# About Mac system cannot be cross-compiled into windows

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-mac-system-cannot-be-cross-compiled-into-windows/227458>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** windows, packetbeat\
**Created:** [April 10, 2020, 8:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-mac-system-cannot-be-cross-compiled-into-windows/227458 "2020-04-10T08:33:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![aixic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aixic/32/66091_2.png) [@aixic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aixic)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 8:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-mac-system-cannot-be-cross-compiled-into-windows/227458/1 "2020-04-10T08:33:35Z")

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hello，  
When I use the mac system to compile, pcap is undefined. Is there any way to solve it?

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**Author:** ![aixic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aixic/32/66091_2.png) [@aixic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aixic)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 9:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-mac-system-cannot-be-cross-compiled-into-windows/227458/2 "2020-04-17T09:48:28Z")

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😂

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**Author:** ![mtojek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mtojek/32/63863_2.png) [@mtojek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mtojek)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-mac-system-cannot-be-cross-compiled-into-windows/227458/3 "2020-04-17T12:13:57Z")

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Can you try to run `make` first?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 12:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-mac-system-cannot-be-cross-compiled-into-windows/227458/4 "2020-05-15T12:14:18Z")

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