How To Install mingw-w64-x86-64-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw-w64-x86-64-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 20.04. 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 20.04
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 20.04, 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 20.04 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 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.