How to Install and Uninstall mingw-w64 Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "mingw-w64" package

This tutorial shows how to install mingw-w64 on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall mingw-w64 on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: mingw-w64
Version: 8.0.0-1
Installed-Size: 47
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_8.0.0-1_all.deb
Size: 13484
MD5sum: f0c7daa05bb5b1323164593a642c6788
SHA256: ba08b301cd36db258c654d8291f64a382e45bad8ff721511a7eba74dc7f0f4d3