Recent changes to Build executable setup for Windows on Linux

Build executable setup for Windows on Linux modified by Dirk Krause

Dirk Krause — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 21:39:51 -0000

--- v8
+++ v9
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 

-#  Build executable setup for Windows on Debian 13 (Trixie)
+#  Build executable setup for Windows on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

 ## Simple procedure on Debian

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@

 ~~~shell
 cd ~/Downloads
-tar xzf dktools-4.39.1.tar.gz
+tar xzf dktools-4.40.0.tar.gz
 ~~~

 ###    Prepare to build
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 As **root** install the developer packages required:

 ~~~shell
-cd ~user/Downloads/dktools-4.39.1
+cd ~user/Downloads/dktools-4.40.0
 scripts/debian/mingw64-prepare
 ~~~

@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@
 As **unprivileged user** run:

 ~~~shell
-cd ~user/Downloads/dktools-4.39.1
+cd ~user/Downloads/dktools-4.40.0
 scripts/debian/mingw64-build
 ~~~

-You should end up with a file dktools-4.39.1-WINDOWS-10-mingw64-nsis.exe and a file dktools-4.39.1-mingw64.zip in the parent of the current directory.
+You should end up with a file dktools-4.40.0-WINDOWS-10-mingw64-nsis.exe and a file dktools-4.40.0-mingw64.zip in the parent of the current directory.

 ## Simple procedure on Fedora

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@

 ~~~shell
 cd ~/Downloads
-tar xzf dktools-4.39.1.tar.gz
+tar xzf dktools-4.40.0.tar.gz
 ~~~

 ###    Prepare to build
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 As **root** install the developer packages required:

 ~~~shell
-cd ~user/Downloads/dktools-4.39.1
+cd ~user/Downloads/dktools-4.40.0
 scripts/fedora/mingw64-prepare
 ~~~

@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@
 As **unprivileged user** run:

 ~~~shell
-cd ~user/Downloads/dktools-4.39.1
+cd ~user/Downloads/dktools-4.40.0
 scripts/fedora/mingw64-build
 ~~~

-You should end up with a file dktools-4.39.1-WINDOWS-10-mingw64-nsis.exe and a file dktools-4.39.1-mingw64.zip in the parent of the current directory.
+You should end up with a file dktools-4.40.0-WINDOWS-10-mingw64-nsis.exe and a file dktools-4.40.0-mingw64.zip in the parent of the current directory.

 ## Used directories and files

@@ -84,15 +84,15 @@


 * ~user/Downloads/dktools-dep
is used to store the source archives of required libraries.

-* ${DIR}/dktools-4.39.1-depsrc
contains the unpacked source archives of the required libraries.
+* ${DIR}/dktools-4.40.0-depsrc
contains the unpacked source archives of the required libraries.

-* ${DIR}/dktools-4.39.1-mingw
is the build root.
+* ${DIR}/dktools-4.40.0-mingw
is the build root.

-* ${DIR}/dktools-4.39.1-mingw.zip
is an archive containing the software but no installation routine.
+* ${DIR}/dktools-4.40.0-mingw.zip
is an archive containing the software but no installation routine.

-* ${DIR}/dktools-4.39.1.nsi
is the nsis control file to build the installer.
+* ${DIR}/dktools-4.40.0.nsi
is the nsis control file to build the installer.

-* ${DIR}/dktools-4.39.1-WINDOWS-version-mingw64-nsis.exe
is the executable installer.
+* ${DIR}/dktools-4.40.0-WINDOWS-version-mingw64-nsis.exe
is the executable installer.

 ## Process optimization

Build executable setup for Windows on Linux modified by Dirk Krause

Dirk Krause — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 17:23:34 -0000

--- v7
+++ v8
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 

-#  Build executable setup for Windows on Debian 12 (Bookworm)
+#  Build executable setup for Windows on Debian 13 (Trixie)

 ## Simple procedure on Debian

Build executable setup for Windows on Linux modified by Dirk Krause

Dirk Krause — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 17:22:53 -0000

--- v6
+++ v7
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@

 ~~~shell
 cd ~/Downloads
-tar xzf dktools-4.39.0.tar.gz
+tar xzf dktools-4.39.1.tar.gz
 ~~~

 ###    Prepare to build
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 As **root** install the developer packages required:

 ~~~shell
-cd ~user/Downloads/dktools-4.39.0
+cd ~user/Downloads/dktools-4.39.1
 scripts/debian/mingw64-prepare
 ~~~

@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@
 As **unprivileged user** run:

 ~~~shell
-cd ~user/Downloads/dktools-4.39.0
+cd ~user/Downloads/dktools-4.39.1
 scripts/debian/mingw64-build
 ~~~

-You should end up with a file dktools-4.39.0-WINDOWS-10-mingw64-nsis.exe and a file dktools-4.39.0-mingw64.zip in the parent of the current directory.
+You should end up with a file dktools-4.39.1-WINDOWS-10-mingw64-nsis.exe and a file dktools-4.39.1-mingw64.zip in the parent of the current directory.

