[SOLVED] Unrecognized command line option ‘-mwindows’

Issue

I am trying to cross compile my hello world app on C from Ubuntu linux for Windows platform. So, to compile the app I am using this Makefile:

CC = g++
IDIR = -Iinclude
SRC = src
CFLAGS = -Wall -Wextra
LFLAGS = -mwindows

main.out: main.o
    $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(IDIR) $(LFLAGS) $^ -o $@ 

main.o: $(SRC)/main.c
    $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(IDIR) -c -o $@ $^ 

As the result of cmmand make -f windows.mk I have such error:

g++: error: unrecognized command line option ‘-mwindows’

I have already tried gcc and g++. Is there way to compile it without making my own crosscompiler?

Solution

To cross compile for windows you would need mingw-w64 or use i686-w64-mingw32-g++ sudo apt-get install mingw-w64
For more info : https://arrayfire.com/cross-compile-to-windows-from-linux/

Answered By - Altaf

Answer Checked By - Marilyn (WPSolving Volunteer)