# Docker for building Windows version of SWI-Prolog (Discussion)

**URL:** <https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/t/docker-for-building-windows-version-of-swi-prolog-discussion/3191>\
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**Created:** [July 2, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/t/docker-for-building-windows-version-of-swi-prolog-discussion/3191 "2020-07-02T14:56:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![nicos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7feea3/32.png) [@nicos](https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/u/nicos)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/t/docker-for-building-windows-version-of-swi-prolog-discussion/3191/1 "2020-07-02T14:56:08Z")

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Nice one Jan,

That should also be useful to pack developers  
that need to distribute binaries, right ?

Thanks for making this available,

## Nicos Angelopoulos

[http://stoics.org.uk/~nicos](http://stoics.org.uk/~nicos)

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**Author:** ![jan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/swi-prolog.discourse.group/jan/32/4_2.png) [@jan](https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/u/jan)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 8:12am UTC](https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/t/docker-for-building-windows-version-of-swi-prolog-discussion/3191/2 "2020-07-03T08:12:08Z")

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> [@nicos](#):
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> That should also be useful to pack developers that need to distribute binaries, right ?

To some extend, as it provides the complete build environment and Windows emulation needed. In many cases it should be easy enough to compile a DLL for a pack using either a Windows installation and MinGW or cross-compiling from Linux. I don’t know how much the docker will help, but there probably are scenarios where it does.