 ## Simple procedure on Fedora

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@

 ~~~shell
 cd ~/Downloads
-tar xzf dktools-4.39.0.tar.gz
+tar xzf dktools-4.39.1.tar.gz
 ~~~

 ###    Prepare to build
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 As **root** install the developer packages required:

 ~~~shell
-cd ~user/Downloads/dktools-4.39.0
+cd ~user/Downloads/dktools-4.39.1
 scripts/fedora/mingw64-prepare
 ~~~

@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@
 As **unprivileged user** run:

 ~~~shell
-cd ~user/Downloads/dktools-4.39.0
+cd ~user/Downloads/dktools-4.39.1
 scripts/fedora/mingw64-build
 ~~~

-You should end up with a file dktools-4.39.0-WINDOWS-10-mingw64-nsis.exe and a file dktools-4.39.0-mingw64.zip in the parent of the current directory.
+You should end up with a file dktools-4.39.1-WINDOWS-10-mingw64-nsis.exe and a file dktools-4.39.1-mingw64.zip in the parent of the current directory.

 ## Used directories and files

@@ -84,15 +84,15 @@

 * ~user/Downloads/dktools-dep
is used to store the source archives of required libraries.

-* ${DIR}/dktools-4.39.0-depsrc
contains the unpacked source archives of the required libraries.
+* ${DIR}/dktools-4.39.1-depsrc
contains the unpacked source archives of the required libraries.

-* ${DIR}/dktools-4.39.0-mingw
is the build root.
+* ${DIR}/dktools-4.39.1-mingw
is the build root.

-* ${DIR}/dktools-4.39.0-mingw.zip
is an archive containing the software but no installation routine.
+* ${DIR}/dktools-4.39.1-mingw.zip
is an archive containing the software but no installation routine.

-* ${DIR}/dktools-4.39.0.nsi
is the nsis control file to build the installer.
+* ${DIR}/dktools-4.39.1.nsi
is the nsis control file to build the installer.

-* ${DIR}/dktools-4.39.0-WINDOWS-version-mingw64-nsis.exe
is the executable installer.
+* ${DIR}/dktools-4.39.1-WINDOWS-version-mingw64-nsis.exe
is the executable installer.

 ## Process optimization

Build executable setup for Windows on Linux modified by Dirk Krause

Dirk Krause — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 19:50:36 -0000

--- v5
+++ v6
@@ -9,23 +9,19 @@
 
 

-[TOC]
+#  Build executable setup for Windows on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

-#  Build executable setup for Windows on Linux
-
-## Simple procedure on Debian 12 (Bookworm)
+## Simple procedure on Debian

 ###    Download and unpack source archive

-
 [[download_button]]
-

 As **unprivileged user** download the \*.tar.gz file and unpack it:

 ~~~shell
 cd ~/Downloads
-tar xzf dktools-4.38.0.tar.gz
+tar xzf dktools-4.39.0.tar.gz
 ~~~

 ###    Prepare to build
@@ -33,8 +29,8 @@
 As **root** install the developer packages required:

 ~~~shell
-cd ~user/Downloads/dktools-4.38.0
-scripts/debian-prepare-mingw64
+cd ~user/Downloads/dktools-4.39.0
+scripts/debian/mingw64-prepare
 ~~~

 ###    Build packages
@@ -42,25 +38,23 @@
 As **unprivileged user** run:

 ~~~shell
-cd ~user/Downloads/dktools-4.38.0
-scripts/debian-build-mingw64
+cd ~user/Downloads/dktools-4.39.0
+scripts/debian/mingw64-build
 ~~~

-You should end up with a file dktools-4.38.0-WINDOWS-10-mingw64-nsis.exe and a file dktools-4.38.0-mingw64.zip in the parent of the current directory.
+You should end up with a file dktools-4.39.0-WINDOWS-10-mingw64-nsis.exe and a file dktools-4.39.0-mingw64.zip in the parent of the current directory.

-## Simple procedure on Fedora 41
+## Simple procedure on Fedora

 ###    Download and unpack source archive

-
 [[download_button]]
-

 As **unprivileged user** download the \*.tar.gz file and unpack it:

 ~~~shell
 cd ~/Downloads
-tar xzf dktools-4.38.0.tar.gz
+tar xzf dktools-4.39.0.tar.gz
 ~~~

 ###    Prepare to build
@@ -68,8 +62,8 @@
 As **root** install the developer packages required:

 ~~~shell
-cd ~user/Downloads/dktools-4.38.0
-scripts/fedora41-prepare-mingw64
+cd ~user/Downloads/dktools-4.39.0
+scripts/fedora/mingw64-prepare
 ~~~

 ###    Build packages
@@ -77,11 +71,11 @@
 As **unprivileged user** run:

 ~~~shell
-cd ~user/Downloads/dktools-4.38.0
-scripts/fedora41-build-mingw64
+cd ~user/Downloads/dktools-4.39.0
+scripts/fedora/mingw64-build
 ~~~

-You should end up with a file dktools-4.38.0-WINDOWS-10-mingw64-nsis.exe and a file dktools-4.38.0-mingw64.zip in the parent of the current directory.
+You should end up with a file dktools-4.39.0-WINDOWS-10-mingw64-nsis.exe and a file dktools-4.39.0-mingw64.zip in the parent of the current directory.

