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Example CMake Cross Compile Linux-to-Windows with Boost

On Ubuntu 14.04

#####First, install MinGW for cross compiling

• apt-get install mingw-w64

#####Then add boost to MinGW

• Credit to http://dev.pawelsz.eu/2013/12/cross-compiling-from-linux-x64-to.html

  • I used Boost 1.61.0

• download and extract the boost dist

• cp tools/build/example/user-config.jam $HOME

• echo "using gcc : 4.8.2 : i686-w64-mingw32-g++ ;" >> $HOME/user-config.jam

• Configure and prepare build:

  ./bootstrap.sh mingw \
      toolset=gcc-mingw \
      target-os=windows \
      address-model=32 \
      link=shared,static \
      threading=multi \
      threadapi=win32 \
      --prefix=/usr/i686-w64-mingw32
  

• Build and install

  ./b2 install \
      toolset=gcc-mingw \
      target-os=windows \
      address-model=32 \
      link=shared,static \
      threading=multi \
      threadapi=win32 \
      --prefix=/usr/i686-w64-mingw32 \
      --layout=system release
  

At this point you should have a functional cross-compile environment with Boost support.