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

Last updated: May 10,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "mingw-w64" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install mingw-w64 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall mingw-w64 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: mingw-w64
Version: 10.0.0-3
Installed-Size: 43
Maintainer: Stephen Kitt
Architecture: all
Depends: gcc-mingw-w64, g++-mingw-w64
Description: Development environment targeting 32- and 64-bit Windows
Description-md5: 170497b193e24afc77f204c221f0e3f8
Homepage: http://mingw-w64.sf.net
Tag: devel::buildtools, role::metapackage
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mingw-w64/mingw-w64_10.0.0-3_all.deb
Size: 9676
MD5sum: bd9f2f2e9127ac83d9474faf4ca6a970
SHA256: 1ac7fdc7d6e84b40696922e89fd084ef9415b84d8a54e24f0109057e10f326db