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[DarkLordoftheMonkeys]

I'm figuring out how to compiler C code with GCC. I got it to compile a simple Unix executable that runs on my computer. Is there a way to get GCC to compile programs that can be ported to different computers, and don't only work on your own machine? I want to know this because I would like to develop open source software, and make projects that I'm working on (or contributing to) available on the internet.

[Guest]

I'm not sure what your asking, but I will try to help.
GCC can't produce one single executable that will run on many different operating systems. If you compile something for Linux, it will not run on Windows. If you want to compile Windows executables under GNU/Linux, I think it can be done (maybe with mingw), but I have not done it before.

[Feral]

To add to what Guest said, if you want to give you program to someone else to run then you have to make sure that you include any files that that the program relizes on are sent along with it such as .dlls' or .os files that are required to run the program.

[WingedPanther]

I believe it's possible to compile for a different platform, but I'm not sure how, exactly, you go about it.

[TkTech]

Yes, GCC can compile executables for other architectures, and some platforms, but it cannot target windows. See this to learn how to make a cross compiler.

To compile for windows, you can install wine and install mingw inside wine. Then you need to set:

• 'cc' to the path of the mingw gcc
  
• 'cxx' to the path of the mingw g++
  
• 'as' to the path of the mingw as (this is the assembler)
  
• 'ld' to the path of the mingw ld (this is the linker)