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From: Bob Tennent <rdtennent@tennent.ca>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: mingw on mint
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2023 14:48:15 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sun, 8 Oct 2023 12:52:15 -0000 (UTC), Bob Tennent wrote:
 > I need to build Windows binaries from a conventional source
 > tarball. I used to work in a RedHat environment and I recall
 > using specialized configure and make scripts from mingw
 > packages. But I'm now on Mint and I have no idea.
 >
 > Can anyone help?  What packages do I need?  Which scripts
 > do I use to configure and make?  

It seems the answers (from stackexchange) are gcc-mingw-w64
and ./configure --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32.

Bob T.