How To Install gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix-runtime on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix-runtime
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix-runtime
gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix-runtime 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 runtime DLLs used by GCC and applications built with it, for x86-64, using the posix thread model. Its purpose is both to provide the DLLs used during builds, and to allow packages shipping Windows programs to depend on those DLLs without pulling in the complete toolchain.
There are three methods to install gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix-runtime
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-x86-64-posix-runtime 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-x86-64-posix-runtime
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix-runtime
Install gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix-runtime Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix-runtime
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix-runtime
Install gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix-runtime Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix-runtime
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix-runtime
How To Uninstall gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix-runtime on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix-runtime
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix-runtime
Uninstall gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix-runtime And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix-runtime
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix-runtime
Remove gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix-runtime Configurations and Data
To remove gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix-runtime
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix-runtime
Remove gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix-runtime configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix-runtime
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix-runtime
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix-runtime
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.