gxui UI Library - Can windows executables be cross-compiled from Linux ?

<p><a href="https://github.com/google/gxui">gxui</a> is an experimental Go cross platform UI library. <a href="http://imgur.com/a/koRfs">Imgur Album</a> to see some screenshots from some of the package samples.</p> <p>My question is : is it possible to cross-compile windows executables from Linux, for such a package with dependencies, etc .. ?</p> <hr/>**评论：**<br/><br/>slimsag: <pre><p>You would need a cross compiler (mingw) plus all the required dependencies installed on your system. It&#39;s do-able, just not easy in any way/shape/form.</p> <p>I would suggest building on a windows box directly, or spawning up a VM and building from there.</p></pre>locaml: <pre><p>ok, thanksa lot !</p></pre>mmtiller: <pre><p>I wrote up my experiences recently on this front. You can find them here. Bottom line is...yes, it is possible (including packages that use CGO):</p> <p><a href="https://groups.google.com/d/msg/golang-nuts/AlQvxD7wv30/dNNDUuSyTgoJ" rel="nofollow">https://groups.google.com/d/msg/golang-nuts/AlQvxD7wv30/dNNDUuSyTgoJ</a></p> <p>Note that I would not call this a simple or permanent solution.</p></pre>locaml: <pre><p>thanks, I&#39;ll have a look</p></pre>DongerDave: <pre><p>There&#39;s an incredibly simple way.</p> <pre><code>docker run -v my_go_path:/go -e GOOS=windows golang:cross go build -v github.com/user/package </code></pre> <p>And that&#39;s it. Really that easy. And yes, I&#39;ve done this and it works great :)</p> <p>Also, useful article if you want to live on the bleeding edge: <a href="http://dave.cheney.net/2015/03/03/cross-compilation-just-got-a-whole-lot-better-in-go-1-5" rel="nofollow">http://dave.cheney.net/2015/03/03/cross-compilation-just-got-a-whole-lot-better-in-go-1-5</a></p></pre>slimsag: <pre><p>This won&#39;t work for any CGO packages (gxui); from said article:</p> <blockquote> <p>Out of scope</p> <p>Cross compilation while linking to libraries via cgo is the holy grail for some. &gt; Sadly the changes mentioned above do not change the situation with respect to cgo. In fact you may still need to rebuild your Go installation in the traditional way to pass environment variables like CC_FOR_TARGET. Please try it out.</p> </blockquote></pre>