[polymath]

I am just starting to try Code::Blocks after using Dev-C++ and MSVC++, and I was wondering if I can set Code::Blocks to build for a platform other than that which I am using (WinXP), since my friend uses ubuntu all the time and I wanted to share my finished projects with him. Any help is appreciated.

[Amadeus]

The problem is not so much that Code::Blocks cannot be used for linux platforms (it can), but in the fact that the projects created on a windows system end up as an exe file. exe files will not run natively on linux, but you can use something like Wine to run it.

You can certainly write code using code::Blocks (or any IDE) that will run on Linux - you just have to adhere to standards and avoid platform dependencies. you'd also have to recompile the code in question on the linux platform.

[polymath]

So I cannot compile directly on windows for linux, but if i download a second port of an IDE for Linux on a dual boot or sommat then I can compile for both (I just have to compile, restart, and compile again)? I'm not great with platform stuff...

[gabehabe]

The way that I make gpe files for my GP2X is to compile them into an exe, and then run that exe through a converter, using different linker settings to make that exe into a gpe.

Screwed if I know how it works though...

Edit:
All I know is it runs stuff like -lgp2x as linker settings.

[Amadeus]

@polymath: Correct, although you may not need to download another IDE. Most linux systems inherently have the gcc compiler on them for use, and since you would have already done all the design on the windows system, you'd probably only need to compile and run on linux.

Of course, the other option is to use something like Wine to run the executable from Windows directly.

[MorphiusFaydal]

If you look around on the Code::Blocks forums, there's a couple threads over there about how to set up cross-compiling... Not sure if you can do it on a Windows box, because I think they were setting up a new build of GCC on a linux box to compile for ARM or something like that...

[gabehabe]

I'll look into it and see if I can tweak the settings a little tomorrow, the GP2X runs on a port of Linux anyway.

But I work with Dev-CPP when I'm making gpe programs.

Anyway, I'll keep you posted.

[gabehabe]

OK, I've found a detailed tutorial:

http://forums.codebl...hp?topic=3343.0

It's even on the Code::Blocks website

Good luck!

Edit:Crap, I retract that. It's for compiling Windows programs under Linux.

Another edit: Try this:
http://metamod-p.sou....for.linux.html