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

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix 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-posix" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix 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-posix" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix 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-posix package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix
Source: gcc-mingw-w64 (25.2)
Version: 12.2.0-14+25.2
Installed-Size: 118841
Maintainer: Stephen Kitt
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: gcc-mingw-w64 (<< 4.6.3-3+4), gcc-mingw-w64-bootstrap, gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64 (<< 9.3.0-8+22)
Depends: binutils-mingw-w64-x86-64 (>= 2.30~), mingw-w64-x86-64-dev, gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix-runtime (= 12.2.0-14+25.2), gcc-mingw-w64-base (= 12.2.0-14+25.2), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 4.2), libgmp10 (>= 2:6.2.1+dfsg1), libisl23 (>= 0.15), libmpc3 (>= 1.1.0), libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), libstdc++6 (>= 11), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: gcc-12-locales (>= 12.2.0)
Conflicts: gcc-mingw-w64-bootstrap
Breaks: gcc-mingw-w64 (<< 4.6.3-3+4), gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64 (<< 9.3.0-8+22)
Description: GNU C compiler for MinGW-w64, Win64/POSIX
Description-md5: 6a3f3e94c5611377c2ca02e8e014ab3a
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/
Built-Using: gcc-12 (= 12.2.0-14)
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-mingw-w64/gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix_12.2.0-14+25.2_amd64.deb
Size: 31811688
MD5sum: b8ca6fda47d6880f34577aef35aecbbc
SHA256: 97e3bcb115508f74ed25ec2c7a163f2863dd69a488dc3102ff8ec0cc8da24f25