Building qgc for windows target from linux

QGroundControl Development
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Hello everyone,
I would like to know if we already have a docker image to build QGC for windows target from linux.
If not, in your opinion, would it be easy to do?
Thank you

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I’m confused. Is that generally done? Usually docker is used to provide a simple Linux environment but not a Windows environment.

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Thanks for replying, I understand what you say.
But technically speaking we can have a mingw-based build environment on linux host that provides cross-compilation for windows target. I used to work on linux but often have to compile qgc for windows. I’m currently doing this using a remote windows machine via rdp and would like to avoid installing a windows virtual machine or dual boot on my laptop. By doing this I can even use the same CI/CD windows build environment locally on my linux laptop. I’m just curious how much effort it takes to compile qgc using mingw on linux host.
Thanks

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My experience with MingW and similar tools was that it was painful and absolutely not worth the effort. But if you succeed, make sure to contribute it back :wink: .