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Apr 4, 2015 · To use GCC's C++ compiler, I suggest you use either my packages (to create 32-bit and 64-bit executables) or mingw-builds. Alternatively, you can install Cygwin and use its setup.exe to install the MinGW-w64 cross-compiler and use it from there, but if you do not need near-perfect Unix emulation for build scripts, I'd suggest against it.
For mingw, you want to download and install MSYS2. Using the builtin terminal, search for gcc pacman -Ss gcc . You can install gcc for "mingw32", "mingw64", or "ucrt64"; I always use "ucrt64" pacman -S ucrt64/mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gcc .
I use msys2 to setup the latest mingw/gcc and clang branch on windows. It's all seemless. I use them as I use a lot of C dependancies and MSVC is real poor at handling c projects.
You should almost always just use the default/preferred compiler for your OS. So Visual C++ on Windows, GCC on Gnu/Linux, and LLVM on Mac. There's occasions where this isn't feasible or desirable, but you won't encounter those while learning the core language and standard library.
Nov 5, 2015 · cygwin32-gcc-g++ is a compiler for 32 bit cygwin. gcc-g++ is the basic 64 bit compiler (you probably must install this one). mingw-gcc-g++ is a 32 bit compiler for native 32 bit Windows. mingw64-x86_64-gcc-g++ is a 64 bit compiler for native 64 bit Windows.
Jun 5, 2024 · Understanding these stages can help you debug your code and optimize your programs more effectively. In this guide, we’ll walk through the entire compilation process on Windows using GCC,...
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Dec 15, 2019 · So if GCC can be installed and executed on Windows using Cygwin, why should we use MinGW? The first reason is that installing GCC over Cygwin is relatively difficult and prone to errors, whereas the installation of MinGW on Windows is very easy.
