How To Install mingw-w64-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw-w64-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mingw-w64-common
mingw-w64-common 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 files common to both 32- and 64-bit targets.
There are three methods to install mingw-w64-common on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mingw-w64-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mingw-w64-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mingw-w64-common
Install mingw-w64-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mingw-w64-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mingw-w64-common
Install mingw-w64-common 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 mingw-w64-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mingw-w64-common
How To Uninstall mingw-w64-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mingw-w64-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mingw-w64-common
Uninstall mingw-w64-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mingw-w64-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mingw-w64-common
Remove mingw-w64-common Configurations and Data
To remove mingw-w64-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mingw-w64-common
Remove mingw-w64-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mingw-w64-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mingw-w64-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw-w64-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
