distribution. Therefore, this howto deals with cross-compiling tinc with MinGW
under Linux on a Debian distribution.
+The result is a 32-bit executable. If you want to create a 64-bit executable,
+have a look at the [[64-bit cross-compilation example|examples/cross-compiling-64-bit-windows-binary]].
+
### Overview
The idea is simple:
> sudo apt-get install mingw32 wine git-core
> sudo apt-get build-dep tinc
+Other Linux distributions may also have MinGW packages, use their respective
+package management tools to install them. Debian installs the cross-compiler
+in `/usr/i586-mingw32msvc/`. Other distributions might install it in another
+directory however, for example `/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/`. Check in which directory
+it is installed, and replace all occurences of `i586-mingw32msvc` in this
+example with the correct name from your distribution.
+
### Setting up the build directory and getting the sources
We will create a directory called `mingw/` in the home directory. We use