Coder Tiger

1. Introduction

MinGW-w64 is a development and runtime environment designed for creating 32-bit and 64-bit Windows applications. It leverages the Windows API and the GNU Compiler Collection (gcc).

MinGW-w64 enables developers to write code for Windows API and libraries while working on a Linux system.

2. Installation

2.1. Method 1: Using apt-get

• Update the apt database:

sudo apt-get update

• Install MinGW-w64:

sudo apt-get -y install mingw-w64

2.2. Method 2: Using apt

• Update the apt database:

sudo apt update

• Install MinGW-w64:

sudo apt -y install mingw-w64

2.3. Check if installation is successful

• If successfull, may executable files will be added in your PC:

• Write a “Hello World” program in C++ and try compiling

i686-w64-mingw32-g++ -o main.exe main.cpp

• Copy it into a Windows PC and run (I used Windows 11 to test).

3. Uninstalling MinGW-w64

• To remove only the MinGW-w64 package:

sudo apt-get remove mingw-w64

• To uninstall MinGW-w64 and its dependencies no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mingw-w64

• To completely remove MinGW-w64 configurations, data, and all dependencies:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mingw-w64

References

• MinGW-w64 website
• MinGW-w64 on packages.ubuntu.com