 ## Used directories and files

@@ -90,15 +84,15 @@

 * ~user/Downloads/dktools-dep
is used to store the source archives of required libraries.

-* ${DIR}/dktools-4.38.0-depsrc
contains the unpacked source archives of the required libraries.
+* ${DIR}/dktools-4.39.0-depsrc
contains the unpacked source archives of the required libraries.

-* ${DIR}/dktools-4.38.0-mingw
is the build root.
+* ${DIR}/dktools-4.39.0-mingw
is the build root.

-* ${DIR}/dktools-4.38.0-mingw.zip
is an archive containing the software but no installation routine.
+* ${DIR}/dktools-4.39.0-mingw.zip
is an archive containing the software but no installation routine.

-* ${DIR}/dktools-4.38.0.nsi
is the nsis control file to build the installer.
+* ${DIR}/dktools-4.39.0.nsi
is the nsis control file to build the installer.

-* ${DIR}/dktools-4.38.0-WINDOWS-version-mingw64-nsis.exe
is the executable installer.
+* ${DIR}/dktools-4.39.0-WINDOWS-version-mingw64-nsis.exe
is the executable installer.

 ## Process optimization

Build executable setup for Windows on Linux modified by Dirk Krause

Dirk Krause — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:05:10 -0000

--- v4
+++ v5
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@

 ###    Download and unpack source archive

+
 [[download_button]]
+

 As **unprivileged user** download the \*.tar.gz file and unpack it:

@@ -50,7 +52,9 @@

 ###    Download and unpack source archive

+
 [[download_button]]
+

 As **unprivileged user** download the \*.tar.gz file and unpack it:

Build executable setup for Windows on Linux modified by Dirk Krause

Dirk Krause — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:04:10 -0000

Build executable setup for Windows on Linux modified by Dirk Krause

Dirk Krause — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:16 -0000

Build executable setup for Windows on Linux modified by Dirk Krause

Dirk Krause — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:46:13 -0000

--- v1
+++ v2
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@
 
 

-#  Build executable setup for Windows on Debian 12 (Bookworm)
+[TOC]

-## Simple procedure on Debian
+#  Build executable setup for Windows on Linux
+
+## Simple procedure on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

 ###    Download and unpack source archive

@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@

 You should end up with a file dktools-4.38.0-WINDOWS-10-mingw64-nsis.exe and a file dktools-4.38.0-mingw64.zip in the parent of the current directory.

-## Simple procedure on Fedora
+## Simple procedure on Fedora 41

 ###    Download and unpack source archive

Build executable setup for Windows on Linux modified by Dirk Krause

Dirk Krause — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:44:39 -0000

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Simple procedure on Debian

Download and unpack source archive

As unprivileged user download the *.tar.gz file and unpack it:

cd ~/Downloads
tar xzf dktools-4.38.0.tar.gz

Prepare to build

As root install the developer packages required:

cd ~user/Downloads/dktools-4.38.0
scripts/debian-prepare-mingw64

Build packages

As unprivileged user run:

cd ~user/Downloads/dktools-4.38.0
scripts/debian-build-mingw64

You should end up with a file dktools-4.38.0-WINDOWS-10-mingw64-nsis.exe and a file dktools-4.38.0-mingw64.zip in the parent of the current directory.

Simple procedure on Fedora

Download and unpack source archive

As unprivileged user download the *.tar.gz file and unpack it:

cd ~/Downloads
tar xzf dktools-4.38.0.tar.gz

Prepare to build

As root install the developer packages required:

cd ~user/Downloads/dktools-4.38.0
scripts/fedora41-prepare-mingw64

Build packages

As unprivileged user run:

cd ~user/Downloads/dktools-4.38.0
scripts/fedora41-build-mingw64

You should end up with a file dktools-4.38.0-WINDOWS-10-mingw64-nsis.exe and a file dktools-4.38.0-mingw64.zip in the parent of the current directory.

Used directories and files

We refer to the parent directory of the unpacked archive as “DIR”.
In our simple example this was the “~user/Downloads” directory.

~user/Downloads/dktools-dep
is used to store the source archives of required libraries.
${DIR}/dktools-4.38.0-depsrc
contains the unpacked source archives of the required libraries.
${DIR}/dktools-4.38.0-mingw
is the build root.
${DIR}/dktools-4.38.0-mingw.zip
is an archive containing the software but no installation routine.
${DIR}/dktools-4.38.0.nsi
is the nsis control file to build the installer.
${DIR}/dktools-4.38.0-WINDOWS-version-mingw64-nsis.exe
is the executable installer.

Process optimization

A lot of I/O activity happens in the ${DIR} directory during the build process. If there is enough RAM in your computer, I suggest to build a RAM disk (4 GB should be sufficient), mount it as “/media/ramdisk” and use that directory as ${DIR}.

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