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@anchor{prerequisites}
@chapter Prerequisites
The following are the recommended specifications for building on @value{OS-mingw}; but is not necessarily the only configuration that is possible:

@itemize @bullet
@item Intel 64-bit hardware
@item @value{OS-mingw} on Fedora 20+, Ubuntu 14+ or Debian 7+ using gcc 4.7+
@item Official MinGW-w64 builds are recommended over those provided by distributions.
@item yasm 1.3.x 
@end itemize

@include building/prerequisites.bundled.texi

@quotation Note
You must set the --cross flag with configure to cross compile with windows.
See the Example below. Note that the cross compiler name varies between distributions.

The following is an example:
@end quotation

@example
../configure --cross=x86_64-w64-mingw32
@end example

@include building/prerequisites.common.texi

@c %**-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@include building/chapter.quickstart.texi

@anchor{overview}
@chapter Overview
@value{OS-mingw} builds are performed from a @b{terminal}. There is no support for building from any IDEs.

@c %**-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@include building/chapter.via.terminal.texi
@include building/chapter.troubleshooting.texi
@include building/appendix.repo.texi