Create executable Windows on Linux with cython and wine

Question

I'm french, by advance, sorry for my english...

I can make and use on linux a pyd (dll) file with this line

cython -o script.c script.pyx

i586-mingw32msvc-gcc script.c -Wall -I/home/User/.wine/drive_c/Python34/include -shared -o script.pyd /home/User/.wine/drive_c/Python34/libs/libpython34.a

It works very well,

However, I test this line for to create executable Windows on Linux, but it does not work. Why ?

My Line:

cython --embed -o script.c script.pyx

i586-mingw32msvc-gcc -c -I/home/User/.wine/drive_c/Python34/include -L/home/User/.wine/drive_c/Python34/libs script.c -o script.exe

EDIT: wine return, that the file is a bad format executable

EDIT2 : suggestion by Petesh

i586-mingw32msvc-gcc -I/home/User/.wine/drive_c/Python34/include /home/User/.wine/drive_c/Python34/libs/libpython34.a script.c -o script.exe

-c option and libpython34.a added

Result:

undefined reference to `_WinMain@16'

EDIT3 : suggestion by Petesh

i586-mingw32msvc-gcc -municode -I/home/User/.wine/drive_c/Python34/include /home/User/.wine/drive_c/Python34/libs/libpython34.a script.c -o script.exe

-municode option added

Result :

cc1: error: unrecognized command line option "-municode"

EDIT4 :

I replaced 'wmain' in script.c by 'main', the error _WinMain@16 is eliminated, but it remains errors of type

/tmp/ccVWy25J.o:script.c:(.text+0x1084): undefined reference to `__imp__PyObject_Call'
/tmp/ccVWy25J.o:script.c:(.text+0x1186): undefined reference to `__imp__PyTuple_Pack'
/tmp/ccVWy25J.o:script.c:(.text+0x1218): undefined reference to `__imp__PyOS_snprintf'

Thanks by advance,

The `-c` compiles only, and does not link. As a result the `.exe` file you ask it to build cannot run, as it's really a `.obj` file. You need to remove this argument from the command line. However you also need to re-add the `libpython34.a` reference, as otherwise the code will not link as it will be missing references to that library. — Anya Shenanigans, Aug 15 '16 at 08:28
based on [this question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24219012/building-standalone-application-with-cython-mingw) the error is caused by wmain being defined in the `.c` file. If you try to compile with `-municode`, it might work, otherwise you can edit the file and swap the definitions of main/wmain (which will get it to compile, but will break command line parsing) — Anya Shenanigans, Aug 15 '16 at 10:29
Looks like `-municode` isn't supported on the 32bit compiler - see the previously linked question for potential workarounds. This is a mingw compiler and python3 thing. — Anya Shenanigans, Aug 15 '16 at 15:21
I don't think you need to specify `-municode` on Python 3.x, it is implied by default. — Matt, Aug 15 '16 at 15:45
@Matt, thanks... Do you have an alternative proposal we should consider? — Fred, Aug 15 '16 at 16:09
@user1125315 sure but you won't like it... build it on a Windows machine :) https://github.com/cython/cython/tree/master/Demos/embed — Matt, Aug 15 '16 at 16:16
@Matt, Why to create a library on linux for Windows OS works and create an executable on linux for Windows wouldn't work ? — Fred, Aug 16 '16 at 09:48
Compiler name i586-mingw32msvc-gcc suggests that the compiler version may be quite old. New version might support that `-municode`. — J.J. Hakala, Aug 16 '16 at 21:38

Create executable Windows on Linux with cython and wine

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