How To Install mingw-w64-common on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw-w64-common
on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 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 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 22.04
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 22.04, 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 22.04 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 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.