Is it possible to build Win exe using Mac.
I understood from here that tool chain x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
is available as valid cross complier tool chain for 64-bit MSVC (Windows 7+)
, and I was able to get it at my mac.
Hasans-MacBook-Air:rust_lib_for_android h_ajsf$ rustup toolchain install stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
info: syncing channel updates for 'stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc'
info: latest update on 2018-11-08, rust version 1.30.1 (1433507eb 2018-11-07)
info: downloading component 'rustc'
53.3 MiB / 53.3 MiB (100 %) 1.0 MiB/s ETA: 0 s
info: downloading component 'rust-std'
46.7 MiB / 46.7 MiB (100 %) 1.1 MiB/s ETA: 0 s
info: downloading component 'cargo'
2.7 MiB / 2.7 MiB (100 %) 1.8 MiB/s ETA: 0 s
info: downloading component 'rust-docs'
8.9 MiB / 8.9 MiB (100 %) 2.1 MiB/s ETA: 0 s
info: installing component 'rustc'
info: installing component 'rust-std'
info: installing component 'cargo'
info: installing component 'rust-docs'
stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc installed - (rustc does not exist)
But once I tried to compile using it, I got an error that:
error: toolchain ‘stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc’ does not have the binary
cargo
As below:
Hasans-MacBook-Air:rust_lib_for_android h_ajsf$ rustup override set stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
info: using existing install for 'stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc'
info: override toolchain for '/Users/h_ajsf/Documents/greetings/rust_lib_for_android' set to 'stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc'
stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc unchanged - (rustc does not exist)
Hasans-MacBook-Air:rust_lib_for_android h_ajsf$ cargo build
error: toolchain 'stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc' does not have the binary `cargo`
Hasans-MacBook-Air:rust_lib_for_android h_ajsf$ rustup target add x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
error: component 'rust-std' for target 'x86_64-pc-windows-msvc' was automatically added because it is required for toolchain 'stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc'
Hasans-MacBook-Air:rust_lib_for_android h_ajsf$ cargo build --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc --release
error: toolchain 'stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc' does not have the binary `cargo`
Though the toolchain looks to be installed and ready to use:
Hasans-MacBook-Air:rust_lib_for_android h_ajsf$ rustup show
**Default host:** x86_64-apple-darwin
**installed toolchains**
**--------------------**
stable-x86_64-apple-darwin
stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
nightly-x86_64-apple-darwin
**active toolchain**
**----------------**
stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc (directory override for '/Users/h_ajsf/Documents/greetings/rust_lib_for_android')
(rustc does not exist)
Hasans-MacBook-Air:rust_lib_for_android h_ajsf$ rustup override unset
**info:** override toolchain for '/Users/h_ajsf/Documents/greetings/rust_lib_for_android' removed
Am I missing something here, or have misunderstanding about cross compiling!