To build dependencies for the current arch+OS: make To build for another arch/OS: make HOST=host-platform-triplet && make HOST=host-platform-triplet (For example: make HOST=i686-w64-mingw32 -j4) A prefix will be generated that's suitable for plugging into Bitcoin's configure. In the above example, a dir named i686-w64-mingw32 will be created. To use it for Bitcoin: ./configure --prefix=`pwd`/depends/i686-w64-mingw32 No other options are needed, the paths are automatically configured. Dependency Options: The following can be set when running make: make FOO=bar SOURCES_PATH: downloaded sources will be placed here BASE_CACHE: built packages will be placed here SDK_PATH: Path where sdk's can be found (used by OSX) FALLBACK_DOWNLOAD_PATH: If a source file can't be fetched, try here before giving up NO_QT: Don't download/build/cache qt and its dependencies NO_WALLET: Don't download/build/cache libs needed to enable the wallet NO_UPNP: Don't download/build/cache packages needed for enabling upnp DEBUG: disable some optimizations and enable more runtime checking If some packages are not built, for example 'make NO_WALLET=1', the appropriate options will be passed to bitcoin's configure. In this case, --disable-wallet. Additional targets: download: run 'make download' to fetch sources without building them