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  1. After attempting the above I received the error : error: You should not use mingw32 for gcc >= 4.6.0. Use mingw64 instead, e.g.:python setup.py build_ext -c mingw64 I altered the [build] entry in the distutils.cfg file to read compiler=mingw32 and had success.

  2. It can be confusing why there are two versions of Python, but both serve different use cases: MINGW - Windows native applications; MSYS2 - POSIX applications emulated to work in Windows; MINGW refers to executables that are compiled using the MINGW GCC Compiler and target the Win32 API.

  3. mingwpy is a mingw-w64 gcc toolchain customized for building Python extensions. See Issues for the need of the various customizations. Where is it? ¶. Latest versions should be at the mingwpy anaconda site. There are older versions at the mingwpy bitbucket repo. What’s in it? ¶. See notes below.

  4. Finally, tell Python to use MinGW as the default compiler (otherwise it will try for Visual C). If Python is installed to “c:\Python27”, create a file named “c:\Python27\Lib\distutils\distutils.cfg” containing: [build] compiler = mingw32.

  5. By setting the CC and CXX environment variables, you are telling Python's distutils (which is used by pip for building C/C++ extensions) to use the MinGW gcc and g++ compilers. This should allow you to compile Python packages with MinGW's gcc when needed.

  6. Oct 22, 2024 · Within the MinGW installation manager, select the GCC package for installation. Look for packages named ‘mingw32-gcc-g++’ and check them for installation. This package contains the GCC compiler and additional tools required for programming.

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  8. Cygwin provides MinGW-w64 cross-compilers ({x86_64,i686}-w64-mingw32-gcc) which work in exactly the same way as a Linux->Windows cross-compiler. The official Windows binaries are just "gcc" and work as any native compiler on Linux.

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