'Should I install "mingw32-base" from the MinGW installation manager?
So I decided to install a c++ compiler for Windows and thus downloaded the MinGW installer. Once I opened it, I saw a number of packages and checked all the "C++ compiler" packages (am I using the right terminology here?) for installation. I also saw other stuff like "mingw32-base" and all. What does this do? Should I install it? Also, what is the difference between mingw and mingw32?
Solution 1:[1]
If you don't need additional packages you shouldn't install them.
But MinGW is a bit outdated. It's better to switch to MinGW-w64, which exists for both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows.
You can get MinGW-w64 either by installing MSYS2 and installing via its package manager (pacman), or - if you don't need the additional MSYS2 shell and just want to compiler tools - you can get a standalone package from https://winlibs.com/ and just unzip it.
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| Solution 1 | Brecht Sanders |