How To Install gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32
on Kali Linux.
What is gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32
gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32 is:
MinGW-w64 provides a development and runtime environment for 32- and 64-bit (x86 and x64) Windows applications using the Windows API and the GNU Compiler Collection (gcc).
This package contains the C compiler, supporting cross-compiling to 32-bit MinGW-w64 targets, using the Win32 threading model.
There are three methods to install gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32
Install gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32
Install gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32
How To Uninstall gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32
Uninstall gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32
Remove gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32 Configurations and Data
To remove gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32
Remove gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32
Dependencies
gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32 have the following dependencies:
- binutils-mingw-w64-i686
- mingw-w64-i686-dev
- gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32-runtime
- gcc-mingw-w64-base
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libgmp10
- libisl23
- libmpc3
- libmpfr6
- libstdc++6
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.