How to Install and Uninstall gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64
Source: gcc-mingw-w64 (25.2)
Version: 12.2.0-14+25.2
Installed-Size: 252
Maintainer: Stephen Kitt
Architecture: all
Depends: gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix, gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-win32
Description: GNU C compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win64
Description-md5: cfe2f1984459e655ca7197df3f410b29
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-mingw-w64/gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64_12.2.0-14+25.2_all.deb
Size: 185120
MD5sum: b81dbd832b13f124dc6a0312704222b5
SHA256: 7a702d55a6af06d2617c6010e82c5798c83fdfd64a5c60cc7840706eb5885586