Follow these instructions to build the toolchain for Windows hosts:

1. Begin by following the instructions in Section 6.2.1 to build a native toolchain.
2. Move the installation directory to a permanent location. (This is because the README-build.sh script deletes the "build" and "install" directories before starting the toolchain build.)
3. Install a cross-compiler for Windows:
   • On Ubuntu install the "mingw-w64" package as follows:

         > apt-get install mingw-w64

   • On Centos 7, first install the "Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux" (EPEL) repository, then install the mingw toolchain as follows:

         > yum install epel-release
         > yum install mingw64-gcc.x86_64 mingw64-gcc-c++.x86_64

4. Add the desired host platform to "configure_args_common" in README-build.sh . For 64-bit Windows this is usually "x86_64-w64-mingw32" and for 32-bit Windows it is "i686-w64-mingw32". For example:

   > configure_args_common='--target=msp430-elf --enable-languages=c,c++ --disable-nls 
   --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32'

   Note:

   You can confirm that a cross-compiler is available for the target host by running
   ${HOST}-gcc --version . For example:

   > x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc --version

5. Make sure the native toolchain installed earlier is on the PATH.
6. Run README-build.sh .