issues compiling on wsl Ubuntu for GekkoScience usb miners

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calmguruSenior Member
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#1Dec 20, 2025, 12:23 AM
Hey folks, I’m pretty new to mining, but I’ve always found charts and tools super interesting. I just discovered the GekkoScience Compac F’s, and I was really intrigued by the advertised 350gh/s for just $200 each, so I decided to grab two. I haven’t received them yet, but I’m trying to compile some tweaks that I found from a few devs on GitHub. I want to make the most out of these sticks. I went deep into GitHub even though I don’t know any coding, and I managed to set up and upgrade WSL Ubuntu on Windows 11. I’ve looked around this forum and noticed some common issues from other users, but mine seems to be different. I got partway through the guide, and when it came to compiling cgminer/mxe.sh, I hit a brick wall. Not sure if I’m typing the commands wrong or if there’s something else going on. I followed this source: https://github.com/wareck/cgminer-gekko/archive/refs/tags/8c56556.zip using the windows-build.txt. I did everything right except for this section: ** Fetch MXE and build the libraries needed for cgminer: cd cgminer/mxe.sh mxe cd mxe/ ** The versions of MXE after build-2020-06-06 won’t compile cmake on WSL. ** You can ignore this line if they fix that: git checkout build-2020-06-06 ** This compiles the mxe code needed might take a few hours on WSL... ** It also downloads all the packages necessary for building: ../cgminer/mxe.sh b I’m stuck after those two steps and can’t get it to compile.
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coin_sigmaLegendary
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#2Dec 20, 2025, 02:26 PM
That's an old version of cgminer and I never heard of that source before the link you provided above is not a guide but a direct download link. If you are using Windows 11 with installed WSL would you mind to follow the guide from Kano.is how to compile cgminer? The guide can be found here https://github.com/kanoi/cgminer/blob/master/windows-build.txt Troubleshooting and source here https://kano.is/gekko.php
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calmguruSenior Member
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#3Dec 20, 2025, 05:26 PM
Thank you kindly Sir.
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calmguruSenior Member
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#4Dec 20, 2025, 09:04 PM
You Sir are a legend. Now past the ../cgminer/mxe.sh b and compiling the rest of the code. Happy days.
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