MinGW
MinGW ("Minimalistic GNU for Windows") is a port of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) and GNU Binutils. It provides a complete Open Source programming toolset which is suitable for the development of native MS-Windows (x86) applications, which do not depend on any...
Features
- Portable
- C++
- Cross Compiler
- C support
- GNU/linux-libre
- Native application compiler
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- gnu
- gcc
- fortran
- c-cpp
- programming
- development
- development-suite
- Developer Tools
- cpp-compiler
- c-compiler
- c-development
- C++ Development
- software-development-environment
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What is MinGW?
MinGW ("Minimalistic GNU for Windows") is a port of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) and GNU Binutils. It provides a complete Open Source programming toolset which is suitable for the development of native MS-Windows (x86) applications, which do not depend on any 3rd-party C-Runtime DLLs.
MinGW compilers provide access to the functionality of the Microsoft C runtime and some language-specific runtimes. MinGW, being Minimalist, does not, and never will, attempt to provide a POSIX runtime environment for POSIX application deployment on MS-Windows. If you want POSIX application deployment on this platform, please consider Cygwin instead.
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Comments and Reviews
MinGW provides a simple way for linux devs to compile their projects for Windows without having to learn how to use MSVC or Visual Studio
According to their website, it hasn't been updated since 2017
According to SF repository, it (MinGW) was moved to https://osdn.net/projects/mingw
This new site, however, is not loading well (possibly an interim issue).
Another point is, that MinGW does not integrate well in Windows. There are no folder in Startmenu and there is no options to remove from the Remove GUI. The whole package lays bare metal on C:\
Great cross-compiler for Windows Linux.
Has pacman as package manager, easier to use than cygwin,great!
This is has having bash in windows, without have heavy cygwin along. You have profile, home dir, /c/… drive like pipe and much more. Love it
aren't u talking about MSYS? MSYS isn't MinGW^^ MinGW is a (GCC) Compiler Suite...
My bad. Was using the full pack, but realy the console is from Msys project.