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leafac / caxa

📦 Package Node.js applications into executable binaries 📦
https://npm.im/caxa
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Generate Linux binary from Windows #39

Closed tufik2 closed 2 years ago

tufik2 commented 2 years ago

Hi, nice job. I only have a question, is possible generate a Linux executable from Windows 10?

leafac commented 2 years ago

Hi @tufik2,

Thanks for the nice words and for reaching out.

I think that the best way to generate a Linux executable from Windows 10 is via the Windows Subsystem for Linux. In other words, you sidestep the issue by generating the Linux executable from Linux.

That said, if your project doesn’t use native extensions (things like SQLite, Sharp, and so forth), you may get away with just grabbing the Linux version of the Node executable, the Linux stub for caxa, and putting things together yourself. For more information, read this section of the documentation: https://github.com/leafac/caxa#why-no-cross-compilation-why-no-different-versions-of-nodejs-besides-the-version-with-which-caxa-was-called

Let me know how it goes.

Best.