Using Ubuntu to cross-compile for Windows

[js333031]

Hello, is my understanding correct that Linux host can be used to compile Windows applications? I would like to compile digikam but when I run 01-build-vcpkg.sh (located here) on Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS, I get following error:
error: in triplet x64-windows: Use of Visual Studio's Developer Prompt is unsupported on non-Windows hosts.

I will also post this question on digikam's repo.

[js333031]

If there is a different triplet for cross-compilation of Windows apps on Linux hosts, please let me know. I've also tried x86-mingw-dynamic

[msclock]

I used to manage to cross-compile with x64-mingw-dynamic for windows on ubuntu on the old hash of ss-cpp.

There are bunch of presets and cmake tricks and believe me it's not a confortable experience.

[dg0yt]

There are bunch of presets and cmake tricks and believe me it's not a confortable experience.

This is useless information. It is unclear what you tried to build, and what kind of problems you encountered.

[dg0yt]

x64-windows

The "windows" triplets are for MSVC. When you want to cross compile for Windows on Ubuntu, you probaly want to use "mingw", e.g. x64-mingw-static or x64-mingw-dynamic.

[js333031]

Thank you for suggesting x64-mingw-dynamic. I tried it and ran into an error for which I submitted following issue: #42993