How To Install mingw-w64-i686-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw-w64-i686-dev on Kali Linux.

What is mingw-w64-i686-dev

mingw-w64-i686-dev 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 headers and libraries required to build 32-bit software using MinGW-w64.

The wine package can be used to test software built using MinGW-w64 without using Windows.

There are three methods to install mingw-w64-i686-dev 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 mingw-w64-i686-dev 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-i686-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mingw-w64-i686-dev

Install mingw-w64-i686-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mingw-w64-i686-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mingw-w64-i686-dev

Install mingw-w64-i686-dev 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 mingw-w64-i686-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mingw-w64-i686-dev

How To Uninstall mingw-w64-i686-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mingw-w64-i686-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mingw-w64-i686-dev

Uninstall mingw-w64-i686-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mingw-w64-i686-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mingw-w64-i686-dev

Remove mingw-w64-i686-dev Configurations and Data

To remove mingw-w64-i686-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mingw-w64-i686-dev

Remove mingw-w64-i686-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mingw-w64-i686-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mingw-w64-i686-dev

Dependencies

mingw-w64-i686-dev have the following dependencies:

• mingw-w64-common

References

• mingw-w64-i686-dev website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw-w64-i686-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.