How to Install and Uninstall mingw-w64 Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "mingw-w64" package

This guide let you learn how to install mingw-w64 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall mingw-w64 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: mingw-w64
Architecture: all
Version: 8.0.0-1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Stephen Kitt
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 47
Depends: gcc-mingw-w64, g++-mingw-w64
Filename: pool/universe/m/mingw-w64/mingw-w64_8.0.0-1_all.deb
Size: 9052
MD5sum: b2b365eb69f0c5581bed7a71c6ac6f58
SHA1: c43b3c2dd8f99be77836148a900dbc4c48706b6c
SHA256: 40e5271e7f072b3031d732e1fad90cd534a78f0a8d3ee77acbc1e191733a4467
SHA512: d68611442907df4e994bc2ad73306991fc19965a7e0bcec11b079cdd0e6f23a1d35bd40270d8e4b8590dc8d864b114de87f570f929bd4d704806d2f49763c034
Homepage: http://mingw-w64.sf.net
Description-en: Development environment targeting 32- and 64-bit Windows
MinGW-w64 provides a development and runtime environment for 32- and
64-bit (x86 and x64) Windows applications using the Windows API and
the GNU Compiler Collection (gcc).
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This metapackage provides the MinGW-w64 development environment,
including C and C++ compilers. Ada, Fortran, Objective-C and
Objective-C++ compilers are available respectively in the
gnat-mingw-w64, gfortran-mingw-w64, gobjc-mingw-w64 and
gojbc++-mingw-w64 packages.
Description-md5: 170497b193e24afc77f204c221f0e3f8