How To Install mingw-w64-tools on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is mingw-w64-tools

mingw-w64-tools 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:

• gendef, which extracts DLL exports from Windows executables;
• genidl, which extracts IDL information from Windows executables;
• genpeimg, which manipulates PE flags in Windows executables;
• widl, which generates build files from IDL descriptions;
• pkg-config symlinks to allow .pc-based libraries to be used.

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

sudo apt-get -y install mingw-w64-tools

Install mingw-w64-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mingw-w64-tools

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

sudo aptitude -y install mingw-w64-tools

How To Uninstall mingw-w64-tools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mingw-w64-tools

Uninstall mingw-w64-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mingw-w64-tools

Remove mingw-w64-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mingw-w64-tools

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mingw-w64-tools

Dependencies

mingw-w64-tools have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• pkg-config

References

• mingw-w64-tools website

Summary

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