[ros-general] Compiling under Linux

[Walt Ogburn]

Hi,

I tried compiling ReactOS under Linux, but I couldn't find the mingw C++
compiler.  I have installed the mingw packages from

http://mirzam.it.vu.nl/mingw/

as suggested by the Wine documentation for building MS Windows executables
from the Wine test suite.  However, the C++ compiler doesn't seem to be
included, so the build dies with

glu32: [CXX] libnurbs/interface/bezierEval.cc
    make[1]: i386-mingw32-g++: Command not found
    make[1]: *** [libnurbs/interface/bezierEval.o] Error 127
    make: *** [glu32] Error 2

Is there a convenient way to install all of the mingw utilities needed to
compile ReactOS under Linux, or is it necessary to start from the mingw
source?  Are others building ReactOS under Linux?

(I also tried building with the MS Windows version of mingw under wine,
but wine's wcmd is too limited).

Thanks,
- Walter