MinGW Lite Library

Curated libraries built with MinGW Lite.

Build

1. Prepare build environment. Linux:

   podman build -t mingw-lite/buildenv support/buildenv

   For Windows host, see instructions from mingw-lite.
2. Launch build environment. Linux:

   podman run -it --rm \
     --cap-add=sys_admin \
     -v $PWD:/mnt -w /mnt \
     mingw-lite/buildenv

   To expose build directories for debugging:

   podman run -it --rm \
     --cap-add=sys_admin \
     -v $PWD:/mnt -w /mnt \
     -v $PWD/build:/tmp/build \
     -v $PWD/layer:/tmp/layer \
     -v $PWD/pkg:/tmp/pkg \
     mingw-lite/buildenv

   Windows: in “Terminal”, select “mingw-lite-buildenv” from the dropdown list.
3. In the build environment, run:

   ./main.py -b <branch> -p <mingw-lite-profile> -mv <mingw-lite-version>

Available branches:

• 2026
• 2025