How would I run something like: wsl clang "C:\Users\Oliver\Desktop\hello.cpp" (accessing a file in Windows in an app running in WSL2)? (my psuedo example returns no such file or dir)

[ItsCubeTime]

Thanks <3

[Biswa96]

Try this wsl clang $(wslpath "C:\Users\Oliver\Desktop\hello.cpp")

[Biswa96]

Any example? FYI, one can do anything with a GNU/Linux environment.

[ItsCubeTime]

Not really sure I have an example. Im looking to compile C/C++ code into Windows executables in the Linux environment if possible (and viable).

[Biswa96]

Yes, absolutely. You just need x86_64-w64-mingw32- prefix compiler and toolchain. The package names may be different for each GNU/Linux distribution. If you are using ArchLinux or any pacman based distribution I can provide more help.

[ItsCubeTime]

Yes, absolutely. You just need x86_64-w64-mingw32- prefix compiler and toolchain. The package names may be different for each GNU/Linux distribution. If you are using ArchLinux or any pacman based distribution I can provide more help.

Im using Ubuntu from the marketplace currently :)

The original idea was to try creating a symlink from Windows to WSL that will let me invoke my compiler (I prefer Clang, altough if thats not possible with mingw then thats okay) from the Windows cmd line like usual (as something like "clang -Wall -Wextra") but with the actual compiler running in WSL2.

Any further knowledge would be greatly appreciated <3

[Biswa96]

The symlink idea is kind of sketchy. The \\wsl$ thing has many issues here. Cross compiling in Windows for Windows is dumb. Native Win32 mingw compilers can be downloaded from anywhere.