# Cross compile Topbeat for Windows on Linux **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Created:** [June 17, 2016, 7:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cross-compile-topbeat-for-windows-on-linux/53102 "2016-06-17T07:15:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![arunachala](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/arunachala/32/126762_2.png) [@arunachala](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arunachala)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 7:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cross-compile-topbeat-for-windows-on-linux/53102/1 "2016-06-17T07:15:14Z")
Hi, I want to compile topbeat for Windows on my Linux desktop. I have the following installed: - docker - go - beats-packer (from [github.com/elastic/beats-packer](http://github.com/elastic/beats-packer)) Now, when try to cross compile Topbeat for Windows, I get the following output and NO .exe ~/beats-dev/src/github.com/elastic/beats-packer$ make topbeat/win # cross compile on ubuntu cd build && xgo -image=tudorg/beats-builder -before-build=../xgo-scripts/topbeat\_before\_build.sh -branch master -pkg topbeat > **[elastic/beats](https://github.com/elastic/beats)** > > beats - :tropical\_fish: Beats - Lightweight shippers for Elasticsearch & Logstash Checking docker installation... Client: Version: 1.11.2 API version: 1.23 Go version: go1.5.4 Git commit: b9f10c9 Built: Wed Jun 1 21:47:50 2016 OS/Arch: linux/amd64 Server: Version: 1.11.2 API version: 1.23 Go version: go1.5.4 Git commit: b9f10c9 Built: Wed Jun 1 21:47:50 2016 OS/Arch: linux/amd64 Checking for required docker image tudorg/beats-builder... found. Cross compiling [github.com/elastic/beats](http://github.com/elastic/beats)... Running docker [run -v /home/arun/beats-dev/src/github.com/elastic/beats-packer/build:/build -v /home/arun/beats-dev/src/github.com/elastic/beats-packer/build/138026786:/scripts -e REPO\_REMOTE= -e REPO\_BRANCH=master -e PACK=topbeat -e DEPS= -e OUT= -e FLAG\_V=false -e FLAG\_RACE=false -e BEFORE\_BUILD=topbeat\_before\_build.sh tudorg/beats-builder [github.com/elastic/beats](http://github.com/elastic/beats)] Fetching main repository [github.com/elastic/beats](http://github.com/elastic/beats)... Cloning into 'beats'... Switching over to branch master... Already on 'master' Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'. Fetching dependencies... Execute /scripts/topbeat\_before\_build.sh make: \*\*\* No rule to make target `install-cfg'. Stop. 2016/06/17 13:06:03 Failed to cross compile package: exit status 2. make: \*\*\* [topbeat] Error 1 Am I doing something grossly wrong? Also, how do I tell beats-packer to pick code from a local directory than cloning from github repo? Regards, Arun ---
**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 10:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cross-compile-topbeat-for-windows-on-linux/53102/2 "2016-06-17T10:21:19Z")
Beats-packer is now part of the beats repository. You can find it here: [https://github.com/elastic/beats/tree/master/dev-tools/packer](https://github.com/elastic/beats/tree/master/dev-tools/packer) Please try again with this one. ---
**Author:** ![arunachala](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/arunachala/32/126762_2.png) [@arunachala](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arunachala)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cross-compile-topbeat-for-windows-on-linux/53102/3 "2016-06-17T16:04:54Z")
But there is no rule in there to build topbeat. make topbeat make: \*\*\* No rule to make target `topbeat'. Stop. ---
**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 7:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cross-compile-topbeat-for-windows-on-linux/53102/4 "2016-06-20T07:49:35Z")
@arunachala Are you working on master? If yes, be aware that Topbeat was removed in alpha3 and all future development should happen in Metricbeat system module: [https://www.elastic.co/blog/beats-5-0-0-alpha3-released](https://www.elastic.co/blog/beats-5-0-0-alpha3-released) ---
**Author:** ![arunachala](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/arunachala/32/126762_2.png) [@arunachala](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arunachala)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 6:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cross-compile-topbeat-for-windows-on-linux/53102/5 "2016-06-21T06:20:15Z")
@ruflin Thanks. I have moved back to 1.3 branch where topbeat was still separate project. There also, I am getting the following error when I try to cross compile topbeat for Windows. ~/beats-dev/1.3/src/github.com/elastic/beats/topbeat$ GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build # [github.com/elastic/beats/vendor/github.com/elastic/gosigar](http://github.com/elastic/beats/vendor/github.com/elastic/gosigar) ../vendor/github.com/elastic/gosigar/concrete\_sigar.go:20: cpuUsage.Get undefined (type Cpu has no field or method Get) ../vendor/github.com/elastic/gosigar/concrete\_sigar.go:30: cpuUsage.Get undefined (type Cpu has no field or method Get) ../vendor/github.com/elastic/gosigar/concrete\_sigar.go:49: l.Get undefined (type LoadAverage has no field or method Get) ../vendor/github.com/elastic/gosigar/concrete\_sigar.go:55: m.Get undefined (type Mem has no field or method Get) ../vendor/github.com/elastic/gosigar/concrete\_sigar.go:61: s.Get undefined (type Swap has no field or method Get) ../vendor/github.com/elastic/gosigar/concrete\_sigar.go:67: f.Get undefined (type FileSystemUsage has no field or method Get) Is it even possible to cross compile topbeat on Linux? -Arun ---
**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 12:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cross-compile-topbeat-for-windows-on-linux/53102/6 "2016-06-21T12:20:46Z")
In your first post, when you tried to use the elastic/beats-packer project to compile the elastic/beats project you were targeting the master branch. You should probably target the 1.3 branch because we no longer use the separate elastic/beats-packer project to build against master. Change master to 1.3 [here](https://github.com/elastic/beats-packer/blob/master/Makefile#L2). It is possible to cross-compile for Windows on Linux. That's what the beat-packer project does. It just encapsulates all of the compiler dependencies into a docker container. ---
**Author:** ![arunachala](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/arunachala/32/126762_2.png) [@arunachala](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arunachala)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 8:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cross-compile-topbeat-for-windows-on-linux/53102/7 "2016-06-23T08:42:03Z")
@andrewkroh Thanks. Now I am able to compile topbeat for Windows on Linux. It seems beats-packer clones this 1.3 branch every time it needs to build. Is there a way to make beats-packer to build a local directory instead of cloning every time? Basically, I have cloned branch 1.3 and have some local changes on top. I need to compile this local copy of code rather the freshly cloned from git. -Arun ---
**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cross-compile-topbeat-for-windows-on-linux/53102/8 "2016-06-23T16:32:52Z")
You'll have to hack it to make it do that. We migrated beats-packer into the main beats repo and it now does what you describe, build and package the local source. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2016, 7:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cross-compile-topbeat-for-windows-on-linux/53102/9 "2016-07-08T07:15:15Z")
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