I dont have a windows runner....

.gitea/workflows/build-DEBUG-windows.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Build (Windows)
+name: Build (Windows Cross-Compile on Ubuntu)
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -6,41 +6,59 @@ on:
       - main
 
 jobs:
-  build_release:
+  build_windows:
-    runs-on: windows-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository (recursively with submodules)
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
-          submodules: true      # Ensures submodules are cloned
+          submodules: true
-          fetch-depth: 0        # Optional, fetches entire repo history
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Set up MSYS2
+      - name: Install cross-compile toolchain & libs
-        uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
-        with:
-          update: true
-
-      - name: Install dependencies (MSYS2/MinGW)
-        shell: msys2 {0}
         run: |
-          pacman -S --noconfirm \
+          sudo apt-get update
-            make \
+          sudo apt-get install -y \
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc \
+            build-essential \
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake \
+            mingw-w64 \
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-glew \
+            pkg-config-mingw-w64-x86-64 \
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-glfw \
+            cmake
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-yaml-cpp \
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-lua
 
-      - name: Build
+          # Attempt to install cross-compiled dependencies.
-        shell: msys2 {0}
+          # NOTE: Some of these may not be available on your Ubuntu version.
+          # If "Unable to locate package ..." occurs, remove or handle them.
+          sudo apt-get install -y \
+            mingw-w64-x86-64-glew \
+            mingw-w64-x86-64-glfw \
+            mingw-w64-x86-64-yaml-cpp \
+            mingw-w64-x86-64-lua5.3
+
+      - name: Build for Windows with MinGW
         run: |
-          make clean
+          # Clean old artifacts (if your Makefile supports it)
-          make
+          make clean || true
+
+          # Cross-compile using the MinGW-w64 toolchain
+          # Override CC/CXX so Make uses x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc/g++
+          make \
+            CC=x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc \
+            CXX=x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ \
+            LD=x86_64-w64-mingw32-ld
+
+          # If your Makefile automatically detects the MinGW environment, 
+          # you may not need these overrides.
+
+      - name: Prepare release folder
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p release
+          # Example: if your Makefile produces "TesseractEngine.exe" in root or build/
+          # Copy it into the release folder for artifact uploading
+          cp TesseractEngine.exe release/ || true
+          cp build/TesseractEngine.exe release/ || true
 
       - name: Upload release artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
         with:
-          name: TesseractEngine(Windows)(DEBUG)(TIMERS)
+          name: TesseractEngine-WinCross
           path: release