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Ruben Van Boxem edited this page May 20, 2015 · 1 revision

mingw-w64 FAQ

Originally by Carl Kleffner.

What is mingw-w64

Mingw-w64 is an alternative to the mingw.org project - see: http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/mingw-w64/wiki/History

Why choose mingw-w64 over mingw.org

  • 32- AND 64-bit support
  • large file support
  • winpthread pthreads implementation, MIT licenced.
  • cross compiler toolchains available for Linux

Official mingw-w64 releases

Source releases of the mingw-64 repository - http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/mingw-w64/mingw-w64-release/

Official mingw-w64 GCC toolchains

Official builds are available from the mingw-builds project at http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/download.php#mingw-builds for example:

These are common combinations of exception and thread models. You can find other combinations as well. Exception handling affects C++ development. Don't ever link object code with different types of exception and/or thread handling!

Threads concerning the question 'where to find mingw-w64 builds':

How to build a mingw-w64 based GCC toolchain on Windows

"mingw-builds" is a set of scripts and patches for compiling the GCC toolchain under Windows with the help of msys2 POSIX environment - https://github.com/niXman/mingw-builds/tree/develop recent 'mingw-builds' GCC toolchains can be downloaded from the mingw-w64 sf.net (4)

what is MSYS2

MSYS2 is the successor of MSYS. MSYS2 is necessary as environment for the GCC build process on Windows. - http://sourceforge.net/p/msys2/wiki/MSYS2%20installation/

Where to get precompiled mingw-w64 compiled libraries

Recent mingw-w64 based tools and library packages together with sources and patches are available from archlinux as well as from the msys2 maintainers.

See also Mingw static toolchain.

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