mingw-w64-tools on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "mingw-w64-tools" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install mingw-w64-tools on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S mingw-w64-tools

* (Optional) Uninstall mingw-w64-tools on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns mingw-w64-tools

2. Manually Install "mingw-w64-tools" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone mingw-w64-tools's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/mingw-w64-tools.git ~/mingw-w64-tools

c. Go to ~/mingw-w64-tools folder and install it

$ cd ~/mingw-w64-tools $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the mingw-w64-tools package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1075689
Name: mingw-w64-tools
PackageBaseID: 54012
PackageBase: mingw-w64-tools
Version: 10.0.0-1
Description: MinGW-w64 utilities
URL: http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net
NumVotes: 24
Popularity: 0.192063
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: xantares
Submitter: rubenvb
FirstSubmitted: 1321380021
LastModified: 1651688302
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/mingw-w64-tools.tar.gz