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Chapter 15. The MinGW-w64 Toolchain

MinGW-w64-Binutils-2.45

Introduction to MinGW-w64-Binutils

MinGW-w64-Binutils is a collection of software that can change the state of Windows binaries or make them executable. These Binutils are specific to MinGW-w64, and using regular Binutils will not work for the proceeding packages.

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Note

This may take a while to build. Feel free to do something else while this is building.

Installation of MinGW-w64-Binutils

x86_64 MinGW-w64-Binutils

Install x86_64 MinGW-w64-Binutils by running the following commands: 

mkdir build-x86_64 &&
cd    build-x86_64 &&

../configure --prefix=/usr                                \
             --target=x86_64-w64-mingw32                  \
             --infodir=/usr/share/info/x86_64-w64-mingw32 \
             --disable-nls                                \
             --disable-werror &&

make

Now, as the root user: 

make   DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR install          &&
rm -v  DESTDIR/usr/lib/bfd-plugins/libdep.so &&
cp -Rv DESTDIR/usr/* /usr                    &&
rm -rf DESTDIR                               &&
cd ..

i686 MinGW-w64-Binutils

Install i686 MinGW-w64-Binutils by running the following commands: 

mkdir build-i686 &&
cd    build-i686 &&

../configure --prefix=/usr                              \
             --target=i686-w64-mingw32                  \
             --infodir=/usr/share/info/i686-w64-mingw32 \
             --disable-nls                              \
             --disable-werror &&

make

Now, as the root user: 

make   DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR install          &&
rm -v  DESTDIR/usr/lib/bfd-plugins/libdep.so &&
cp -Rv DESTDIR/usr/* /usr                    &&
rm -rf DESTDIR

Command Explanations

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Run ../configure --help for a full list of options.

--disable-nls: This option disables NLS support, disabling output diagnostics in languages other than American English. Omit --disable-nls and invoke --enable-nls to enable NLS support.

--disable-werror: This option makes it so warnings won't be considered errors.

--target=*: This option builds files for the architecture passed to it.

rm -v DESTDIR/usr/lib/bfd-plugins/libdep.so: This command removes an library that conflicts with the original library provided by the original compilation of Binutils.

Contents

Installed Programs: {i686,x86_64}-w64-mingw32-addr2line, {i686,x86_64}-w64-mingw32-c++filt, {i686,x86_64}-w64-mingw32-dllwrap, {i686,x86_64}-w64-mingw32-elfedit, {i686,x86_64}-w64-mingw32-gprof, {i686,x86_64}-w64-mingw32-size, {i686,x86_64}-w64-mingw32-strings, {i686,x86_64}-w64-mingw32-windmc, {i686,x86_64}-w64-mingw32-windres, ar, as, dlltool, ld, ld.bfd, nm, objcopy, ranlib, readelf, and strip (MinGW-w64 specific binaries besides formatting include: {i686,x86_64}-w64-mingw32-dllwrap, {i686,x86_64}-w64-mingw32-windmc, {i686,x86_64}-w64-mingw32-windres, and dlltool)
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/{i686,x86_64}-w64-mingw32/bin, /usr/{i686,x86_64}-w64-mingw32/lib/ldscripts, and /usr/share/info/{i686,x86_64}-w64-mingw32

Only binutils specific to MinGW-w64 will be explained. For the rest, see Binutils.

Short Descriptions

{i686,x86_64}-w64-mingw32-dllwrap

ancient tool for generating PE style DLLs

{i686,x86_64}-w64-mingw32-windmc

generates Windows message resources

{i686,x86_64}-w64-mingw32-windres

manipulates Windows resources

dlltool

creates files needed to build and use DLLs