How To Install mingw-w64-x86-64-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw-w64-x86-64-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mingw-w64-x86-64-dev
mingw-w64-x86-64-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 64-bit software using MinGW-w64.
The wine64 package can be used to test software built using MinGW-w64 without using Windows.
There are three methods to install mingw-w64-x86-64-dev 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-x86-64-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-x86-64-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mingw-w64-x86-64-dev
Install mingw-w64-x86-64-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mingw-w64-x86-64-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mingw-w64-x86-64-dev
Install mingw-w64-x86-64-dev 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-x86-64-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mingw-w64-x86-64-dev
How To Uninstall mingw-w64-x86-64-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mingw-w64-x86-64-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mingw-w64-x86-64-dev
Uninstall mingw-w64-x86-64-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mingw-w64-x86-64-dev 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-x86-64-dev
Remove mingw-w64-x86-64-dev Configurations and Data
To remove mingw-w64-x86-64-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mingw-w64-x86-64-dev
Remove mingw-w64-x86-64-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mingw-w64-x86-64-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mingw-w64-x86-64-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw-w64-x86-64-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
