I have created an executable (.exe) of a perl script on a 64-bit linux kernel. It executes correctly in this environment.
When the executable is run in 64-bit Windows 7, the following error message is displayed:
The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows
you’re running. Check your computer’s system information to see
whether you need x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program,
and then contact the software publisher.
Given that the source and destination OS’s were both 64-bit, I’m not sure that the architecture of the build is the issue. Are there any special considerations to make a compiled perl program execute properly in Windows? Thank you.
Executable files are not compatible across platforms. They will run on the original platform only unless they are explicitly cross-compiled to a different target. That’s actually the reason we use interpreted languages. What you want to do is not possible because the Windows and Linux APIs, libraries, and well just about everything are completely different.
This is why you need to download a different version of a program for linux/windows/mac.