cross compile mono for windows.

on ubuntu

 

prerequisities:

 

1 build-essential

2 autoconf

3 libtool

4 gettext

5 gcc-mingw32

 

download the latest source package.

 

and run

 

./build-mingw32.sh -d /usr/i586-mingw32msvc -m i586-mingw32msvc

 

done.

 

 

compiling mono on windows is painful. The easiest way is to compile it on Linux for windows. 

If we don't have a linux at hand, simply download a virtualbox,install it and get your jod done there.

 

forget about cygwin..

 

ubuntu is a great tool for development..easy to get all dependencies.