<p>You can find the build intructions for the Windows version of 0.8.1 by searching the Bitcoin Core repository at the v0.8.1 tag:</p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.8.1/doc/build-msw.txt" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.8.1/doc/build-msw.txt</a></p>
<p>It says &quot;releases are cross-compiled using mingw running on Linux&quot;.</p>

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2024-02-26T09:10:13.710Z
I saw that but i dont understand how to do that on linux it seems that the cammand are for win folder strukture is there any tutorrial to make it on ubuntu?
NotRin
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2024-02-26T09:21:17.880Z
Is it only that code for linux? "Bitcoin
-------
DOS prompt:
cd \bitcoin\src
mingw32-make -f makefile.mingw
strip bitcoind.exe"
NotRin
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2024-02-25T21:09:03.623Z
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Vojtěch Strnad
<p>0.8.1 version and when i compile this version but successfully compiled but now i want to generate the window executable file(.exe) from bitcoin-0.8.1 version. so latest version and older bitcoin-0.8.1 version have big difference in new version they have depends folder and other all file from where we can get exe file for new version but in bitcoin-0.8.1 how i can generate window executable file mean exe file please help me if anyone knows about this thanks</p>

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Build bitcoin-qt.exe on ubuntu 18.4
NotRin
# Build bitcoin-qt.exe on ubuntu 18.4

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-02-25)

0.8.1 version and when i compile this version but successfully compiled but now i want to generate the window executable file(.exe) from bitcoin-0.8.1 version. so latest version and older bitcoin-0.8.1 version have big difference in new version they have depends folder and other all file from where we can get exe file for new version but in bitcoin-0.8.1 how i can generate window executable file mean exe file please help me if anyone knows about this thanks

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, bitcoind, ubuntu, windows, compiling


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2024-02-25. Score: 0

You can find the build intructions for the Windows version of 0.8.1 by searching the Bitcoin Core repository at the v0.8.1 tag:

<https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.8.1/doc/build-msw.txt>

It says "releases are cross-compiled using mingw running on Linux".

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I saw that but i dont understand how to do that on linux it seems that the cammand are for win folder strukture is there any tutorrial to make it on ubuntu?  
> **username_0**: Is it only that code for linux? "Bitcoin ------- DOS prompt: cd \bitcoin\src mingw32-make -f makefile.mingw strip bitcoind.exe"  

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