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+# Crosscompile for Windows (only tested for Debian Bullseye 11)
+
+Last updated on October 31, 2021 - happy halloween!!!
+We are testing with Qt 5.15.2 and we'll see...
+
+## build dependencies
+```
+sudo apt install -y clang g++ build-essential make mingw-w64 git pkg-config libc6-dev m4 g++-multilib autoconf libncurses-dev libtool-bin unzip python2 python3-zmq zlib1g-dev wget curl bsdmainutils automake libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libfontconfig1-dev autopoint libssl-dev
+
+sudo apt-get install qtbase5-dev qt5-qmake libqt5websockets5-dev qtcreator
+```
+
+### MXE dependencies
+
+Below we have the list I tested with, but you can also cross reference the [upstream requirements documentation](https://mxe.cc/#requirements) for the latest list.
+
+```
+sudo apt install -y bash bison bzip2 flex gettext gperf intltool libc6-dev-i386 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libltdl-dev libtool-bin libxml-parser-perl lzip make openssl p7zip-full patch perl pkg-config python ruby sed unzip xz-utils
+```
+
+### and yet even more dependencies...
+```
+apt-get -y update && \
+apt-get install -y libdbus-1-3 libexpat1 \
+    libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libfontconfig1-dev libssl-dev  \
+    libfreetype6 libgl1-mesa-glx libglib2.0-0 libx11-6 libx11-xcb1 \
+    cmake clang++-6.0 software-properties-common gperf libtool \
+    libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libltdl-dev
+
+# needed for QT 5.15.x
+sudo apt install -y libxcb-sync-dev libxcb-xinerama0-dev
+```
+
+## Compile OpenSSL
+
+QT 5.15.2 has a [known issue list](https://wiki.qt.io/Qt_5.15.2_Known_Issues)
+that currently lists that OpenSSL version 1.1.1 be used
+
+```
+# Download openssl 1.1.1 from https://openssl.org/source/
+
+wget https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.1.1.tar.gz
+tar zxvpf openssl-1.1.1.tar.gz
+cd openssl-1.1.1
+./config
+make -j$(nproc)
+```
+
+### Integrate libsodium for mingw
+
+Compilation keeps bailing stating that it doesn't have libsodium, so now to set this up...
+
+```
+wget https://download.libsodium.org/libsodium/releases/libsodium-1.0.18-stable-mingw.tar.gz
+tar zxvpf libsodium-1.0.18-stable-mingw.tar.gz
+```
+
+This will be the SODIUM_STATIC path further down.
+
+## Static build of Qt5
+
+### Download Qt5 sources
+```
+mkdir -p ~/Qt/5.15.2
+cd ~/Qt/5.15.2
+
+wget https://download.qt.io/archive/qt/5.15/5.15.2/single/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2.tar.xz
+tar xvpf qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2.tar.xz
+cd qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2
+```
+
+### Configure and build Qt5 statically.
+```
+# trying to get libsodium not failing...
+## OPENSSL_LIBS='-L/PATH/TO/openssl-1.1.1 -lssl -lcrypto' ./configure -static -prefix ~/Qt/5.15.2/static  -skip qtlocation -skip qtmacextras -skip qtpurchasing -skip qtscript -skip qtsensors -skip qtserialbus -skip qtserialport -skip qtspeech -skip qtdatavis3d -skip qtdoc -skip qtcharts -skip qtdeclarative -skip qt3d -skip qtwebengine -skip qtandroidextras -skip qtwebview -skip qtgamepad -skip qtquickcontrols -skip qtquickcontrols2 -skip qtremoteobjects -skip qtwebview -skip qtwebchannel -skip qtwebglplugin  -nomake examples -nomake tests -qt-zlib -qt-libpng -feature-fontconfig -no-feature-getentropy  -release -openssl-linked -opensource
+
+OPENSSL_LIBS='-L/PATH/TO/openssl-1.1.1 SODIUM_STATIC=-L/PATH/TO/libsodium-win64/lib -lssl -lcrypto -lsodium' ./configure -static -prefix ~/Qt/5.15.2/static  -skip qtlocation -skip qtmacextras -skip qtpurchasing -skip qtscript -skip qtsensors -skip qtserialbus -skip qtserialport -skip qtspeech -skip qtdatavis3d -skip qtdoc -skip qtcharts -skip qtdeclarative -skip qt3d -skip qtwebengine -skip qtandroidextras -skip qtwebview -skip qtgamepad -skip qtquickcontrols -skip qtquickcontrols2 -skip qtremoteobjects -skip qtwebview -skip qtwebchannel -skip qtwebglplugin  -nomake examples -nomake tests -qt-zlib -qt-libpng -feature-fontconfig -no-feature-getentropy  -release -openssl-linked -opensource
+
+gmake -j$(nproc)
+gmake -j$(nproc) install
+```
+
+My own Random Notes I came across while figuring this all out for this newer version of QT...
+- had error re: -qt-xcb flag and found [this write](https://forum.qt.io/topic/115827/build-on-linux-qt-xcb-option/18) explaining what to add in there
+- had error re: -qt-xkbcommon flag and [found this](https://forum.qt.io/post/677389) re "It seems that -qt-xcb option was removed from 5.12.1 onward?"
