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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
The MXE project (https://mxe.cc) provides an easy way to set up a MinGW-w64 based cross-compiling toolchain with a set of special Makefiles. This allows us to build for Windows using Linux or | The MXE project (https://mxe.cc) provides an easy way to set up a MinGW-w64 based cross-compiling toolchain with a set of special Makefiles. This allows us to build for Windows using GNU/Linux, FreeBSD or macOS as host systems with a high level of automation. Starting with ScummVM 2.1.0, this is the preferred way to provide release builds for the project. | ||
== Installing MXE == | == Installing MXE == | ||
Before setting up the MXE toolchain and the necessary libraries, you have to make sure your system has all the required packages installed that are needed for compiling the toolchain itself. | Before setting up the MXE toolchain and the necessary libraries, you have to make sure your system has all the required packages installed that are needed for compiling the toolchain itself. At https://mxe.cc/#requirements, MXE provides a list of the required tools/libraries with their corresponding package names for various GNU/Linux distributions. In case the distribution is not listed there, you have to do some manual research in your distribution's repositories. | ||
== Compiling ScummVM == | == Compiling ScummVM == | ||