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How do you compile and link a 64 bit Windows assembly program in Linux

I already know to run

nasm -f win64 generic_assembly.asm -o generic_output

But after that I can't just run

ld generic_output -o generic_executable.exe

and I have tried using GoLink.exe with wine but I am still skeptical as to whether it is actually working

Maybe I could use Mingw-w64 but I have no clue on how that would work

Any help would be appreciated I am mostly just looking for a linker that I can run from linux but otherwise a linker for Windows would also be appreciated.

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    You will need a windows cross compiler like MinGW. Your distro may already have a package with it pre-made (you just install it through your package manager). Once you have it installed you can run the LD from the cross compiler - it will likely be called x86_64-w64-mingw32-ld, the GCC cross compiler would be called x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc etc. That is the naming convention on my Debian Jessie system. Commented Jun 21, 2016 at 6:58
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    Yup, I'd recommend just using x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc to link .obj files from nasm into executables, in case there's anything non-obvious ld arg that's needed. (use -static and/or -nostdlib as appropriate). Commented Jun 21, 2016 at 9:50

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To link the objects for 64 bit Windows from Linux install x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc. To do this follow these steps:

  • Go to here and download the most recent build.
  • Unpack the archive to /opt/mingw64
  • Then do sudo ln -s /opt/mingw64/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ /usr/bin/mingw64-g++

Now you have installed a cross compiler for Windows 64 bit, if you want the 32 bit version do the same but use this link.

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