Porting Linux to windows.

ranish · 03-24-2009, 05:08 AM

Hi.. all...

i am new to this forum...

i have one simple query...
which is the easiest way to port a linux program in cpp to windows.
its console based program.. which is using pthreads and all..

Need to re-write those parts completely or better to use cross compilers like Qt or wxWidgets???

whis is the easiest???

Please reply...

reptiler · 03-24-2009, 05:32 AM

Just as a note: QT or wxWidgets are not cross-compilers, they are libraries which are available on both platforms.
As you are saying that it's a command-line-application those libraries will not be much use to you as they are used to create GUIs.

Hko · 03-24-2009, 06:48 AM

Never tried it myself, but this may do it for you:
http://www.mingw.org/

(Ubuntu/Debian package: "mingw32")

Biddle · 03-24-2009, 07:48 AM

Threads are an issue which can be handled in a couple of ways.
Reinvent the wheel by creating platform specific adapter classes.
Use boost.
Use win32-pthreads.
As you do not really mention anything besides threads and gui, which you already know the cross platform libraries, there is little else I can suggest besides trying to use cygwin (or alternatives) to compile on windows.

sundialsvcs · 03-24-2009, 12:27 PM

Short answer: research. As in, study the source-code carefully, identify what it requires and how it now interfaces with the operating-system. Then, start mapping those requirements one by one to other targets.