MinGW download and installation

MinGW、MinGW-w64 brief introduction

MinGW（ Its full name is Minimalist GNU for Windows）, It's actually going to be classic open source C Language compiler GCC Transplanted to Windows Under the platform , And it includes Win32 API , So you can compile the source code to be available in Windows Executable program running in . And you can use some Windows Platform does not have , however Linux The platform has development tools and API function . To sum it up in a word is ：MinGW Namely GCC Of Windows edition ;

MinGW-w64 It was MinGW The branch of the project , Later, it became an independent development project , Because only MinGW-w64 By GCC Officially supported , and MinGW The update has been stopped , Therefore, it is recommended to use MinGW-w64;

MinGW-w64 And MinGW The difference is that MinGW Only compile build 32 Bit executable , and MinGW-w64 Can be compiled to generate 64 Bit or 32 Bit executable .

MingW There are three major versions ：

1. mingw32-gcc.exe The compiler will be in 32 Build on a bit system 32 Bit application .
2. i686-w64-mingw32-gcc.exe The compiler will be in 64 Build on a bit system 32 Bit application .
3. x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc.exe The compiler will be in 64 Build on a bit system 64 Bit application .

MinGW Download and install

Download address

MinGW-w64 - for 32 and 64 bit Windows download | SourceForge.net

Download the compressed file , Put it in a custom folder , Then decompress .

Configure environment variables

take bin Put the environment variable where the folder is located Path in . My path is D:\Program Files (x86)\MinGW\mingw64\bin

test

After that, you can go to cmd Check whether the installation is successful on the command line

Input gcc -v and g++ -v see

Reference resources

• 【cpp development tool 】MingGW Differences between versions and installation instructions - isanthree - Blog Garden (cnblogs.com)
• MinGW-w64 Installation tutorial —— famous C/C++ compiler GCC Of Windows edition - You know (zhihu.com)
• (222 Bar message ) mingw Full resolution of different versions _highgerms The blog of -CSDN Blog _mingw edition
• MinGW-w64 - for 32 and 64 bit Windows download | SourceForge.net