+- now I get [this error](https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/issues/15150)
+- possible solution to install certain packages, which configure and (g)make now all work when we identify their names on Debian [libxcb-sync-dev libxcb-xinerama0-dev]
+
+## Build MXE (Cross-compiled Qt5 for Windows in Linux)
+```
+mkdir ~/git
+cd ~/git
+git clone https://github.com/mxe/mxe.git
+cd mxe
+
+make -j$(nproc) MXE_TARGETS=x86_64-w64-mingw32.static qtbase qtwebsockets
+```
+
+## Build SilentDragonLite .exe
+```
+git clone https://git.hush.is/hush/SilentDragonLite
+cd SilentDragonLite
+
+# I'm using rust 1.56.0 from rustup, so not running this command
+# if you have newer rustc, then stick with that
+curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- --default-toolchain 1.49.0  -y 
+
+# if not already in your .bashrc...
+echo 'source $HOME/.cargo/env' >> $HOME/.bashrc
+
+# add win64 to rust
+~/.cargo/bin/rustup target add x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
+echo "[target.x86_64-pc-windows-gnu]" >> ~/.cargo/config
+echo "linker = 'x86_64-w64-mingw32.static-gcc'" >> ~/.cargo/config
+
+MXE_PATH="/home/your_username/git/mxe/usr/bin" QT_STATIC="/home/your_username/Qt/5.15.2/static" \
+APP_VERSION="1.5.2" PREV_VERSION="1.5.0" ./src/scripts/win-mkrelease-only.sh
+```
diff --git a/src/scripts/win-mkrelease-only.sh b/src/scripts/win-mkrelease-only.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# usage: ./src/scripts/mkrelease.sh from root dir 
+#	with QT_STATIC, MXE_PATH, APP_VERSION, PREV_VERSION variables set
+if [ -z $QT_STATIC ]; then 
+    echo "QT_STATIC is not set. Please set it to the base directory of a statically compiled Qt"; 
+    exit 1; 
+fi
+
+if [ -z $APP_VERSION ]; then echo "APP_VERSION is not set"; exit 1; fi
+if [ -z $PREV_VERSION ]; then echo "PREV_VERSION is not set"; exit 1; fi
+
+if [ -z $MXE_PATH ]; then 
+    echo "MXE_PATH is not set. Set it to /home/your_username/git/mxe/usr/bin if you want to build Windows with changing your_username"
+    echo "Not building Windows"
+    exit 0; 
+fi
+
+echo -n "Version files.........."
+# Replace the version number in the .pro file so it gets picked up everywhere
+sed -i "s/${PREV_VERSION}/${APP_VERSION}/g" silentdragon-lite.pro > /dev/null
+# Also update it in the README.md
+sed -i "s/${PREV_VERSION}/${APP_VERSION}/g" README.md > /dev/null
+echo "[OK]"
+
+echo -n "Cleaning..............."
+rm -rf bin/*
+rm -rf artifacts/*
+make distclean >/dev/null 2>&1
+echo "[OK]"
+
+echo ""
+echo "[Building on" `lsb_release -r`"]"
+
+echo -n "Configuring............"
+QT_STATIC=$QT_STATIC bash src/scripts/dotranslations.sh >/dev/null
+$QT_STATIC/bin/qmake silentdragon-lite.pro -spec linux-clang CONFIG+=release > /dev/null
+rm -rf bin/SilentDragonLite* > /dev/null
+echo "[OK]"
+
+echo ""
+echo "[Windows]"
+mkdir release
+export PATH=$MXE_PATH:$PATH
+
+echo -n "Configuring............"
+make clean  > /dev/null
+rm -f SilentDragonLite-mingw.pro
+rm -rf release/
+mkdir release
+cp src/precompiled.h release/
+#Mingw seems to have trouble with precompiled headers, so strip that option from the .pro file
+cat silentdragon-lite.pro | sed "s/precompile_header/release/g" | sed "s/PRECOMPILED_HEADER.*//g" > SilentDragonLite-mingw.pro
+echo "[OK]"
+
+echo -n "Building..............."
+cp src/precompiled.h release/
+# Build the lib first
+cd lib && make winrelease && cd ..
+cp src/precompiled.h release/
+# figure how to lupdate & lrelease with qt... here...
+#x86_64-w64-mingw32.static-qmake-qt5 silentdragon-lite.pro CONFIG+=release > /dev/null
+x86_64-w64-mingw32.static-qmake-qt5 SilentDragonLite-mingw.pro CONFIG+=release > /dev/null
+cp src/precompiled.h release/
+make -j32 > /dev/null
+echo "[OK]"
+
+echo -n "Packaging.............."
+mkdir release/SilentDragonLite-v$APP_VERSION  
+cp release/SilentDragonLite.exe          release/SilentDragonLite-v$APP_VERSION 
+cp README.md                          release/SilentDragonLite-v$APP_VERSION 
+cp LICENSE                            release/SilentDragonLite-v$APP_VERSION 
+cd release && zip -r Windows-binaries-SilentDragonLite-v$APP_VERSION.zip SilentDragonLite-v$APP_VERSION/ > /dev/null
+cd ..
+
+mkdir artifacts >/dev/null 2>&1
+cp release/Windows-binaries-SilentDragonLite-v$APP_VERSION.zip ./artifacts/
+echo "[OK]"
+
+if [ -f artifacts/Windows-binaries-SilentDragonLite-v$APP_VERSION.zip ] ; then
+    echo -n "Package contents......."
+    if unzip -l "artifacts/Windows-binaries-SilentDragonLite-v$APP_VERSION.zip" | wc -l | grep -q "9"; then 
+        echo "[OK]"
+    else
+        echo "[ERROR]"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+else
+    echo "[ERROR]"
+    exit 1
+fi